Kebbi governor, Abubakar Bagudu has applauded the policies of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying such have began to yield the desired results in the country. The governor made this known during a visit to a private rice mill, owned by a business mogul, Alhaji Sahabi Lolo in Kamba, in Dandi local government area of the state on Sunday. Bagudu who was accompanied by governor Muhammed Badaru of Jigawa, expressed delight that the policies of the administration were putting the country on a more formidable economic footing. According to him, the investment derive of the president in the rice value chain in…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria, OPGAN, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for empowering smallholder farmers under the Anchor Borrower Programme, ABP). The newly-elected President of the association, Mr Joe Onyiuke made the commendation during a stakeholders’ forum on investment and funding opportunities in the oil palm value chain for oil palm growers in Abuja. Onyiuke explained that the current administration had so far demonstrated strong zeal and commitment as well as readiness to elevate agriculture to boost the economy. He said various associations in the agricultural value chains had been accessing…
Inter Milan fought back with two goals in the last five minutes as they began their Serie A campaign with a 4-3 win over Fiorentina on Saturday. Runners-up last season and seen as the main challengers to the dominance of Juventus this term, Inter suffered one of their familiar slumps as they fell 3-2 behind to a Fiorentina side inspired by 37-year-old Franck Ribery. But an 87th minute equaliser from Romelu Lukaku followed by Danilo D’Ambrosio’s header two minutes later gave them the points – and possibly spared them one of coach Antonio Conte’s infamous dressing-downs after the game. Inter…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, has constituted a 36-man committee to reorganise Hisbah, which has been factionalised and enmeshed in leadership tussle for many years. the Sokoto state government has disbanded it and halted all its activities. Inaugurating the committee, the governor also announced that the its activities were halted pending when the committee would have been re-organised and harmonised. Led by the Wazirin Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Wali Junaid, the committee has the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Cabinet Affairs office, Alhaji Bande Rikina as its secretary. Other members comprise of Islamic scholars, security agents, representatives of the Sultanate Council,…
Chilean side Deportes Antofagasta travelled 1,500 km to play a league match on Saturday, only to be told at the stadium that the game had been called off. The match was called off because of a positive COVID-19 test amongst the staff of opponents Colo Colo. The Chilean league said in a statement that the case was detected on Friday among the Colo Colo delegation which had travelled to Brazil for a Copa Libertadores match. It said that more time was needed for further investigations, even though the players had tested negative. “I’m disappointed with what happened,” Antofagasta’s sporting director…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases has reached 58,198 with 49,722 patients discharged from various isolation centres across the federation, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed. In its official twitter website, the health agency also announced 136 new cases of the infections with three deaths in the country for Saturday. The agency said that the new infection were reported from 13 states with 116 patients discharged. Lagos state recorded the highest number of cases with 41 new infections, while Ogun, Rivers Abia, and Oyo recorded 27, 19, 10 and 6 cases respectively. Other states with new infections were Plateau-6, Bauchi-5, Ondo-5, Ekiti-4,…
…As Sultanate Council explains reason for death Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, has debunked allegations and reports, which were published earlier Saturday in the media that a policeman attached to his convoy, shot one late Abdulrahman Aminu, aka Banna. Tambuwal denied the claims when he, along with the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Sani Ka’oje, went to condole the family of the victim of the shooting at Sultan Bello mosque. He described the incident, which claimed the life of Abdulrahman Aminu of Galadanci area and resulted in three other persons sustaining injuries as “unfortunate, inhuman and condemnable.” Earlier, the Sultanate…
Striker Tammy Abraham struck a late equaliser as Chelsea battled back from three goals down to draw 3-3 at West Bromwich Albion in their English Premier League (EPL) clash on Saturday. An error by Marcos Alonso led to Callum Robinson opening the scoring for West Brom in the fourth minute. The Irish striker made it two when Chelsea’s new signing Thiago Silva, who was given the captain’s armband, miscontrolled the ball. Kyle Bartley was left unmarked to add a third in the 27th minute with a close-range finish to send Chelsea three goals down at the break. However, Mason Mount…
Everton made it three wins out of three as they moved to the top of the 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) after a 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday. The visitors won by a controversial penalty kick awarded for handball and converted by Richarlison. Carlo Ancelotti’s side took the lead in the 10th minute when a superb pass by Colombian James Rodriguez found the overlapping Seamus Coleman. He slipped the ball across for Dominic Calvert-Lewin to score for the third straight league game. Crystal Palace drew level in simple fashion though, with Cheikhou Kouyate heading in an Andros Townsend…
Bundesliga title hopefuls Borussia Dortmund suffered a blow in a 2-0 defeat at Augsburg on Saturday. The visitors surrendered without a fight as Daniel Caligiuri set up the first goal and scored the second in his 300th league game. In spite of Borussia Dortmund having close to 80 percent possession for much of the first half, it was Augsburg who scored. This was when Felix Uduokhai connected with a Caligiuri free-kick in the 40th minute with their first chance of the match. Borussia Dortmund lacked the magic from their young stars which helped them cruise past Borussia Moenchengladbach in their…