Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto says the state government would need over N20 billion to fix the damages caused by this year’s flood disaster. The governor was speaking Tuesday while receiving a report from the Dr Muhammad Jabbi Kilgori-led special committee on flood disaster management, held at the council chamber of Government House, Sokoto. According to him, the cost implication of the damages caused on roads, bridges by the flood exclude that of damages done to primary health centers, clinics, dispensaries and other structures. “This comprises N15 billion required to construct roads and bridges washed away by the flood and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. In a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, the president said his decision to nominate Yakubu is in accordance with the provision of Section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). “I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate, the nomination of Professor…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has tested positive for the coronavirus, football’s ruling body said on Tuesday. FIFA said that Infantino has mild symptoms and is already isolated. He should now remain in quarantine for at least 10 days. According to FIFA everyone who has been in contact with Infantino has been informed about his test result. As the coronavirus infection rates are increasing again in Europe, football has been also affected with fan bans and game cancellation. dpa
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday said that 520 suspects had been arrested for various offences ranging from arson, robbery, murder to unlawful possession of firearms during the #EndSARS protests. Odumosu told newsmen at the Command’s Headquarters, Ikeja, that the suspects were arrested in relation to crimes committed as a result of breakdown of law and order resulting from the #EndSARS protests. “The protests which started peacefully turned violent on Monday, Oct.12, when some criminally-minded hoodlums at the Surulere protest venue cashed-in on the precarious situation. “They proceeded to attack the Anti-kidnapping Unit’s Office of…
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said that she met N2.3 billion debt on her assumption. She added that there were few numbers of vehicles that were functional with other malfunctioning utilities. Adeyeye disclosed this during the 2021 budget defence with the House Committee on Health Services on Tuesday in Abuja. Adeyeye said that her dream was to make NAFDAC self-sufficient, but was faced with the reality of the debt the agency was enmeshed in when she assumed duty as the helmsman. She said that NAFDAC means of revenue generation…
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has urged African governments to intensify efforts towards adoption of cleaner energy sources, noting that 80 per cent of air quality in the continent was bad. Mrs Jane Akumu, Programme Manager, Air Quality and Mobility Unit, UNEP, made the disclosure on Tuesday while speaking at the ongoing Virtual Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL) Africa Downstream Expo 2020. Akumu commended the African Union (AU) for the initiative to promote an Africa-wide fuel standard of 50 Parts Per Million (PPM). “As at Quarter 3, 2020 only 15 of 54 countries in Africa have adopted 50PPM specification…
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mr Clement Agba says Nigeria has received $26.94 billion Development Assistance funds from International Donors between 2015 and 2020. Agba made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while briefing House of Representatives Committee on Civil Society and Development Partners on Donor Funds Receipts, Transfers and Disbursement to Government Agencies, Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria. Breaking down the figure, Agba said that the amount comprised $ 2.34 billion received in 2015, $1.15 billion gotten in 2016 and $ 774.93 million collected in 2017. The minister said that $22.02 billion was…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a suit brought by the Bayelsa government seeking to stop the Federal government from further paying monthly statutory allocation from Soku oil wells to Rivers. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who led the seven-man panel of justices of the apex court declined hearing the matter on the grounds that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter. The court then ordered the Bayelsa government to approach the Court of Appeal to decide the matter. Bayelsa government had filed the suit at the Supreme Court seeking to stop the Federal Government from further paying…
The African Legal Support Facility (the ALSF) (www.AfLSF.org), is pleased to announce the appointment of Christine Anyango Agimba and Ambassador Arve Ofstad to its management board. The two new members bring a wealth of experience in international policy, international trade, judicial reform and economic development. Agimba, a Kenyan national and current Deputy Solicitor General State Law Office and Department of Justice (Office of the Attorney General), has more than 25 years of experience in the public and private legal sectors. She has advised on a wide range of legal, governance and policy matters, including managing public sector reform programs in…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Tuesday said 59.6 per cent of electricity consumers in the country were still on estimated billing as at March 2020. NERC made this known in its First Quarter 2020 Report which was obtained from its website. The regulatory agency said the huge metering gap for end-use customers remained a key challenge in the industry. This, it said, was despite a slight improvement recorded during the quarter. “The records of the commission indicate that, of the 10,477,856 registered electricity customers as at the end of the first quarter of 2020, only 4,231,940 (40.39 per cent)…