The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have agreed to set up a joint committee to boost local content development. NCDMB made the announcement in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Corporate Communications Department on its official Twitter account. The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Mr Simbi Wabote and the Director General of NITDA, Mr Kashifu Abdullahi, were quoted as saying that the decision to set up the committee was reached after a meeting they held via Zoom platform on Tuesday. The six-member committee will foster the agencies collaboration in the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has successfully treated and discharged 357 patients, who have recovered from the Coronavirus (COVID-19), reporting 118 fresh infections in the country. A report in its official twitter handle on Tuesday, indicated that 357 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours, raising the number of recoveries to 51,308. No COVID-19 death was recorded for the third consecutive day, leaving the death toll at 1,113, a figure first recorded since October 3. The public health agency said that the new infections were recorded in 14 states across the country. It stated that Lagos recorded the highest…
Kano State AgroPastoral Development Project, KSADP, has expressed its readiness to collaborate with Borno state government towards actualization of the state’s Ruga settlement project. The State Project Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim Muhammad made the pledge when he received a delegation from Borno, led by the state Commissioner for Animal Resources and Fisheries Development, Comrade Juliana Bitrus, at the KSADP office in Kano on Tuesday. “We are determined to transform agriculture in Kano from a largely socio-cultural practice to a socio-economic endeavor and we will support the Borno state government to also achieve in that regard. “The interventions at Dansoshiya are just…
The Kebbi state government on Tuesday, threw its weight behind Dr Zainab Bagudu’s contest for the second term, the post of Director at the Union of International Cancer Control ( UICC). At a press conference addressed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Babale Yauri, in Birnin Kebbi, the state government also extolled excellent performances in her chosen career as well as her humanitarian services. According to Yauri, the support to the Dr Bagudu, became imperative as she had a momentous and excellent first tenure. “Today, Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 the General Assembly for Union for International Cancer Control …
A clergy, Prophet Babatunde Alfa and five others have been sentenced by Justice Olusegun Odusola of the Ondo State High Court in Akure, to life imprisonment over the disappearance of a one year old boy, Gold Kolawole, in his Church. The prophet was sentenced with five other workers of Sotitobire Praising Chapel: Omodara Olayinka, Margaret Oyebola, Grace Ogunjobi, Egunjobi Motunrayo and Esther Kayode, who were all arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy, aiding and abetting kidnapping. Justice Odusola said that the accused were convicted based on the circumstantial evidence presented by the prosecution, while condemning “the complicity, connivance and…
Oil workers, under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), on Tuesday picketed the office of Baker Hughes, a multinational oil company, over sacking of 64 workers. The picketing took place at the Mansard House, Victoria Island area of Lagos, where some aggrieved members were seen chanting solidarity songs, while holding placards of various inscriptions, to drive home their demands. Some of the inscriptions on the placards read: “We say no to bad labour practices; “BakerHughes stop denying us our rights.” Mr Leroy Musa, Industrial Relations Officer, PENGASSAN, Lagos Zone, said that in spite…
The key market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday rallied to the all-time high, appreciating by 4.92 per cent. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N14.402 trillion rose by N949 billion to close at N15.110 trillion. Also, the All Share Index rose by 1,354.88 or 4.92 per cent to close at 28,909.37 against 27,554.49 points on Monday. The uptrend was impacted by gains recorded in large and medium capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Dangote Cement, MTN Nigeria Communication, Presco, Nigerian Breweries and Stanbic IBTC Holdings. Consequently, the market breadth closed positive with 45 gainers compared with…
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara says that his administration has entered into a N5 billion gold supply deal with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The governor made the disclosure on Tuesday in Gusau, at a press conference to present the 31-kilogramme Zamfara processed gold. He said that the state government would, at an agreed time during the year, supply the gold equivalent of the amount. “Following the global acceptance of the high quality of the gold dug from the state, the apex bank approached us with the deal, which we believe is a good business. “At the moment, we…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Tuesday, announced the donation of N5 million and a three-bedroom bungalow to the winner of the just-concluded Big Brother Naija reality show, Olamilekan Agbelesebioba He also appointed him as the Youth Ambassador of the state. Abiodun made the announcement when he played host to Agbelesebioba, popularly known as Laycon, in his office in Abeokuta He expressed the hope that his good character, excellence, good virtues, calmness and integrity would serve as a model to the youths in the state. “It is hoped that you will help inspire our teeming youths to channel their energies…
Gunmen have killed the acting Village Head of Wereng community in Riyom local government area of Plateau, Mr Chungyang Mwadkon. The gunmen are reported to have invaded the community at about 9 pm on Monday and also killed five other persons and injured many. Kim Francis, 32, who survived the attack with bullets wounds, said that the hoodlums were initially mistaken for members of the neighborhood watch. “We first thought they were members of the vigilante group because they were wearing boots and security kits, just like the community police, until they started shooting at us sporadically. “They kept shooting…