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…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
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,…
Two commercial bank buildings on Ademola Adetokunbo Street in Victoria Island, on Wednesday were gutted by fire. ChannelsTV reports unconfirmed source say as claiming that a tanker with diesel was at the premises of one of the banks to discharge its product, when “explosion from a yet-to-be-identified source occurred, igniting a massive fire, which soon spread to a neighbouring bank’s building.” The report further said that firefighters were currently battling to put out the blaze. Details later…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress, APC), to focus on his health and shelve the ambition of contesting presidency in 2023. The Cleric, who had earlier prophesied that President Muhammadu Buhari will not support Tunubu’s ambition, gave the advise in a statement on Wednesday. ‘‘Tinubu should take care of his health before his ambition for President, his health might crumble, who says his health will still be standing by 2023. He has not done the right thing. “Also, Buhari will dump Tinubu, he won’t support…
Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has described Nigeria’s Wild Polio Virus (WPV) eradication as a journey of purposeful leadership, hard work, passion and commitment. He stated this on the agency’s verified account, @NphcdaNG on Wednesday. The African Regional Commission for Certification of Polio Eradication, ARCC), earlier certified Nigeria’s Wild Polio Virus Free Documentation after 30 years. Nigeria attained wild polio-free status after meeting all the criteria for certification, which include three years of non-detection of any wild polio virus case in the country. ”The leadership provided by President Muhammadu…
Czech President Milos Zeman has successfully undergone surgery early after breaking an arm in a fall, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. “President Milos Zeman is resting after the operation,” spokesperson Jiri Ovcacek told Radio Z on Wednesday. The operation at a Prague military hospital was reportedly successful. The 75-year-old broke his right arm while going on a walk, Ovcacek told the CTK agency on Tuesday evening. The injury was not life-threatening. Zeman is in contact with his family and his staff. He will have to scale back his work schedule during the subsequent recovery period.…