The deputy governor of Sokoto state, Manir Dan’iya has said that the current administration, under the leadership of Aminu Tambuwal, is a clear departure from past governments since the creation of the state 43 years ago. Dan’Iya stated this when he received members of the Advocacy for the Empowerment of Nigerian Women Initiative (AENWI) in his office on Thursday. He told the group which honored him with the ‘Integrity & Peace Award 2020’, that women inclusion in governance is a ‘grand style’ cultivated by Tambuwal. “It is clear without contention that under Tambuwal, women in this state have enjoyed his…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Today, I offer a short tribute to our great comrade, friend and compatriot Yima Sen, who was buried last weekend. Yima was an elegant person, soft spoken, polite, open to dialogue and always ready for a debate. He was also always firm and clear in his progressive beliefs, ideologically sharp, deeply cultured in Marxist theory and always ready to engage not just in theoretical postulations but grounding evolving struggles in theory and practice that serve to elucidate the best pathway to progress. It is this life-long engagement in theory and practice, in seeking deeper understanding of on-going struggles and in…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for its leaders to enable them to address the numerous challenges facing the country. Abubakar spoke at the inauguration of a new Mosque donated by the Qatar Foundation to the community of Rijiyar Kade in Kware local government area of Sokoto State on Thursday. The Sultan said that Nigerians needed to support its leaders with fervent prayers and to remain patient as the country’s challenges are being addressed. “As leaders we are aware of all the hardship the people are facing. However, I want to…
By Attahiru Ahmed Gusau Zamfara state government has denied insinuations that it claimed ownership of mineral resources, especially gold that lay abundant in the state. Briefing news men on Wednesday, the commissioner for Environment, Mines and Solid Minerals, Dr Nurudeen Isah, said buying gold from artisanal miners, was aimed at curbing the wave of banditry and ‘not to desecrate the constitution’ of Nigeria. “We have never and have no intention to desecrate the constitution of Nigeria,” he said, adding that the issue of gold is topical and “borders on the politics, economy and security of the state and the country…
The AUDA-NEPAD, in partnership with the Biosafety Directorate of the Commission for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, held a consultative meeting on biotechnology and biosafety in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between October 29 and 31 October 2020. The objective of the meeting was to have deeper insight on the state of affairs on biotechnology from both the regulatory and technology side, and to refine planning for the delivery of biosafety services in the remaining part of 2020. The meeting also discussed the needs for 2021 that AUDA-NEPAD/ABNE may partner with Ethiopia to support biosafety service delivery. Participants were government officials from…
By Mark Boye I arrived home from work late around 4:20am (EST), and quickly prepared a hot tea and jumped into bed. I woke up around 10am and reached out to my phone and the first news that greeted me was the sudden demise of our former President, His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings. It was my former colleague, Adu Isaac, who’s Facebook post caught my attention. Shocked, and confused, I quickly searched for more news of the sad news, and lo and behold, social media set ablaze, as people pour in more tributes on his death, including Rawlings own family.…
By Abubakar Shekara Partisan politics is just a part of politics. That’s to those who know the real meaning and scope of politics. The adage that man is a political animal extends the scope of politics beyond the confines of political party activities; propaganda, campaigns, elections and the pursuit of partisan interests, which is a shallow perception of the term and its implications on society Aristotle in coining this phrase, meant politics to encompass things that concern the city state, the dynamics of roles, power and influence that determine and control the affairs of a given geopolitical entity. And this…
In October 2020, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clement Agba announced the Federal government’s quest for the support and contributions of Nigerians in the Diaspora on the implementation of the country’s vision 2025. According to the minister, Nigeria’s intention is to “Attain energy sufficiency in power and petroleum products, improve access to quality education, affordable healthcare and productivity, improve security for all,” while promising that government would work with the recommendation to be made by Nigerians in the Diaspora. In an exclusive interview with AsheNews, Sweden-based Nigerian renewable energy expert, Dr Ade Raheem observed…
The core reason for the substantive demands about restructuring Nigeria is linked, paradoxically, to widespread concerns about how far the military went in completely restructuring the Nigerian State. They dismantled the tripartite regional structure, which had become quadripartite with the creation of the Mid West Region in 1963. In 1967, just before the advent of the civil war, the Gowon Military Administration made a bold and popular move by creating 12 states from the four existing regions. The move was popular because it addressed the correction of the structural imbalances and ethno-regional inequities of the inherited federal structure. The good…
The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Tunis has urged his colleagues and Members of Parliament to pressure their home governments to increase budgetary allocation to agriculture. This is even as he insisted that poor funding of agriculture, particularly amid the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, will lead to severe food shortages and hunger in the ECOWAS region. Addressing newsmen in Guinea Bissau at the ongoing delocalised meeting to discuss agriculture, food security and COVID-19, the speaker said that the region was already witnessing shortfall in supply of food. According to a statement issued by Parliament on Thursday, the delocalized meeting was…