World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has delivered nearly 96 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to 135 countries. The organisation also said it delivered other essential health products through COVAX. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) High-Level Political Forum at the UN Headquarters in New York. The forum which started on Tuesday will end on July 15. It is expected to discuss ways to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also focus on the lessons, successes, shortcomings and plans to come out from the health crisis. Ghebreyesus said…
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The Federal Executive Council has approved N7.2 billion for emergency repairs on 32 federal roads in Lagos state. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said this at the end of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. According to the minister, he presented three memos to the council, with two on approvals and one as a report on the meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development, held in Jos, Plateau. He said: “The other two which are memoranda for approval, was to ratify the emergency…
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has described the ideas attributed to one Kelechi Madu as outrageously ignoramus opinions that are eccentric and weird to the legal profession. It is unfortunate for someone who claims to be a lawyer of a status of a Solicitor General of a provincial State of Alberta in Canada to fault the internationally recognized manner through which Nnamdi Kanu who jumped bail was re-arrested and brought back to face trial. It was abundantly clear that bench warrant was lawfully and judiciously procured through judicial process by a competent court…
The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, says it would launch its maiden peace and inclusive security initiative on Thursday. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the Forum, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday. The event, which is scheduled to take at the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja by 11am, is aimed at tackling insecurity, conflict and violence which has become a daily activity by bandits and terrorists all around the country. The statement also said that a regular interactive platform will hold as soon as the launch is over. The collaborative peace keeping initiative will provide…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Wednesday, signed the House of Assembly as well as Judicial autonomy bills into law. Speaking shortly after giving assent to the two bills, Tambuwal expressed dismay that many Nigerians were misled into believing that governors were against granting financial autonomy to the two arms of government, stressing that what they kicked against was Buhari’s Executive Order 10. “Nigerians are misled to believe that we do not believe in autonomy of the judiciary. All of us do believe in the autonomy of the judiciary. No governor is against the autonomy. “The back and forth…
President Mohammadu Buhari has decorated the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya with a new rank of Lieutenant General. Yahaya takes over from former Chief of Army Staff, late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash along with ten military officers in Kaduna on May 21. Yahaya, who hails from Sokoto state, had served as the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, a counter-insurgency operation in the north-east before his new appointment The event was witnessed by members of the Federal Executive Council, security chiefs including Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, cleared the former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate forgery, which resulted in her resignation in 2018. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his ruling on the originating summon with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/303/21 brought by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, on her behalf, held that the NYSC certificate based on the constitution is not a mandatory requirement for holding a political office in the country. ”I am of the view that denying the plaintiff of the relieves sought is not going to be doing justice to the matter,” he said.…
Armed individuals have assassinated Haiti President, Jovenel Moise at his home early Wednesday morning, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph has announced. Joseph said he was now in charge of the country. Moise’s injured wife was in the hospital, according to Joseph, who urged the public to remain calm, and insisted the police and army would ensure the population’s safety. “The president was assassinated at his home by foreigners who spoke English and Spanish,” Joseph said. Moise had been ruling Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, by decree, after legislative elections due in 2018 were delayed in the wake of…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, inaugurated a 1.52MWP and 2.28MWH Solar Microgrid System and Energy Retrofitting of the Ministry of Works and Housing in Abuja. The President was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha at the inauguration. He said that the energy would engender a more conducive working environment for the workers while making room for better efficiency and quality service delivery. He said that government was committed to delivering the solar energy alternative locally and internationally. The President noted that the project would impact positively on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)…
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Bida on Wednesday, expressed determination to partner with the CBN to stabilise the price of rice in the country. Idris Usman, the Coordinator, RIFAN and CBN special project in Niger state made this known in Bida during the inauguration of the 2021 wet season distribution and sale of paddy rice to farmers. The RIFAN and CBN’s coordinator said that the measure was geared toward economic recovery efforts of the federal government. “We have set up our machineries to checkmate prices of rice in the market. We are going to agree with the…