The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has collected water samples and flavour products for laboratory analysis, following the outbreak of strange infectious disease in Kano metropolis. The State Coordinator of the agency, Mr Shaba Muhammad, said on Monday in Kano, that the samples were referred to its laboratory in Kaduna for analysis. Muhammad said the agency recieved report of manifestation of a strange disease suspected to be caused by drinking sachet water and locally processed drinks in the metropolis. He explained that a team of officials of the agency had visited the infected persons…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Odonagu Blessing, a 13-years-old student of Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC), Lejja Nsukka in Enugu State has emerged “Mathematics Queen’’ for the 2020 SDGs mathematics competition for junior secondary schools girls nationwide. Blessing distinguished herself among over 120 contestants in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) competition organised by the National Mathematical Centre (NMC) on Monday in Abuja. The Director NMC, Prof. Stephen Onah, while commending the best runner up of the contest, explained that the competition was in three stages. Onah said that the first and second stages took place at the state level. He said that at the state…
An EFCC witness, Umar Babangida on Monday in told an FCT High Court that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) neither signed nor approved the controversial Gas Supply Processing Agreement (GSPA) led to a $9.6billion liability judgment against Nigeria. Babangida told the court that the GSPA was signed between Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Babangida, stated this while being cross examined by counsel for a former Director, Legal Services in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Grace Taiga, Ola Olanipekun SAN. EGCC dragged Taiga before Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, on eight-count charge bordering on bribery. She was…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has disclosed what she discussed with President Muhammadu Buhari, while thanking him and Nigerian youths for supporting her candidacy for the WTO position. Addressing State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with the President, the WTO boss said she was in the Presidential Villa first on a thank-you visit for his support when she was campaigning for the position. “I felt I had to come to Nigeria first to say thank you to the President for his nomination and his support throughout the campaign, when he signed so…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly selected Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), expressing Nigeria’s appreciation to the world over her selection. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja, said that the president told the visiting WTO boss that in spite of the robust support Nigeria gave to her candidacy for the position, she also deserved the selection. He said: “We are happy you made it, but you earned it with your record of performance both at home and abroad. “I congratulate you, as well as the country. I know you…
Nigeria has vaccinated 8,000 persons so far in 35 states and the FCT, the Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19, said on Monday in Abuja. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, made the disclosure at the PTF briefing, on Monday in Abuja. Shuaib however, said Kogi remained the only state yet to receive the vaccines because its cold chains for preservation of the vaccines were under repair. He said the vaccines had been tested and verified to be effective and safe for use, dismissing rumours and concerns about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines…
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will meet on Wednesday to discuss issues related to petrol subsidy and COVID-19 vaccines. The governors made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the Head, Media and Public Affairs of NGF Secretariat. The forum’s spokesperson said the emergency meeting would be held virtually. Bello-Barkindo said that Gov. Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State, who is the Chairman of NGF Committee on Subsidy on petrol, would brief his colleagues before any decisions on the supply and…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, has appointed the publisher and Chief Executive Officer of Defender Media Limited, Prince Bashir Adefaka as its Media and Publicity Consultant. This is contained in a letter titled: Appointment as Media and Publicity Consultant to Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide”, dated March 13th and addressed to him and jointly signed by the President General, Barr Basil Onyeachonam Onuoran and Secretary General, Barr Elvis Arthur Chukwu, a copy of which was sighted by ASHENEWS on Monday. “The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide hereby appoint you as the Media and Publicity Consultant to the…
The Founder of the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) an NGO, Mrs Betty Abah has called for the establishment of more shelters for victims of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Abah made the call on Monday at the inauguration of the Hearts of Hope Shelter, a project initiated by CEE-HOPE and Hearts 100, an international body in Lagos on Monday. She said the advent of COVID-19 led to a global spike in gender-based violence. According to her, an ongoing research by leading GBV response organisation, Project Alert, found that there were less than 20 women shelters in the…
The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have eliminated over 41 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in an encounter at Gulwa and Musuri in Gamboru Ngala local government area of Borno. The Army spokesperson, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima in a statement on Monday, said the success was recorded in the early hours of Monday. Yerima said 60 captives were rescued from the terrorists, and sophisticated weapons were recovered during the encounter with the criminals. He said the troops engaged the terrorists at Musuri in a firefight that lasted about 45 minutes leading to the killing of 41 terrorists…