The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum has urged the National Assembly to entrench electronic transmission of result of elections into the nation’s electoral law. The call was contained in a 10-point communique issued at the end of the governors’ forum meeting, on Monday in Bauchi. The communique read by the Chairman of the Forum, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, said the call was part of resolutions adopted at the meeting. “On the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the governors identified with the need for a free, fair and credible elections in the country and called on the National Assembly…
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Sexual and gender based violence cases totaling 774 were recorded between 2020 and first half of 2021 in Adamawa state. Of the number, 297 of the perpetrators have so far been convicted. These figures were disclosed by Dr Ukohi Ukiwo, Technical Lead, Managing Conflict in Nigeria (MCN) Programme at the opening of a five-day capacity building workshop in Yola on Monday. The workshop participants were doctors, nurses and counsellors on management of sexual and gender based violence. It was organised by the Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency in collaboration with MCN and funded by the British Council through the…
The National Pension Commision (PenCom) on Monday said it had commenced payment of the 2.5 per cent differentials of 2004 and 2014 specified by the Pension Reform Act (PRA) to retirees. Mr Saleem Abdulrahman, Head, Contribution and Bond Redemption Department, PenCom said the beneficiaries were retirees between 2019 and 2020 of the Federal Government Treasury Funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s). Abdulrahman stated this at the 2021 Journalist Workshop organised by the Commission in Lagos with the theme: “Positioning the Pension Industry in the Post COVID Era.” The 2014 PRA as amended established a Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) whereby the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the N983 billion 2021 supplementary budget recently passed by the National Assembly. Mr Umar El-Yakub, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters, disclosed this when he briefed State House Correspondents on Monday in Abuja. El-Yakub said that the core target of the supplementary budget were the security and health sectors. “The president has assented the Supplementary Appropriation Bill which is now an Act. “The bill was submitted to the National Assembly and it made an expeditious consideration of the bill, which was passed and transmitted in record time and the president…
Nigeria has begun the processes to adopt eco-hydrological solutions and innovations to address water challenges. Eco-hydrology uses the understanding of relationships between hydrological human influences to improve water security, enhance biodiversity and further opportunities for sustainable water resources development. This was disclosed on Monday by Mr John Ochigbo, Director, River Basin Operations and Inspectorate, who represented the Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, at a four-day regional workshop. The workshop on: “Strengthening eco-hydrological approach as a tool for enhancing water quality in West Africa’’, was organised by the National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna, in collaboration with UNESCO. Ochigbo said…
Bandits on Monday kidnapped the traditional ruler of Jaba chiefdom, 80-year old Gyet Maude in Jaba local government area of Kaduna state, ChannelsTV reports. A brother of the chief, Anthony Maude who confirmed the development through telephone on Monday, said the monarch was kidnapped on his farm located at Gitata community, a boundary between Kaduna and Nasarawa states. Neither the Kaduna state government nor the state police command has confirmed the incident as of the time of filing this report.
Actress and comedienne, Ms Damilola Adekoya (alias Princess) on Monday, narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences Court how Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, allegedly defiled her foster daughter. Adekoya made the revelation while testifying as the first prosecution witness in the trial of the defendant over six-counts of defilement. According to her, the said daughter, (name withheld), was allegedly defiled while she was watching cartoons. Led in evidence by Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Adekoya said the defendant defiled the minor, seven-years ago while she was watching cartoons in the…
Sokoto governor and chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors’ forum, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday, inaugurated the N6.12 billion newly constructed Bauchi Government House. This is as the governor, leading 11 of his counterparts, converge on the state capital for a meeting on issues of national concern. Tambuwal described his Bauchi counterpart, Bala Mohammed as a performing governor. “The governor is transforming Bauchi for the better,” he said. According to him, PDP governors would continue to perform creditably well in the implementation of viable projects for the betterment of the people. “We will not relent in discharging our responsibilities.”…
Sokoto government has confirmed that kidnappers abducted passengers in one of the State Transport Authority, SSTA, bus traveling from Gusau, Zamfara state capital. The general manager of the transport agency, Yahuza Chika who confirmed the development to newsmen on Monday, however denied that three vehicles were involved, adding that he was not in position to make further comments on the incident. According the passengers were kidnapped at Dogon Karfe area near headquarters of Talatan Mafara local government headquarters in Zamfara, while traveling to Sokoto from Gusau. Chika said that the driver of the bus and one other passengers escaped unhurt…
The International Press Centre, IPC, has told Nigeria’s State Security Services, SSS, that it has no constitutional right to regulate media coverage of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu or any person in that matter. The Services, during the trial of Kanu on Monday, accredited 10 newspapers including Daily Post, Premium Times, Thisday, The Nation, The Herald, Daily Independent, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Channels Television, Africa Independent Television and Television Continental (TVC) to cover the trial. But the Centre, in its reaction via a statement by the Program Officer, Melody Lawal, said the Service’s accreditation…