President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the 36th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Ministries of Interior, Environment, Works and Housing, Power, Finance and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are expected to make presentations at the meeting. In attendance at the meeting were Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari as well as ten Ministers The affected ministers included those of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Finance, Zainab Ahmed, Justice, Abubakar Malami,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, is to train 75,000 agricultural extension agents on best agricultural practices to enhance food production in Nigeria. Prof. Emmanuel Ikani, Executive Director, NAERLS told newsmen on Wednesday in Zaria that already, 12,600 agricultural extension agents had been trained by the institute under its e-extension training programme. According to Ikani, the e-extension training programme was introduced following security challenges in parts of the country and the COVID-19 pandemic. He explained that the institute had to leverage on the ICT to reach agricultural extension agents and farmers, adding…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq has said that no fewer than 3,000 women in Kogi have benefited from the Federal Government’s Special Grant for Rural Women Project. Farouq, in a statement on Wednesday signed by the Deputy Director of Information in the Ministry, Mrs Rhoda Iliya, said that the grant, of N20,000 each, was expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries. The grants were disbursed to the beneficiaries on Wednesday in Lokoja. She urged them to use the grant to contribute toward improving their living standard by using it to boost…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has solicited the National Assembly’s support to convert existing voting points in the country to polling units. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the appeal on Tuesday during a presentation on the state of voter access to Pulling Units (PUs) in Nigeria, to the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters, in Abuja. He said that some of the voting points when converted to polling units would be relocated to underserved areas. Yakubu also urged the lawmakers and stakeholders to help de-politicise issues around the intention of the commission saying that the…
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has declared as safe and efficacious, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, as Nigeria takes delivery of 3.92 doses of the vaccine. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the PTF Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the declaration in Abuja. Nigeria has received 3,9340,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from India. The doses are the first tranche of the 16 million doses expected under COVAX Facility arrangement. Speaking at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, the SGF said: “The arrival of the AstraZeneca vaccine today marks a significant milestone in the National Response to the COVID-19…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, press centre in Zamfara has been set on fire by suspected arsonists. The secretary of the council, Abubakar Ahmad told ASHENEWS in a telephone conversation Tuesday night that the fire gutted about four shops at the front of the press centre. “Some politicians had problem among themselves which led to the crisis that got one of the shops, which we let out to some of them, to be set on fire. “Three other shops cut up with fire also. But the Zamfara fire service has been able to put the fire off. The main…
By Habibu Harisu Police have established additional five units to strengthen the security activities against banditry and other criminalities in Sokoto State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sakoto State command, Mr Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. Abubakar said that the units covered Eastern parts of the state comprising Gwadabawa, Illela, Sabon Birni, Isa and Wurno local government areas noting that the units were headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police. He said that the command had on Monday launched ”Operation PUFF ADDER II”, an intensive exersise to provide adequate security in areas overwhelmed by…
Zambia’s cabinet has approved the publication and introduction of a bill in parliament for the legalisation of the cultivation of cannabis, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya said the decision was made during a virtual cabinet meeting held on Monday, March 1. She said in a statement that the bill was meant to provide for the regulation of the cultivation, production, storage, and distribution of cannabis for medicinal, scientific, and research purposes. The government spokesperson said the cabinet expected that the country would benefit both medically and economically through the enactment of the law on…
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan announced on Tuesday that a Japanese woman in her 60s died several days after being administered a dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The woman, said to have no underlying conditions or allergies received the shot on Feb.26. She died on March 1, from what is presumed to be subarachnoid hemorrhage – a type of stroke affecting the space between the brain and the surrounding membrane. The ministry said that it would launch a probe to establish if the woman’s death was related to the vaccine. So far, there had been no…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has again successfully transmitted an enhanced peak generation of 5,801.60Mega Watts (MW) as at 9:30 p.m. March 1. TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Mbah said the latest peak generation was transmitted at a frequency of 50.09Hz. She said the value of the transmission was higher than 5,615.40MW recorded on Feb. 28, by 186.20MW. Mbah said on Feb. 26, TCN equally transmitted a new Maximum Daily Energy of 116,891.14 MegaWatt Hour (MWH), which was higher than the previous value of 116,121.42MWH…