By Tina George, Minna The Dean of School of Infrastructure and Process Engineering Technology (SIPET), Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna, Prof. Oladiran Abubakre has called for the adoption of new technology for teaching. He stated this while presenting a paper on “The Training and Practice of Engineering: Using Post COVID-19 Opportunity to Resolve the Incongruencies”, at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigeria Society of Engineers in Minna. According to him, the post-COVID-19 era will require drastic changes in the ways engineering education is handled, pointing out that institutions and lecturers needed to decide what lecture would be…
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The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti Corruption, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has spent over N20 million on the 2020 anti-malaria spray exercise. A statement by his Spokesperson, Bashir Mani on Wednesday said the gesture was sequel to his sustained efforts, to curb the menace of diseases, especially malaria scourge that have been plaguing the people of the state. Wamakko, who represents Sokoto North Senatorial District, flagged off the annual exercise, in Sokoto, on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Represented by his Director of Administration, Alhaji Almustapha Abubakar Alkali, Wamakko…
A Pastor has pleaded guilty before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s court in Lagos, to having canal knowledge and impregnating two teenage sisters. Nduka Anyanwu, who is facing a two-count charge of defilement, confessed to committing the crimes on Wednesday. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. A. Adebayo, adjourned the case to September 15, for facts and sentencing, however, she told the Police to put the suspect behind bars. During the court procedure, the Police prosecutor, ASP Roman Unuigbe told the court that the suspect had committed the crime sometimes in June, at Oshodi. He said the Pastor allegedly…
The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, fixed Sept. 2 for definite hearing in a suit seeking to stop the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, from proceeding with its planned recapitalisation process of insurance and reinsurance companies in the country. Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the date after taking arguments from counsel representing the parties in the matter. Although Justice Mohammed did not give an order, restraining NAICOM from continuing with the recapitalisation process, he, however, cautioned that no further action should be taken by the defendant (NAICOM) until the matter was heard. “I want to see…
The President of African Development Bank, AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina says 141 million people have benefitted from improved agricultural technologies to enhance food security in the last five years he assumed office. Adesina made this known during the opening of the bank’s Annual General Meeting, AGM, held virtually on Wednesday. He said about 18 million people now had access to electricity, while 15 million people had access to finance. According to him, 101 million people can have access to improved transport, while 60 million Africans gained access to water and sanitation. He noted that as president of the Bank in…
Flash floods have killed more than 100 people in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, with the death toll expected to climb as an operation to recover more bodies was under way. The disaster in Parwan province has wounded more than 250 people, destroyed more than 500 houses and washed away streets in the provincial capital Charikar. The Afghan National Management Authority and the Defence Ministry have helped 5,000 families with food and non-food aid packages, a spokesman for the agency, Hasibullah Shaikhani, said. A provincial council member, Mohammad Khalil Fazli, said the speed of the floods caught everyone off…
The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, says it has approved a $400 million revolving global credit facility agreement for the Export Trading Group (ETG), one of the largest and fastest-growing integrated agricultural conglomerates in Africa. The Managing Director of Afreximbank’s Intra-African Trade Initiative, Mr Kanayo disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. The three-year facility, he stated, would strengthen Africa’s agricultural networks as well as bolster the continent’s food security. Awani further stated that the facility will also enable the Group to keep playing its vital role in the agri-foods supply chain of efficiently connecting African farmers to markets.…
Insight could lead to bigger crops and better yields When cells don’t divide into proper copies of themselves, living things fail to grow as they should. For the first time, scientists now understand how a protein called TANGLED1 can lead to accurate cell division in plants. Inside cells are structures called microtubules, which act like highways for moving proteins and organelles. They’re also critical for separating DNA after it has been duplicated to eventually make two cells from one. “You can’t live without microtubules, and plants can’t either,” said Carolyn Rasmussen, an assistant professor of plant cell biology…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has appointed 12 new permanent secretaries. He also swore in the new appointees during the 13th weekly virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those appointed include: Belgore Shuaib Lomido, Kwara; Akinlade Oluwatoyin, Kogi; Ekpa Anthonia Akpabio, Cross River; Alkali Bashir Nura, Kano; Ardo Babayo Kumo, Gombe and Anyanwutaku Adaora Ifeoma, Anambra. Others are Udoh Moniloja Omokunmi, Oyo; Hussaini Babangida, Jigawa; Mohammed Aliyu Ganda, Sokoto; Mahmuda Mamman, Yobe; Meribole Emmanuel Chukwuemeka, Abia and Tarfa Yerima Peter Adamawa. The president also swore in commissioners for…
The Delta State Police Command, have arrested a 46-year-old security guard, for allegedly raping an eight-year-old daughter of a pastor. According to the Spokesperson of the Command, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, who briefed news men on Tuesday in Asaba, the incident occured in an uncompleted building in Ibusa community in Oshimili North local government area on Monday, August 24. Exposed by neighbours, the suspect was caught in the act by then after he lured the little girl into the building,” the spokesman said. NAN quoted a source as saying the suspect is a security guard at the building site,…