Sequel to appeals by stakeholders from various parts of the country, the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, has extended the submission of memoranda by two weeks. A statement issued by the Office of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who is also the committee’s chairman, indicates that memoranda will now continue to be received until Friday, 25th September this year. Earlier deadline for submission of memoranda was Friday, 11th September, 2020. Giving further explanations, the Office stated that the extension of deadline would accommodate those who requested for more time to bring…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari says Federal Government’s wisdom in promoting self-sufficiency over the years has helped significantly in averting a food crisis, despite the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Speaking at the National Food Security Council meeting held at the State House, Buhari maintained that the pandemic had exposed the level of preparedness of nations to shocks of food security. He noted that there was need for more effort to increase food production and self-sufficiency, assuring that the federal government would continue to promote policies that favour investments in the agricultural sector. “The coronavirus pandemic has illustrated more than any event…
)A container housing 5,141 Smart Card Readers at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ondo State headquarters were on Thursday evening engulfed by fire. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, who confirmed this in a telephone interview on Thursday night, said he was in Akure for some INEC preparations for the state governorship election scheduled for Oct. 10, said that the inferno started at about 7.30pm. As at the time of filling this report, Okoye said that efforts were still ongoing to put out the fire. The cause of the inferno was not…
In a year devastated by locust plagues, the COVID-19 pandemic, and massive flooding that displaced over a hundred thousand people and left nearly 200 dead, Kenyans have to take their good news where they can find it — even if it promises to be short-lived. After an unconscionably slow start battling the locust infestations ravaging Kenyan farms, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO) recently announced that it had scored important, but unfortunately limited, gains against the destructive insects. At the end of July, the second wave of locusts had been beaten back in all but two of the twenty-nine Kenyan…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed door with the newly re-elected President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, at the State House, Abuja. The president commended Adesina for his support for Africa in general, and Nigeria in particular, stressing that the infrastructural deficits the country has in roads, rail, power, could not be overcome without support. “There can’t be sustainable development without infrastructure. Our efforts should be seen in the context of lack of resources, but you do your best to support us. “I wish you all the best in your final term,” he said. Buhari,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria ”not to issue a kobo” of the country’s reserves for the importation of food items and fertilizer. Malam Garba Shehu, one of the President’s spokesmen, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the president gave the order at a meeting of the National Food Security Council at the State House, Abuja. According to the president, the order has become imperative as the Federal Government rolls out the Economic Sustainability Plan and sets goal for National Food Security. Buhari restated his earlier verbal directive to the apex bank, saying…
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu says voters for Edo and Ondo governorship elections must wear their face masks or be prevented from voting. Yakubu disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 on Thursday in Abuja. The INEC chairman explained that with the pandemic, it had become necessary to wear a face cover, which does not necessarily need to be medical mask but any material that could be used to cover the nose and mouth. Yakubu also stated that the non pharmaceutical measures like physical distancing of about two meters would be applied, while…
The National Working Committee (NWC), of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dissolved the Kaduna State Caretaker Committee of the party and reconstituted a new committee. The Party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Thursday, said the decision was taken on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC). Ologbondiyan said the action of the NWC was according to Sections 29 (2)(b) and 31(2)(e) of the PDP Constitution, 2017, as amended. He said that the newly constituted Caretaker Committee would be chaired by Bashir Dutsenma and Ali Abdullahi as Secretary. Other members of the…
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, hereby condemns the unlawful arrest of four journalists, Ifeoluwa Adediran of Premium Times, Abiodun Ayeoba of Sahara Reporters, Awoniyi Oluwatosin of Objective Media and Daniel Tanimu of Galaxy Television early today, September 10, 2020, while covering a peaceful protest on the fuel price increase in Yaba, Lagos State. Spokesperson for the organizers of the protest – the Socialist Party of Nigeria – Comrade Hassan Soweto, who was equally arrested confirmed that, “The cameras and phones of the journalists were seized while they were taken to the Lagos State Police Command.” IPC disapproves the harassment…
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has described as the highest display of insensitivity to the plight of suffering citizens, the arrest of Nigerians protesting over recent hike in price of patrol and increment in electricity tariffs in parts of the country. Reacting to news reports that some citizens, including journalists, were being hounded into detention by the police, the CNPP in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu advised President Muhammadu Buhari to “allow citizens to freely express their displeasure over government policies. That is the only way the government can understand the pains the…