Some wildlife experts on Friday expressed concern over the illegal poaching of Pangolins and called for enforcement of laws and stringent measures against those found guilty of trading them. They spoke at a virtual event organised by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria, to honour the 2021 World Pangolin Day and discuss the importance of ending wildlife trafficking. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Pangolins are unique mammals with large scales covering their skin and are mostly trafficked for their supposed medicinal properties. According to the experts, wildlife is a vital component of natural heritage and should not be harmed…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Republic of Chad for what he calls the effective “security back-up” given to Nigeria in fighting against insurgency. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari made the commendation when he received in audience Mr Ahmat Oumar Ahmat, a Special Envoy of President Idriss Deby Itno, at the State House, Abuja, on Friday. The Nigerian leader said the need for security collaboration with neighbours was why his first trips on assuming office in 2015 were to Nigeria’s immediate neighbours. “I went round because we needed to work together. The peoples are…
Some women and girls, supported by Connected Development (CODE), an NGO, on Friday developed checklists for monitoring government’s COVID-19 response, actions and policies in Kaduna State. The checklists were developed at the end of two-day training for the women and girls, on COVID-19 response and peace building process in the state. The training, which held in Kaduna, and attended by more than 40 women and girls, was organised by CODE, with funding from UN Women under its Strengthening State Capacities and Women’s Participation in COVID-19 Response project. The checklists covered Kaduna State COVID-19 responses, such as the lock-down actions and…
The Police in Jigawa have confirmed the death of a seven-month-old baby boy and a 64-year-old man in a lone car accident that occurred along Hadejia-Gumel road, in Gumel local government area of the state, at about 9.30 am on Thursday. “Today, being Feb. 18, at about 9:30 a.m., there was a lone fatal motor vehicle accident along Hadejia-Gumel road, in Gumel LGA. The accident involved an ash colour Volkswagen bus (Sharon) with registration number JMT 153 YR, driven by one Auwalu Abdullahi, aged 35 of Ungogo LGA, Kano state. “The accident occurred after the driver reached a point opposite…
The Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) on Thursday in Abuja said it has trained more than 60 extension workers from 4 states of the federation on how to use drones and other technologies to advance agriculture. The Executive Director of WOFAN, Hajiya Salamatu Garba, while speaking with journalists, said the 60 extension workers would engage 100 farmers each on modern farm technologies. Garba said the training also included exposing the farmers and extension workers to insurance facilities to secure their investments. “We invited 60 extension workers from 4 states of the federation to train them on ICT led technology, in…
In continuation of his efforts to take the message of Islam to armed Fulani bandits and to explore dialogue as one of the means of addressing the killings and kidnappings, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi accepted the invitation by Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello. The governor’s invitation coincided with the abduction of over 30 passengers in a bus belonging to the state transport service and the latest kidnapping of students and teachers of Government Science College Kagara. Read the full report by Desert Herald below: On arrival at the state capital, Sheikh Gumi had gone into a close-door meeting with his host,…
The Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN) said the fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 0.11 per cent would boost foreign investment and enhance the country’s credit rating internationally. The ACMAN president, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, said this in an interview on Friday, while reacting to Q4 GDP figure released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS on Thursday said the country’s Gross GDP grew by 0.11 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2020 from the 6.11 per cent contraction in Q3, signalling a gradual recovery from recession. This is…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lifted the suspension placed on Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Ndudi Elumelu and six other lawmakers in July 2019. PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan named the six lawmakers to include Mr Wole Oke; Ms Lynda Ikpeazu; Mr Anayo Edwin; Mr Gideon Gwani; Mr Toby Okechukwu and Mr Adekoya Addul-majid. He said that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party lifted the suspension based on the recommendations of various committees constituted on issues relating to their suspension.…
The players of Wikki Tourist Football Club of Bauchi on Thursday cheated death after the tyre of a bus conveying them for the Day 11 of the Nigeria Professional League against Dakkada Football club of Oyo, caught fire. Meanwhile, the Bauchi state chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, has sympathized with the management and players of Wikki Tourist Football club over an accident involving the team bus early at Hawan Kibo in plateau state on Thursday. In a sympathy message signed by SWAN Assistant secretary, Bala Bawaji and made available to ASHENEWS,, the association showed concern to what…