Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the Convener, To Build A Nation (TBAN) and 2019 Presidential Candidate of Young Progressive Party (YPP), has thrown his weight behind peaceful #EndSARS protest. Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in a statement on Friday said that: “The #EndSARS peaceful demonstrations by Nigerian youth against police brutality are a necessary and welcome response to the culture of impunity represented by the FSARS. “The protests have been largely peaceful. I commend Nigerian youth for the maturity, determination and discipline they have shown in keeping the protests peaceful. “My objective assessment is that this stance…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
A Coalition of Civil Society Groups in the North, has called on the Federal Government to use similar energy and responsiveness used in ending SARS to end insecurity in the Northern part of the country. The coalition also said those still protesting over SARS should end the protests, as government has met their demands. It said, instead of continuing with the protest, they should join the struggle of Northern groups to end insecurity in the region. The group stated this during a press briefing held at Arewa House, on Friday in Kaduna. It noted that over the last few days,…
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, on Friday in Minna inaugurated the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for its 2020 Triennial Delegates’ Conference scheduled for between Nov. 9 and Nov. 11. The NAWOJ National President, Mrs Ifeyinwa Omowole, who inaugurated the LOC and its sub-committees, urged the members to ensure a hitch-free conference. The LOC is headed by Mary Noel-Berje, and it has Abdul Idris, Abu Nmodu, Rabi Bello, Rita Durumi, Ismaila Favu, Aisha Wakaso, Jamila Abubakar and She Mohammed as other members. The association will hold the conference to elect new members into its national executive committee to run its affairs…
After two days of cautious trading, the nation’s bourse on Friday recorded N164 billion growth following renewed investors interest. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N14.815 trillion rose by N164 billion or 1.11 per cent to close at N14.979 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index rose by 315.41 points or 1.11 per cent to close at 28,659.45, from 28,344.04 on Thursday. Total led the gainers’ table growing by N10.20 to close at N112.20 per share. Presco followed with N5.40 to close at N65.90, while Zenith Bank garnered N1.55 to close at N21.55 per share. NASCO gained 90k to close at…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has urged Pakistan to assist Nigeria in building the capacity of its Defence Industry. Lawan made the appeal on Friday in Abuja while receiving in audience a delegation of the Senate of Pakistan. The delegation from Pakistan visited Lawan to seek Nigeria’s support for the candidature of the Chairman of the Pakistani Senate for the Presidency of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The Senate President thanked Pakistan for its assistance in the area of training and supply of weapons to the Nigeria Armed Forces to fight insurgency and other security challenges. “But one area…
The National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS) on Friday presented the 2020 wet season Agricultural Performance Survey (APSR) to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD). The field survey conducted between Aug. 23 to August 30, was drafted by NAERLS, in collaboration with other agricultural institutions. The Executive Director, NAERLS, Prof Mohammed Othman, made the public presentation at the ministry in Abuja. The Survey was received by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono. Speaking at the presentation, Nanono said the report was timely and very important, thereby urging farmers to intensify efforts…
The Kano State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, said that 54 persons lost their lives and 30,356 houses destroyed due to flooding this raining season in the state. Dr Saleh Jili, Executive Secretary of the agency, disclosed in an interview in Kano on Friday that the data which cut across the 44 Local Government Areas of the state was recorded from June to date. The Nigeria Metrological Agency, NiMeT, in collaboration with Nigerian Hydrological Service Agency (NIHSA) predicted 20 LGAs in the state as flood prone areas this season. Jili listed the affected local government areas as Rogo Kabo, Gezawa, Bebeji,…
The Sokoto state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused governor Aminu Tambuwal of playing politics with Nigeria’s security. The PDP Governors Forum had, in a communiqué issued after its meeting on Wednesday, observed that there were discrepancies in S.12(2) and S.12(4) of the Act on the appropriate authority with responsibility to deploy Police. “While acknowledging the many important innovations in the new law, the Forum emphasised the need to make the Nigeria Police Council, which has Mr President as Chairman and 36 state Governors as members, fully operational and the clearing house on all issues bordering on…
The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has advised associations in Nigeria against balkanisation or duplicatation of professional associations. He gave the advise in Abuja when two professional bodies – the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), paid him courtesy visits on Friday. Omo-Agege applauded the organisations for identifying vibrantly with national aspirations, adding that more home-grown solutions can be developed by them for the benefit of citizens. Congratulating Dame Onome Joy Adeniyi on her election as National President of ICAN, the federal legislator expressed the willingness of the National Assembly, NASS, to…
President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Mr Chidi Ilogebe, has urged Federal and States Governments to waive school fees in tertiary institutions as a palliative to students. Ilogebe made the request while speaking on national issues affecting Nigerian students in Enugu on Friday. “It is our earnest desire that students in Nigeria are made comfortable while studying. “It is no news that the federal and some state governments have continuously doled out palliatives/grants to help resuscitate small and medium businesses for youths and women. “It is on record that students were not considered in any of these…