To state that we live in challenging times is perhaps an understatement and does very little justice in accurately capturing our current realities. Those realities include a world faced with a pandemic the scale of which hasn’t been seen in 100 years. The crisis has crippled economies, destroyed global supply chains and obliterated once productive and viable sectors of the economy. Our dear nation has not been spared in this difficult period and, indeed, has felt the impact of the global crisis. But as a responsive government, the Buhari administration has within limited resources designed responses that are targeted at…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
At least 33 people have been killed by fires raging in California, Oregon and Washington since the start of a record-breaking wave of fires in mid-August, according to the latest figures. Wildfires this year have burnt a staggering 1.3 million hectares in California and killed 22 people there since Aug. 15, according to the state’s CalFire agency. Another 10 people have died in Oregon and a child died in Washington. While cooler weather conditions and calmer winds are helping authorities battle the blazes over the weekend, many of the fires in Oregon and California remain largely uncontained, forcing tens of…
The Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, has evicted the duo of Nelson Enwerem (alias) ‘Prince’ and his housemate, Terseer Kidwaya, from the Reality Show. This is coming two weeks to the end of the Big Brother Naija lockdown edition. Prince, Dorothy, Ozo and Kiddwaya were put up for possible eviction by fellow housemates. With Prince’s eviction, the lockdown house is left with eight housemates.
The Presidency has reacted to former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s assertion that Nigeria was becoming a failed state under President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that he had descended from a “Commander-in-Chief” to a “Divider-in-Chief”. In a statement by the Spokesperson of the President, Malam Garba Shehu available to news men on Sunday, the Presidency said Obasanjo’s recent comments attempted to divide the nation. ”In his most recent statement, former President Olusegun Obasanjo attempts to divide the nation while President Muhammadu Buhari continues to promote nation building and the unity of Nigeria. ”The difference is clear. From the lofty heights of Commander-in-Chief,…
The Nigerian Working Group on Peace-building and Governance, a group of Nigerian civic and thought leaders, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerian governors, to initiate dialogue aimed at finding lasting solution to the rising insecurity in the country. The group has also offered key observations as well as recommendations on ways government could strengthen its efforts to manage the coronavirus pandemic by addressing the rising insecurity across the country. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by Cardinal John Onaiyekan, General Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.), Professor Attahiru Jega, Ambassador Fatima Balla, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, Mrs. Aisha Mohammed-Oyebode, Dr.…
The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution, Mr Ovie Omo-Agege has assured that the panel would not downplay any bill presented before the committee, to alter the constitution. He promised that the Senate would recommend all the bills before it for consideration and that in plenary, the Senate would determine whether or not such proposals should be transmitted to state assemblies. Speaking at the weekend on The Platform, a current affairs programme on TVC, anchored by cerebral columnist, Sam Omatseye, Omo-Agege clarified that members of the committee were not under…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal, is presently playing host to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai at the Government House, Sokoto. Although details of Buratai’s visit to Tambuwal is not immediately known, Ashenewsonline gathered from a reliable government source that it may not be unconnected with the security challenges in the Northwest, including Sokoto. While Buratai was accompanied by Army Commanders to the Government House, the Deputy governor, Munir Dan’iya and Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Alhaji Sa’idu Umar were among those who received the Army Chief along with Tambuwal. Details later…
Goverrnor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto on Sunday, led a delegation to condole Senator Aliyu Wamakko over the death of his 23-year old daughter, Sadiya who died during child-birth. Those on Tambuwal’s entourage were his Deputy, Alhaji Mannir Dan Iya, former Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Shagari, Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Saidu Umar and Chief of Staff, Alhaji Mukhtar Magori, among others. The Governor expressed deep shock on the death of the deceased and prayed the Almighty Allah to repose her soul, as well as his family, the fortitude to bear the loss. Similarly, Senators Danjuma Goje, Ahmad Yeriman and…
By Tina George, Minna A member representing Bida/Katcha/Gbako Federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Saidu Abdullahi, has offered to reconstruct one of the oldest markets in Niger state. Burnt in a fire inferno two years ago, the foundation laying ceremony for the reconstruction of the 600 shop Etsu Musa Market, was flagged off by the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar in Bida on Saturday. According to Rep Abdullahi, the reconstruction of the burnt market is a project under the Zonal Intervention Project of the Bida/Gbako/Katcha Federal constituency in 2020, which he facilitated the project to improve the socio-economic development…
Communiqué sets out a road map for WTO reform; Communiqué calls for development to be at the centre of WTO reform; Agriculture subsidies and non-tariff barriers highlighted as a specific hindrance to development. Following a meeting convened by the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) and hosted by the Afreximbank, a communiqué addressed to members of the WTO and the eight candidates who have been shortlisted as the institution’s next Director General was released yesterday calling for a wide range of reforms. The communiqué was formulated following numerous consultations with PAFTRAC members, its institutional partners, and through a…