The Zone 4 Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, comprised of Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa, has warned that traffic offenders that had been arrested and fined, but who were yet to pay their fines, should do so or risk rearrest. A statement by the Acting Zonal Public Education Officer, Mr Terry Hoomlon, made available to Ashenewsonline on Tuesday, the Zonal Commanding Officer, ACM Kayode Olagunju, warned that offenders already declared wanted after exceeding the seven-day grace period, would be re-arrested. According to him, operatives of the corps in a special operation tagged “Operation Tracker” slated for Sept. 11…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th goal for Portugal in their Nations League clash away to Sweden on Tuesday. The goal scored by Ronaldo meant he joined Iran’s Ali Daei as the only male player to score 100 goals or more in international soccer. Having been denied on a number of occasions by Sweden keeper Robin Olsen, the 35-year-old attacker made no mistake when presented with a free kick just before halftime. He took a short run-up and unleashed a powerful dipping effort that flew in just under the crossbar and beyond Olsen’s despairing fingertips. Ronaldo’s first senior goal for Portugal…
Nine Consultative Groups for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centres have Launched an initiative that will help to deliver agronomic solutions to drive sustainable productivity growth under climate change for smallholder farmers. Tagged: “Excellence in Agronomy” (EiA) Initiative, was launched at the opening of the 2020 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) held virtually on Tuesday. CGIAR centres involved in EiA include Africa Rice, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Potato Center and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Others are World Agroforestry Center, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),…
In its effort to ensure that the spread of the HIV virus is drastically reduced, the Federal Government has approved the inclusion of ”Wondfo HIV I and II rapid test kits for use in the country. The National Coordinator, National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NASCP) Dr Akudo Ikpeazu, made the this known while presenting the evaluation report on the kit, on Tuesday in Abuja. “The Wondfo rapid test kit, could be used as a confirmatory test because of its high specification of 99.4 per cent,” she said. The coordinator said that in 2019, the Federal Ministry of Health( FMOH) approved the conduct…
The Nigerian Young Farmers Network (NYFN) has appealed to the Federal Government to rescind a decision on the plan for partial importation of maize and other restricted crops. The National Coordinator of the network, Mr Promise Amahah said this on Tuesday while reacting to a leaked circular from the Nigeria Customs Service on the plan to allow some crops, initially banned for importation, to come into the country to strike a balance between food imports and local production capacities to meet anticipated shortfall. The coordinator stated that the resources for the importation would have been channelled towards empowering Nigerian farmers,…
Agriculture stakeholders in Africa, has said that building a resilient food system, intra-African trade and empowering smallholder farmers would drive an inclusive economic growth. The stakeholders made the submission at the first virtual summit of the 2020 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) organised by the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) which kicked-off on Tuesday in Kigali, Rwanda. AASR is an annual publication that has been published by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) since 2013. The annual publication has become a reference point for emerging topics on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Staple Crops (2013); Climate…
The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Electricity Board (LSEB), says it is providing solar power to 172 public secondary schools and 11 public health centres (PHCS). The Director-General of LSEB, Mr Mukhtaar Tijani, made this known during a news briefing on Tuesday in Ikeja. Tijani said that the increasing energy demand in the state due to expanded civilisation and increase in population had led to concerns over the limited energy resources. He said that the focus of the government was on a sustainable energy supply which entailed optimised use of energy to minimise pollution. According to him, the…
A civil society network, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Alliance Nigeria, says noncommunicable diseases accounted for 29 per cent deaths in Nigeria. Dr Sonny Kuku, President of the organisation, made this known at the flag off of the Third Global Week for Action on NCDs in the country. “Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) are the cause of 70 per cent of deaths globally, many of them are preventable and also carry heavy economic burden for countries, communities and families. “Both the health and economic burdens of NCDs fall heaviest on low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Nigeria, making NCDs a major global health and developmental…
PROTOCOLS It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat. We are meeting a time that mankind is struggling to overcome the economic and social crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted life as we knew it. The consequences of the pandemic will no doubt influence our deliberations at this gathering, especially as we will have to adjust our policy approaches and methods of working going forward. 2. I stressed at last year’s Retreat that the Nigerian people expect dedication and commitment by all of us in implementing policies, programmes…
The Kebbi Government on Tuesday commenced the screening of no fewer than 500 herders for animal feeds loan, as part of efforts to improve livestock production in the state. Dr Usman Rambo, a Project Consultant on the loan, said while screening beneficiaries at Gesse-Bayaro- Hutawa settlements in Birnin Kebbi that the project was designed to improve local milk and livestock production in the state. “The animal feeds loan is a project of the state government through the ministry of animal health, husbandry and fisheries. “The project targets 500 beneficiaries from the herders’ communities and is aimed at improving local milk and…