Mr Solomon Kumangar, the Director-General, Media to Adamawa governor Ahmadu Fintiri has boasted that, in project delivery, no representative of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from Adamawa could be compared to a council chairman under Fintiri administration. Kumangar was reacting on Sunday, to a statement credited to the opposition APC caretaker chairman in the state, Ibrahim Bilal that the APC lawmaker had performed better than the governor. Describing the statement as mere “jokes and fallacy”, Kumangar maintained that Bilal’s outburst against the governor was due to ignorance. According to him, if Fintiri’s government needed public rating of its stewardship, it…
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Silvex International Ltd and Kano government are partnering to build an Agro-Industrial Park in the state. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Kano state governor Mr Abba Anwar made available to newsmen on Monday said the development is in a bid to ensure the transformation of commodity trading, stimulating agricultural value chain and food system efficiency. The proposed park, which objective is improve development of systematic agricultural value chain in various commodities in Nigeria and beyond, would be situated at Bunkure community within the Kano River Irrigation Project area. Receiving the company team led by Silvex’s CEO, Abubakar…
Bayero University Kano (BUK), has warned its students against protesting the death of a 200-level student, who was crushed by a moving vehicle. The Secretary, Information and Publication of the University, Lamara Garba, issued the warning in a statement on Sunday. He said that the deceased, Kamaluddeen Moshood of the department of accounting, died on Saturday at the National Orthopedic Hospital Dala, following injuries he sustained during the accident. Garba explained that Moshood was hit by a fast-moving vehicle outside the University on June 8, 2021, at about 10:00 pm. The secretary further said that on receiving the report of…
State governors under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have pledged to provide the needed platform for the party to return to power at the federal level in 2023. The Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday made the pledge at a state banquet, organised by the Akwa-lbom state government, ahead of the forum meeting in Uyo. Tambuwal said that the PDP governors would not disappoint Nigerians who are looking up to them to actualise their yearnings for the party to return to power in 2023. “These star-studded leaders…
Governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will meet in Uyo, Akwa-lbom state, on Monday to discuss national issues, including economy, security and good governance. The Director-General of the PDP Governors Forum, CID Maduabum, in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, said that the governors will also discuss issues related to various agitations stretching Nigeria social fabric. Other issues on the agenda, according to Maduabum, includes emerging threats to democracy, rule of law and constitutionalism in Nigeria. He said that the governors would also discuss how to continue with good governance measures in their respective…
World Health Organisation (WHO) and COVAX partners on Sunday applauded G7 nations’ commitment to sharing 870 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to assist end the acute phase of the pandemic. WHO, in a statement, commended G7 countries for the commitment to delivering half of the 870 million doses by end of 2021. G7 countries are a group of the world’s seven largest advanced economies namely: United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan and United States “G7 reaffirmed their support for COVAX as the primary route for providing vaccines to the poorest countries,’’ it stated. In a landmark agreement at the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Nigeria recorded only seven additional Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, the lowest daily figure recorded since April 15, 2020, when the country registered 11 cases. The NCDC in an update posted on its website Monday morning, said the new infections had raised the country’s total infection tally to 167,066. While some countries such as the United States, Brazil, and India are witnessing a resurgence of the virus, Nigeria has witnessed a massive reduction in the rate of infection from an average of more than 1,000 daily cases between December 2020 and February 2021, to…
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday said total funding committed to the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT-Accelerator) partnership remains $15.1 billion with a gap of over $16 billion. WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this at the just concluded G7 Summit at Cornwall, UK. ACT- Accelerator is the proven, up-and-running global collaboration to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. It was set up in response to a call from G20 leaders in March and launched by WHO, the European Commission, France and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in April 2020. In…
Dangote Industries Limited says its urea fertiliser currently pushes out a minimum of 120 trucks per day across the country to meet local demands and exports. Mr Devakumar Edwin, Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Limited, made this known in a statement on Sunday. Edwin said that the fertiliser plant, which has the capacity to turn out more than 4,500 tonnes of urea daily, would conveniently meet local demands and even produce for exports. “We have the capacity to turn out 4,500 tonnes of urea everyday. “This is a bulk application fertiliser that each crop…
The Would Health Organisation says blood stocks in the African region have declined over the last year as fewer people have been donating blood during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, said it was due to travel restrictions and worries of infection that prevented individuals from attending donation centres. “There are still around seven million patients who require this life-saving product in African countries every year,” she said. According to her, World Blood Day is celebrated on June 14 annually, while the theme for 2021 is: “Give blood and keep the world beating”. She said…