By Gami Tadanyigbe, Abuja Mr. Achebe iweka Gabriel, the Chairman/CEO Chebez Global Ventures LTD. has has called on developers across the country and Abuja especially, to make the cost of shops in market and shopping malls affordable for traders by affiliating with banks and gorvernment for subsidy due to the economic hard ship occasioned by the Covid 19 pandemic, Gabriel made the call during the Apo Trade centre epoch making ceremony and parley with the National Association of Nigeria traders (NANTS) FCT chapter, business men / women and public presentation to the Apo trade Centre and Banking partners at the site recently.…
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A non-governmental organisation, Women Arise for Change Initiative, has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts to make life more meaningful for the citizens. The group’s President, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, gave the advice in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Okei-Odumakin expressed concern at the hardship being faced by the citizens especially with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. She appealed to the government to avoid actions or decisions that would inflict more hardship on the people. “The recent hike in the prices of petroleum products and electricity tariff are a combination of hardships. These steps are not acceptable,” she…
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reiterated the vital role the World Trade Organisation (WTO) can play in producing a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Okonjo-Iweaka underscored the role of the global trade body in Geneva at a reception held in her honor by the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the UN while appealing for global support for her candidacy as the race for the World Trade Organisation( WTO) Director General position enters the election phase. “When vaccines and therapeutic medicine are produced, the WTO should be able to facilitate accessibility and equitable distribution to all member nations. “To this end, trade has to be…
The Defence Headquarters has assured residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as well as the adjoining states that the military and other security agencies had been on red alert to ensure their safety. The spokesperson of the Defense Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, gave the assurence in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche said the armed forces had intensified effective surveillance of the FCT and other states to checkmate activities of the criminals. He said the assurance was “imperative sequel to a purported memorandum from the Nigeria Customs Service warning its staff on a possible attack on the FCT”.…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), on Sunday, said the number of coronavirus positive cases has risen to 1,291,724 in the continent. Africa CDC also said that the death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic climbed to 31,056. The African Union (AU) Commission’s specialised healthcare agency said the number of COVID-19 recoveries in the continent reached 1,031,453. Africa’s total COVID-19 cases represent about five per cent of all cases reported globally, it said. The Africa CDC, on Friday, said that nine African countries, including South Africa, Ethiopia and Libya accounted for about 81 per cent of…
Erica has been disqualified from the Big Brother Naija lockdown House. She was asked to leave the house immediately. She was disqualified on account of breaking the house rules repeatedly and bullying. Known as Ngozi Erica Nlewedim from outside the Lockdown house, she is aged 26 and hails from Abia state.
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, depart Abuja to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Niamey, Niger Republic. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made available to news men in Abuja on Sunday, said the one-day summit will deliberate on the Special Report on COVID-19 to be presented by Buhari. Recall that the President was appointed the ECOWAS Champion on the Fight against COVID-19 during the Extraordinary Virtual Summit of ECOWAS on April 23, a position that made him the coordinator…
…Says PTF spent N22bn; States N7bn; Police N500m; Air Force N877m The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has responded to the Freedom of Information, FoI, request by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and Connected Development, CODE, saying the federal government, in four months, spent a N30.5 billion on COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, of the total of N36.3 billion public funds and donations received by it, government spent the N30.5 billion between April and July this year, leaving a balance of N5.9 billion. However, SERAP in a statement issued by the Deputy Director of SERAP, Kolawole…
By Yahaya Sarki Kebbi State is synonymous with food production, largely due to the formidable revolutionary approaches of the indefatigable State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu in food production, particularly rice production. Kebbi has the potency to produce myriad of agricultural products, amongst which is rice. Indisputably, Kebbi State is fast becoming the food basket of the nation. Certainly, happy development has indeed attracted the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari, prompting him to kick start the ‘Anchor Borrowers loan Program’ in the state in 2015, to provide loans and agricultural inputs such as cheap fertilizers, improved seeds, chemicals and water…
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command, have arrested one Hamisu Tukur for allegedly stealing a patrol vehicle, which belongs to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC. The Command Spokesperson, DSP Anjuguri Manzah in a statement on Sunday, said the 25-year-old was apprehended at the outskirt of Bwari, during a stop-and-search operation. According to the statement, a distress call was received by the Command’s control room on Saturday on the vehicle, which was stolen at Sky Memorial Complex in Wuse Zone 5. “The exhibits recovered from the suspect are: one white Toyota Hilux-HQ-26RS and a single key”, Manzah…