The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it would double efforts in improving the lives of children in communities affected by insecurity in the Northwest part of the country. The UNICEF Chief of Field Office in Kano State, Mr Maulid Warfa, disclosed this at a one-day advocacy meeting with Policy-makers, Civil Society Organisations and Media. The meeting was focused on implementation of nutrition intervention in eight violence affected Local Government Areas in Katsina state. “We look at Northwest, specifically Katsina and Zamfara states and other areas in the Northwest zone to double our efforts for the vulnerable children. “Kidnapping and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The FCT Administration has issued a seven-day ultimatum to banks and other business organisations operating in Maitama area, Abuja to vacate and relocate to the Central Business District or risk being sealed up. The Acting Director, Department of Development Control, Mr Garba Kwamkur, gave the warning when the department visited the popular Gana Street in Maitama on Tuesday. Kwamkur explained that the objective of the visit was to sensitise business operators on the need to revert all the banks and other commercial hubs to their original allocated locations. “The department had a week ago served notification to all the buildings…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has denied non remittance of N4.76 trillion to the federation account as claimed by the 2016 report of the Office of Auditor -General of the Federation (OAGF). Mr Umar Ajiya, NNPC Chief Financial Officer, said this when he appeared before Senate Committee on Public Accounts to defend queries raised by AOGF against the corporation. Umar said that the issue in question had to do with domestic crude that NNPC lifted to both refine and sell in exchange for refined products imported to the country.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday awarded more than N234 million in research grants to five beneficiaries of its Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme (HSRDIS) The recipients of the grants were Professor of Epidemiology, Olufemi Babalola, who got a grant of N50 million, Professor of Microbiology, Ikechukwu Okoli, from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, who also got N50 million grant. Others are: Dr Garba Bubah from Jigawa State Polytechnic, who received N42.1 million grant, while Dr John Ogedemgbe from University of Abuja, and Dr Otega Ejofodomi, an Electrical Engineering lecturer from the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, received N50…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday inaugurate the N16 billion newly-completed office complex of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) which work started in 1996. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio, announced this while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Akpabio said that the building which started in 1996 witnessed slow pace of work until 2019 when President Buhari committed to its completion. “The road to completion of the over N16 billion NDDC office edifice started when I visited the building in 2019 and learnt that the project commenced 25 years ago in 1996. “After the…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, on Tuesday said the ongoing projects being executed by the company would boost the national power grid by additional 4,000 Megawatts when completed. The acting Managing Director, TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, said the company had acquired new office for its Project Implementation Units (PIUs) created to enhance the delivery of projects. Abdulaziz who spoke to newsmen in Abuja, said the projects would add about 4,000 megawatts to the national grid when completed. He said the PIUs were specialised unit of TCN that would ensure critical transmission line and substation projects were delivered within specification,…
Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central Governors Forum (NCGF) Abubakar Sani Bello says Nigeria’s socioeconomic and political development is unattainable without the full contribution and participation of women in governance. The Governor in a statement by his chief press secretary, Mary Noel Berje noted that, as the foundation of human development, women possess the pedigree and wherewithal to be in the forefront to put this country in the right trajectory of growth and development without bias or sentiment. Governor Sani-Bello, who joined the rest of the world to mark the year 2021, International Women’s Day, said women are more…
Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has advocated total displine amongst students of Islamiya institutions. He spoke on Sunday at the graduation of 279 students of Usmanu Bn Fodiyo Islamiya School, Tsamiyar Dila Area Sokoto on Sunday. Wamakko described displine as the only means of achieving success while impacting knowledge to the incoming generations, particularly the students of Islamiya schools. The former governor of Sokoto, who was impressed with what he saw at the school, also called on its teachers to handle and teach their students directly and according to the tenets of Islam. The Senator who facilitated the establisment of the school,…
As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, the Federal government of Nigeria says it is working towards the establishment of specialized courts and judicial divisions focused on sexual and gender-based violence. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN made this known while speaking at a virtual session on “Special Event on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism” organized by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime, as part of events commemorating the International Women Day held at Kyoto, Japan on the 8th day of March, 2021. This is contained in a…
The Alumni Association of the National Institute, AANI, on Saturday held its 41st Annual General Meeting, AGM, for year 2021 and elected new officials for the association. A statement by the national publicity secretary of the association, Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, rtd, made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday quoted the national president, IGP Mohammed Abubakar as commending members for finding their commitment to the association as manifested in the large turnout. According to Abubakar, the last two years were very challenging following “the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted negatively on the association as it also lost some of its members. The association…