The Sokoto Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Sulaiman Usman, SAN has been conferred with the Fellowship of the Chartered Mediators and Conciliation Nigeria, ICMC. This is contained in an invitation letter to Mr Usman by the Governing Council of the institute on Wednesday. According to the letter, the Attorney General will be inducted as the Fellow of the Institute at the first ever African Mediation Conference, which will hold at the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) House, Central Business District Abuja, on the 1st of December 2020. It added that the institute is partnering with over 20 notable ADR institutions…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Comrade Lawal Abubakar Zannah (Wakilin Shinkafi) is the Commissioner, Ministry of Science and Technology in Zamfara state. He was appointed by the governor, Alhaji Bello Muhammad (Matawallen Maradun), when he barely began serious work as Special Adviser to the Governor on Non Governmental Organisations, NGOs. In this exclusive interview with ASHENEWS, Zannah said the governor plans to apply science and technology in all strata of governance in the state. EXCERPTS: What have science and technology got to do in Zamfara state? (Laughs…) Science and Technology is the tide. When you talk about these, you are talking development in its…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto says the state government, in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, have spent N20 billion to construct and rehabilitate classrooms across the state in four years. He disclosed this on Tuesday at the launch of the HeForShe programme under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and a coalition of international donors as well as international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) at Government House, Sokoto. “This administration has prioritized the education of women through various strategies, one of which is the establishment of special girl schools across the state, especially for science and…
The Bauchi First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Mohammed has commended Mrs Victoria Habila, wife of the Council Chairman of Bogoro local government of the state. The commendation is contained in a letter addressed to Habila and signed personally by Mrs Mohammed on Tuesday. Titled, “Letter of appreciation for your contribution towards improving the health of women and children in Bogoro local government area”,the First Lady stated that she has observed how Mrs Habila has been prioritizing the health and wellbeing of women and children in the local government area. “My office has observed with keen interest and appreciation, how you have…
By David Cyranoski Immunizations are speeding towards approval before clinical trials end, but scientists say this could complicate efforts to study long-term effects. After a flurry of positive results from clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines, developers are now seeking ‘emergency use’ approvals, which could see these immunizations deployed in potentially tens of millions of people. But scientists are concerned that this kind of early deployment could compromise the ongoing clinical trials that seek to show conclusively how well the vaccines work. Following the release of early data from phase III trials on 9 November, vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech have sought…
The Chairman PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday said current efforts at restructuring Nigeria would not achieve success if not channeled through the amendments of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly. Tambulwa, the Governor of Sokoto State was quoted as saying this while speaking at the opening plenary of the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit tagged: “Building partnerships for resilience” in Abuja. In a statement issued by the governor’s Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Abubakar Shekara, he said the nation must avoid a repeat of the mistake of 2015 when a robust attempt by the House of Representatives to amend…
Sokoto state government has sought extended partnership with the federal government and the Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), to harness renewable energy for the improvement of power supply in the state and other scientific undertakings therein. Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state made the request when he received the Minister of State for Power, Engr Sale Mamman, his entourage and some university dons as well as stakeholders in the state. The governor, who specifically asked “for greater collaboration” with UDUS and the Federal Ministry of Power, expressed gratitude to the federal government and the ministry for their successive efforts to…
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has commended the efforts of the Victims Support Fund (VSF) Taskforce on COVID-19, for its emergency programme to cushion the effects of the pandemic on the lives of Nigerians. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State, Mary Noel-Berje made available to AsheNews on Monday, Sani Bello made the commendation when he received members of the taskforce on a courtesy visit at the Government House in Minna, the state capital. The Governor said the intervention would help in addressing some of the challenges the people are faced…
The Federal government and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) say a national summit to boost the nation’s cassava production in underway. Mr Garba Bala, National Programme Coordinator of FGN/IFAD-VCDP, said this at the inauguration of a cassava bulky centre and solar-powered borehole at Uli, Ihiala local government area of Anambra on Saturday. Bala has inaugurated similar projects at Ogbaru, Awka North and Anambra East local government areas of the state. “We are having problem with cassava off-taking unlike in the rice value chain where we have achieved a lot,” he said. Bala said that…
A U.S. federal court on Saturday evening dismissed President Donald Trump’s suit that sought to cancel millions of mail-in votes in the November 3 election in Pennsylvania. This is yet another major blow to efforts by Trump to have the presidential election results invalidated in battleground states where he lost. His legal team, led by former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, had approached the Middle District Court of Pennsylvania alleging that 1.5 million mail-in votes in the state were illegally counted. Giuliani had alleged that the president’s poll watchers were not allowed to observe the counting of mail-in ballots. That,…