Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello has disclosed that banditry has caused humanitation crisis with the disertion of not less than 50 villages across five local government areas of the state. The governor stated this while opening a two-day workshop on strategies for enhancing internally generated revenue, IGR, of local government councils, which held in Minna, the state capital. Sani-Bello, who acknowledged that the workshop is apt, also stressed the need for local councils to look inwards and strengthen IGR by expanding the tax net so as to meet the increasing demands in their areas in particular and the state in…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has so far registered more than 300,000 candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to the board’s weekly bulletin obtained from the board’s website on Monday, JAMB has also registered more than 8, 000 Direct Entry (DE) candidates. “Total profile code generated so far is 497,528. “Total UTME pin vended is 344, 115, while total pin vended for DE is 10, 848. Total registered candidates for UTME, 316, 132 and total registered candidates for DE is 8, 490. “Total candidates who have indicated interest in sitting for the mock UTME…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Sunday said his administration inherited about N100 billion unpaid pensions under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Okowa disclosed this at the third session of the 8th Synod of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Ughelli Diocese. The session was held at Bishop Agori-Iwe Memorial Church, Ughelli. Okowa said that the financial burden forced 18 state governments out of 26 that enlisted on the scheme to withdraw, leaving only eight state governments, including Delta, in the Programme. The governor explained that the major challenge which forced the states to withdraw and others not to enrol…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has said the state-owned Ikun Dairy Farm in Ikun- Ekiti, would serve as a prototype for National Livestock Transformation Plan in addressing farmers-herders crisis in the state. Fayemi said this during an inspection of the newly-arrived 227 cows at the Ikun Diary Farm from the United States of America (USA) and the expansive land for the cultivation of hays. He said the integrated farm, designed to commence production of 10,000 litres of milk daily, is a joint project of Ekiti state government and Promasidor Diary Company. Fayemi said the new pregnant cows will be confined…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he is confident Nigeria will become an oasis of peace, security and prosperity in Africa and beyond. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the vice president spoke at the ongoing 108th Annual Convention of the Nigerian Baptist Convention in Lagos. The theme of the conference is “Moving Forward: Finishing the Race with Joy.” Osinbajo said though Nigeria was going through storms and adversity, the country would overcome its challenges and realise its aspirations because of the promises of God regarding the outstanding greatness ahead of the country. “There is…
Some residents of Ikarama community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa are lamenting the adverse impact of an oil leak from a nearby oilfield. The people on Monday advocated remediation of oil pollution from the April 7 leak from Shell’s 14-inch Okordia-Rumekpe pipeline which discharged crude into the ecosystem. The Okordia-Rumemkpe crude trunkline is part of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) which conveys crude to the oil firm’s crude export terminal at Bonny in Rivers. A Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) report that the leak was traced to equipment failure which emanated from…
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has lauded the “Buhari For All” organization for its benevolence in reaching out to orphans, widows and the less privileged in Kebbi State in the spirit of social service to the citizenry. Bagudu stated this at the commencement of distribution of rice and assorted grains to orphans, widows and the less privileged by the association in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Works and Transport, Abubakar Chika-Ladan, said the present administration had attached premium to enhancing the welfare of the less-privileged and the indigent in the state with emphasis on…
A former Nigerian diplomat has told the Federal Government to embrace negotiated settlement option to save Nigeria about N1.2 trillion being spent annually to defeat Boko Haram. Foreign policy expert, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, gave the advice on Monday in Abuja while speaking in an interview on the sudden death of President Idris Deby of Chad. Deby, a key ally of France in the fight against jihadists in the Maghreb died in battle in southern Chad on April 19, throwing his nation into fresh political uncertainty. Onochie argued that Deby’s death and the unfolding succession crisis in Chad would compound issues for…
By Tina George – Minna The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has disclosed that there are about 300 pharmacy professors in Nigeria and almost 100,000 registered patent medicine stores across 774 local government areas in the country. The Chairman of the Governing Council of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, Professor Ahmed Mora stated this during the naming of the conference Hall of PCN building of the north-central office after a former PCN Chairman, Professor Elijah Sokomba. He explained that there are about 27 universities currently offering pharmacy degree programmes, adding that out of the number, 22 universities have been fully…
Every patriot currently has gloom written all over him. The defence minister told us a few days ago that the country is ‘bleeding.’ Indeed, Nigeria is sick, very sick. Perhaps, was it the sickness of one part, the body can manage and pull along. The sickness, unfortunately, is for the entire body. Is it the North or the South, the East or the West, that is not ill? But we ought to be a nation in the season of its bloom. For more than a decade now, the North has been haemorrhaging and in the doldrums, sort of. Thought to…