The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Buba Marwa, has warned owners/ operators of supermarkets and confectionaries to rid their stores of drug cookies, biscuits and other products laced with illicit substances. He gave the warning while receiving further briefing on follow up operations from the Commander, FCT Command of the Agency, Mohammed Sokoto over the arrest of a 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, both of who specialise in producing and selling drug cookies to schoolchildren, clubs and supermarkets in Abuja. According to the NDLEA boss, “as part of our preventive measures,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The World Health Organization (WHO) says about 16.6 million children in Africa missed planned supplemental measles vaccine doses between January 2020 and April 2021 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ravaging. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Ms Matshidiso Moeti, made this known during a virtual press conference facilitated by APO Group on Thursday. Measles is highly contagious, requiring at least 95 per cent immunization coverage in the population to prevent outbreaks. Yet coverage with the first dose of the measles-containing vaccine has stagnated at around 69 per cent in the WHO African Region since 2013. Only Seven countries in…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC on Friday attributed the decline in media freedom to bad governance. According to it, this stifles ability of the media to freely expose corruption and injustice in the country. The Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Auwal Musa said this during a one-day workshop on “The Protection of Civilian And Civilian Harm Mitigation In Armed Conflict” which held at Amber Residence, Ikeja Lagos. Musa said that the freedom of expression was gradually going down compared to previous assessments and this had been largely due to intimidation and harassment in the country. “This has…
By Abubakar Shekara In the current economic situation in Nigeria, whoever cannot print money to augment expenditure, must be prudent with finances. That’s the advice from Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, at Wednesday’s Revenue and Tax Forum organized by the state’s Ministry of Finance and Sokoto Board of Internal Revenue. The forum was called for revenue generating ministries, departments and agencies of the state to brief them on the progress made on various fronts in tax administration and general IGR drive in Sokoto state. Participants at the meeting were also sensitized on their obligations to the state concerning revenue…
Your Eminence Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, Your Royal Highnesses Distinguisehd Councillors of the Sultanate, Gentlemen of the Press, As-salam alaykum waramotullahi wabarakatuhu. My colleagues from Yoruba Land, the Alara of Ilara-Epe Kingdom and one of four Vice Chairmen to the Oba of Lagos as Permanent Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, His Royal Majesty Oba Olufolarin Olukayode Ogunsanwo, Telade IV, the Atayero of Aramoko Ekiti, His Royal Majesty Dr. Olusegun Adekemi, JP, and I are here in Sokoto in this crucial time of our national existence because, it has reached a point that traditional rulers cannot continue…
The new Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje on Wednesday, resumed duty. Bugaje, who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 14 but with effect from March 16, was the Rector of Kaduna Polytechnic. A statement by the spokesperson of the board, Mr Jacob Abang and made available to newsmen on Wednesday, said Bugaje, while receiving the handover notes from Mr Abati Muhammad who headed the board in acting capacity, described his appointment as a “call to national service”. He promised to transform the board to greater heights and unveiled his 3-point…
The Senate on Wednesday approved $1.5 billion and €995 million external loan requests made to it by President Mohammadu Buhari. The approval was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts presented by its Chairman, Sen. Clifford Ordia (PDP-Edo) during plenary. The president had in May 2020 sent a letter to the senate seeking its approval for another batch of external loans to enable the administration finance the 2020 budget deficit, critical projects and support some states of the federation. The Federal Government said the loans would be used to execute priority…
…Sets to access N3.750bn for rice, soy bean, maize, aquaculture Governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade has inaugurated a multi-sector driven Project Management Team (PMT) for the upcoming prime anchor scheme, the which is acilitated by the African giant, Dantata Foods and Allied Products Company Limited. Inaugurating the PMT, the Commissioner for Commerce, Rosemary Achibong on behalf of Ayade, said the scheme was initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria through Zenith Bank Plc. A statement by the spokesperson of the Dantata Foods, Sanusi Bature and made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday, explained that the scheme will support 15,000…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), has approved augmentation of N8.39 billion for the completion of the Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Makera Road. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, when he briefed State House correspondents on outcome of Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. He explained that the augmentation affected only 85 kilometres of the 185kilometres portion of the road project. He said: “The Ministry of Works and Housing presented one memorandum to Council. “It was for the augmentation of the contract for Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Makera Road, the portion covering 185 kilometres awarded to CRCC Construction Company. “The…
Lieutenant General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, 37, who was named transitional leader on Tuesday because he is head of a military council in Chad, following the death of his father Idriss Déby Itno, has been named president. The young Deby, who stood watch over his father as head of the presidential guard, wore trademark dark glasses that hid a strong, little known personality. In the aftermath of the death of president Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the Sahel country for three decades, his 37-year-old son has quickly emerged as the new strongman. The four-star general was not on any expert’s…