The African Union Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, of the African Union, AU, has conferred two awards on Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal in recognition of his sterling leadership qualities, futuristic perspectives and championing of women/girls rights. The awards presented in Abuja on Thursday are: “AU African Role Model and Envoy of Good Governance” and “Ambassador for the New Decade 2020-2030 African Women Financial Inclusion in Nigeria”, scheduled to be inaugurated on March 30. The Nigerian Representative and Chairperson of the Council, Dr Tunji Asaolu, who was accompanied by the Special Adviser on Political Affairs and the head, Women and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, says it came out of a fruitful meeting with officials of MultiChoice, operators of DSTV/GOTV brokered by the Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to settle the issue of non-inclusion of northern-based television channels on the DSTV platform. A statement by the spokesperson of the group, Abdazeez Suleiman on Thursday said the meeting held at the boardroom of the Commission, had in attendance all NBC magagenent officials, top national officials of the CNG and representatives of DSTV. “The meeting accepted three northern based television channels, Liberty, Tozali and Rahama for consideration by…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC)/ Transparency International – Nigeria has thrown its support behind the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s directives that operators in the Nigerian financial system, particularly bankers, should declare their assets as from June 1, 2021. This is contained in a statement by the Executive Director, Musa Rafsanjani on Thursday. The Centre called on the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the National Assembly, NASS, and other stakeholders to also support the anti-corruption agency on the nobel course. According to him, the directive by the chairman of the anti-graft agency, Mr Abdulrashed Bawa is “in…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says there was an increase in active internet subscribers from 151.5 million in the third quarter to 154.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. It said this on Thursday in Abuja in its just published “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information (Q4 2020).” According to the report, this represents a 1.84 per cent growth in internet subscriptions Quarter-on-Quarter. The report also said there was a -0.32 per cent decrease in active voice subscribers in the Q4 from 205.2 million in Q3 to 204.6 million. The NBS said…
President Muhammadu Buhari says as far as Libya remains unstable, illegal arms and ammunition will continue to flow in the Sahel region of the African continent. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, in a statement, said Buhari stated this when he hosted outgoing Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohammed Ibn Chambas, on Thursday at State House, Abuja. He said Muammar Gadaffi held a grip on power in Libya for 42 years by recruiting armed guards from different countries, who then escaped with their arms…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the Ekiti government are collaborating with other critical stakeholders to tackle the scourge of drug abuse in the state. This was disclosed in a communiqué issued at the end of a one day townhall meeting with the theme, “Walk away from drugs”, organised by the state Ministry of Justice in collaboration with NDLEA in Ado Ekiti on Thursday. While the guest speaker and Chairman of the agency, Buba Marwa attended the meeting, Governor Kayode Fayemi was represented by his deputy, Otunba Egbeyemi and the state deputy speaker, Hakeem Jamiu, first class monarchs,…
A Professor of applied mathematics with the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Mr Olusegun Olotu has observed that Nigeria may soon be faced with acute shortage of teachers of mathematics with dire consequences for education, science and technology. He sounded the warning while delivering the 123rd inaugural lecture of the university in Akure on Tuesday. According to the don, the shortage of teachers and lecturers of pure mathematics is not peculiar to Nigeria and its university system but a global phenomenon that must be addressed very urgently. He warned that “pure mathematics will soon vanish as time progresses if…
The Minister of state for Education, Mr Chukuemeka Nwajiuba, on Thursday said Nigeria has more than 10 million out-of-school children, the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. Nwajiuba made this known at the launching of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) by Jigawa Government in Dutse. “With an estimated 10,193,918 children out-of-school, Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in Sub-Saharan Africa. “For us to address these challenges adequately therefore, we must strengthen the quality of basic education in Nigeria by confronting head-on those factors that deny our children access to basic education,” the minister said. To this end, Nwajiuba…
As the Hijab controversy rages on in Kwara state, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on stakeholders to call the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to order. Violence erupted on Wednesday at the Baptist Secondary School in Ilorin reportedly following the refusal of the school authorities to allow female Muslim students to use hijab. Parents of the students were also reported to have engaged the school authorities in a hot argument which resulted into a stone-throwing between Christians and Muslims. However, MURIC in a statement by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola called on CAN to observe restraint and allow…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says only adequate resources will tackle challenges of insecurity, widespread poverty and hunger in the country. The South West Zone of the Christian body said this in a communique issued at the end of a 2-day first quarterly meeting held at the Pope John Paul 11 Pastoral Centre, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday. The communique was signed by Rev. Fr. Raphael Osegboun and Rev. Luke Bamigboye, the Zonal Chairman and Secretary, respectively. It therefore called on Nigerian leaders to channel more resources to address the threats facing the nation. The association expressed the…