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…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
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…
Coalition of Arewa Assembly, has decried a recent move to stop the provision of Eligible Customer, EC scheme in the Nigerian Electricity market. The Coalition in a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Mallam Attahiru Usman at the weekend, disclosed that the move by some DisCos cartels, is a deliberate attempt to collapse the economy, stressing that more industries may soon go out of business. He explained that the plot by the cartel if not quickly arrested will not only cause injuries on manufacturing industries but it will also lead to the total collapse of the economy, thereby causing unemployment…
When coronavirus, COVID-19, struck as an epidemic on December 31, 2019, it was a previously-unknown virus and mainly limited to China. It began to spread and became a global pandemic when countries, across the world started recording cases. Nigeria confirmed its first case of coronavirus disease on February 27th 2020 and Sokoto, a state in the Northern Nigeria recorded its first case on April 21. As a health journalist, I attended COVID-19 briefings organised by the state Taskforce as well as other events. I ensured though, that I observed all rules and regulations regarding prevention. Within some days after Sokoto…
By Liatu Bamaiyi, Kebbi As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, a nongovernmental, Women Rights Initiative, WORI, has called for gender equality between men and women in the society. This is contained in a statement by the founder and chief executive officer, Ms Laiatu Augustine made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday. According to her, it is unacceptable for any society in modern times to discriminate against women or relegate the female folk to the background, either at homes, offices or in leadership positions. In this year’s theme, “Choose to Challenge”, apt as it is, WORI urged women in Nigeria…
Last month was really not a good one for Nigeria. It was a month that witnessed more than one mass abduction of secondary school students apart from other forms of kidnappings and killings by marauders. It was also a month in which on two occasions Boko Haram released kidnapped people, one a bride and her bridesmaids and the other a local pastor. It was a month of many things but the overall picture was that of hope – hope that Nigerians will overcome their differences and embrace one another as brothers and sisters. Why should there not be hope when…