By Tina George, Minna The Niger state commissioner of education, Mrs Hannatu Salihu says schools will reopen next week, emphasizing that there will be third term for public and private schools in the state. Briefing newsmen shortly after stakeholders meeting on resumption of non-exit classes of the basic and secondary schools, she said that all schools will reopen for the 2019/2020 third term on the 4th of October 2020, and that the schools will go on holidays in December. According to her, all second and third term examinations conducted by schools are cancelled while public primary and secondary schools will…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, has charged the recently elected officials of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, to operate an open-door policy in order to woo new members and accommodate more people that were willing to join the party. The governor made the called when he hosted the new state and local governments party executives in the state. According to Tambuwal, “By opening your doors, more supporters will join the party because many people are already showing their interests to do so. There is the need for you to bring unity among the party supporters. Carry everybody…
The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund), has signed a US$20 million term loan in favor of East African Development Bank, EADB. EADB, which is an important regional development institution for delivering key development objectives across the East Africa region, will use the loan to support small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and infrastructure projects in East Africa. It enjoys a high level of commitment from member states Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, as well a diverse shareholder base that includes multilateral and bilateral development institutions and international financial institutions. SMEs account for more than half of EADB’s portfolio.…
The Federal Government is set to conduct a census of all businesses in the country, to ensure accurate statistical representation, operations and contribute to policymaking for national development. Mr Clem Agba, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, made this known at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) workshop in Abuja on Monday. The Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop organised by NBS was for National Business Sample Census (NBSC). Agba, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Olusola Idowu, said the training was taking place at a time of increased demand for comprehensive, accurate and reliable statistics. “There…
…Picked as Valedictorian An alumnus of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Emmanuel Jesuyon Dansu, has bagged a post-graduate degree, PhD, in Information Sciences, Mathematical Biology/Sociology from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan in Grand style A statement by the Deputy Director, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo The FUTA lecturer performed so excellently well that he was given the privilege to speak on behalf of other graduating students as the 2020 valedictorian of the University. In his valedictory address delivered on Friday September 25, 2020, Dansu on behalf of other graduating students promised that he and his colleagues will make the world a…
President Muhammadu Buhari says Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the behest of their Chairman, President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, may confer again to discuss outstanding grey areas in the Mali political situation. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, in a statement on Monday, said Buhari stated this after receiving briefing at the State House, Abuja, from ECOWAS Special Envoy to Mali, former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan. Mali has appointed a civilian as Interim President who will stay in office for 18 months and lead the country back to constitutional…
The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has honoured 49 Nigerian employees working in Chinese companies, for their outstanding performance and contributions in strengthening diplomatic ties between both countries. The Charge D’ Affaires, Mr Zhao Yong who presented N100,000 cash awards to each of the 49 beneficiaries on Monday in Abuja, said the award ceremony was organised to commemorate both countries’ independence anniversary on Oct. 1, and 49 years of friendship and bilateral relations. He commended the employees whose contributions, he said, had led to Nigeria’s development, especially in the area of infrastructure. According to him, China and Nigeria have a long history…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has explained how the commission traced and recovered N16 billion from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in 2020. The ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanye in a virtual meeting of the 2nd “National Summit on Anti-Corruption in the Public Sector,” said that the money was moved under suspicious circumstances below the threshold that would put it within the purview of the Accountant-General of the Federation. He said that the ministry moved the money into an offline account in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) where utilisation would be outside the monitoring purview…
President Muhammadu Buhari has has vowed to tame the greed of government officials, even as he stressed the need for all arms of government, to deploy resources in order to address the common needs of all citizens rather than such “greed of a callous few.” The president issued the threat at the 2nd National Summit on Diminishing Corruption, with the theme, “Together Against Corruption’’, and launch of the National Ethics and Integrity Policy, organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission, ICPC, in Abuja on Monday. According to him, the National Ethics and Integrity Policy projects government’s…
By Elizabeth Carr Bauchi state has recorded 8,510 new cases of under-five children that are suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) from January to August 2020 in its 21 Centers for Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM). The statistic, gathered based on investigation conducted by our reporter, adding that reasonable number are yet to be reported in communities, is came from the 21 Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition, CMAM, sites spread across nine local government areas. The lives of these children have constantly been threaten by lack of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), an essential commodity for the treatment of severe…