By Abdallah el-Kurebe The 2020 Corruption Perception Index released by the Transparency International (TI) has shown Nigeria dived down by ranking 149 of 183 countries assessed. According to the report globally released on Thursday and made available to ASHENEWS by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the National Chapter of TI, the index reveals that Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points in the 2020 CPI. Signed by CISLAC)/Transparency International Nigeria, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and BudgIT, the index suggests that Nigeria is one point down, compared to 2019 where in country comparison for 2020, Nigeria…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, ARCN, has signed a critical Memorandaum of Understanding (MoU) with ABG Paulas Resources, a German consultancy firm, to fund agricultural development activities in the country. The signing of the MoU, which took place at ARCN headquarters in Abuja will be pivotal to the private sector development of crops. Speaking at the signing ceremony, ARCN Executive Secretary, Prof Garba Sharubutu, noted that it was a very important event, which ties into four out of the nine mandates of ARCN. The mandates include: oooExtension and Research; supervision of all agricultural research institutions in the country; establishing…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal Tuesday night, confirmed the death of four people and 24 others hospilised from a strange disease, which outbreak happened in Helele area of Sokoto metropolis. The governor in a statement he personally signed and made available to ASHENEWS, expresses sadness and heartfelt condolences to the families and relations of those who died. Tambuwal said, “It has come to the notice of the government that the strange sickness has claimed four lives, three within the Helele Community and one while on admission in the hospital. Twenty four other people are currently receiving medical attention in different health facilities…
Andrew Natsios, former Administrator of USAID and current Advisory Committee Chair of HarvestPlus, examines the many ways in which biofortified crops are empowering smallholder farmers to improve nutritional outcomes and how their use can be scaled up in the future. The Nutrition for Growth Year of Action got off to an auspicious start at a virtual launch event last month, where prominent stakeholders announced investment commitments of more than $3 billion toward the upcoming Nutrition for Growth Summit‘s goal of addressing the hunger and nutrition crisis. Separately, the UN is convening a Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in September to identify strategies for making food and agriculture systems not only…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, has expressed confidence with the leadership of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He made this known on Monday when the NWC visited to sympathize with the state government over the fire disaster that affected a large section of the Sokoto central market. Expressing gratitude to the NWC and the party for its goodwill on the occasion of the sad event of the fire outbreak last week, the governor, who said the state government had made frantic efforts to stem the tide of the loss so far recorded, “urged the…
The Jama’atul Izalatul Bidi’a Wa Ikamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS), has condoled the people and government of Sokoto syate over the fire disaster that razed Sokoto Central Market last week. In a statement by the spokesperson of governor Aminu Tambuwal made available to ASHENEWS on Monday, the group also condoled the government and people of the state, as well as the Sultan and the Sultanate Council, over the death of the state’s former Commissioner for Home Affairs, Abdulkadir Jelani. The National Chairman of the body’s Council of Ulama (the Learned), Shiekh Yahaya Jingur counseled the state government, to formalize future agreements with…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, despatched a high-powered delegation to commisserate with the government and people of Sokoto state, over the recent inferno that destroyed the central market. Led by the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, members of the delegation included Senator Aliyu Wamakko, Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi; Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq and Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami. Gambari at the Government House told governor Aminu Tambuwal that “President Buhari sent us to commiserate with you and the people of the state…
By Barrister Sulaiman Usman, SAN Innalillahi was ina ilaihin rajiun (From God we are and to Him is our return). May Allah (SWT) forgive our father and eminent leader, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim OFR, CON, SAN. May Allah have mercy upon him and grant him Aljannah firdausi, amin. My heart and prayers go out to all members of the Body of Benchers, Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, all members of the legal profession and his family. The late Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim SAN was born on the 14th day of January, 1939 (82 years old), called to the English Bar in…
Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu has visited to commiserate with his Sokoto state counterpart following the fire inferno that razed Sokoto central market on Tuesday. The governor, who was the first high profile personality that visited to sympathize with Tambuwal, also donated N30 million to the victims of the inferno. According to Bagudu, his visit to Tambuwal was to commiserate with the government and people of Sokoto state, stressing that whatever happens to the state concerns his. Tambuwal in his response thanked Bagudu, saying the donation is a testimony of the cordial relationship and brotherhood between Sokoto and Kebbi states.…
Following Tuesday’s fire inferno that engulfed the Sokoto central market, governor Aminu Tambuwal has constituted a high-powered committee, to investigate the incident and make recommendations to the state government. The governor, who aborted an official trip outside the state to visit the Gandu scene of the fire disaster, said the committee which would be inaugurated soon, will be led by the deputy governor, Manir Dan’Iya. Tambuwal gave the terms of reference of the committee are to: 1) ascertain the remote and immediate causes of the inferno; 2) assess the extent of the damages wrought by the incident; 3) recommend compensation…