President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over the meeting of the National Food Security Council with six State Governors, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and some ministers in attendance. The meeting would deliberate on recent hike in prices of foodstuff in the country. President Buhari had on Sept. 2 via a statement by one of his spokesmen, Malam Garba Shehu, expressed the concern of his administration about the sudden spiral of food prices. The president assured Nigerians that the situation is transient, saying his administration has already begun looking and putting in place measures to ameliorate…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday launched a network of laboratories to reinforce genome sequencing of the virus that causes Covid-19. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said this Cape Town. Twelve reference laboratories in various African countries will provide sequencing, data analysis and technical support services to the rest of the continent, the two organisations announced in a joint statement. “As we continue to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa, being able to not only track its evolution, but also assess the possible mutation of the…
By Abdul Musa Chinua Achebe’s postulations on the trouble with Nigeria as simply and squarely a failure of leadership captured succinctly our greatest challenge as a nation. This terrible anemia has blighted our progression to true nationhood despite ample endowments in size, population and other potentials that make a country great. Since independence, this space called Nigeria wallows in a yoke of stagnations, underdevelopment and mired in myriads challenges. This notwithstanding, providence has however continued to smile at us with the blessing of an emerging fresh class of leaders, in the fashion of the mythological Phoenix that regenerates from the…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has called on the Federal government to desilt Goronyo and Bakolori dams, in order to forestall the perennial flooding that occur in parts of the state. The Governor made the call Wednesday while commiserating with the people of Goronyo and Rabah local government areas over the flood disaster that ravaged the areas. The villages affected in Goronyo local government area include: Balla, Kagara, Boye Kai, Giyawa, Tsohon Garin Dole, among others while Gandi, Rara, Tsamiya and Yar Tsakuwa villages were also affected in Rabah local government area. Many houses, farmlands, livestock and other infrastructure, were…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has posited that U.S President Donald Trump’s question to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, as to (Why are you killing Christians in Nigeria?), is based on misleading reports by some groups or organisations. Buhari had on Tuesday, during the Ministerial Performance Review Retreat, recalled that Trump asked him, during his visit to the US in 2018, why he was killing Christians. However, reacting to Buhari’s disclosure of Trump’s question, the Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akinola, in a statement made available to Ashenewsonline on Thursday, a religious organisation “of selling Nigeria to the US.” MURIC also advised Trump…
A group of volunteers under the aegis of Grassroots Education and Empowerment Scheme (GEMS), has concluded a sensitization as well as skills acquisition programme for members of Iyana Shaare community in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state. According to a statement by the project initiator/coordinator, Barrister Chima Osuji, made available to Ashenewsonline on Wednesday, the GEMS team had embarked on consultation and familiarization visit to the Iyana Shaare community leader on 8th August 2020, to promote ownership and cooperation, before the project kicked off on 15th August 2020. “The Ba’ale of Iyana Shaare, Alhaji Mashood Amoo, happily mobilized women…
A report from the Debt Management Office, DMO, has revealed that the nation’s total public debt now stands at N31.009 trillion (or $85.897 billion) as at June 31, 2020. The debt, which represents 8.3 percent rise from N28.628 trillion in March 2020, is comprised of federal government debt stock as well as the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. “The increase in the Debt Stock by N2.381 trillion or $6.593 billion was accounted for by the $3.36 billion Budget Support Loan from the International Monetary Fund, New Domestic Borrowing to finance the Revised 2020 Appropriation…
Scientists urge caution in global vaccine race as AstraZeneca reports ‘adverse event’ in a person who received the Oxford vaccine. Enrolment in global trials of a leading coronavirus-vaccine candidate are on hold after a ‘suspected adverse event’ in a person who received the vaccine in the United Kingdom. Scientists say that it’s too soon to say what impact this might have on the global push to develop a vaccine, but that the news highlights the importance of waiting for the results of large, properly designed trials to assess safety before approving a vaccine for widespread use. Researchers at the University…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has directed his ministers to channel their requests through his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. He also directed that all matters related to Federal Executive Council, FEC, should be handled by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. Buhari gave the directive at the first-year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat held in Abuja on Tuesday. “Let me also reiterate that all submissions for my attention or meeting requests should be channelled through the Chief of Staff. “While all Federal Executive Council matters should be coordinated through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.”
As Resident Doctors across the country, plan nationwide strike, the Federal Government, has disclosed that it paid health workers a whooping N20 billion as COVID-19 allowance. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora made the disclosure on ChannelsTV, during the Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. “We’ve been able to disburse close to N20 billion and I repeat close to 20 billion. So, to now say nothing has been done, that is not true,” the minister said. According to him, government stopped payment of the hazard allowance because of renegotiation with them. “We were able to pay April, May…