The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), based in Abuja is collaborating with other agencies around the world to resolve conflicts in Africa. The Director-General of the institute, Dr Bakut Bakut, made the announcement in Abuja on Sunday while speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum. He said the collaboration was in line with the mandate of the institute to find solutions to conflicts in African nations. According to him, the collaborations have paid off, based on outcomes of conflict situations in West African and African countries. Bakut said that the institute was also collaborating with research organisations…
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Former President Donald Trump is returning to New York on Sunday for the first time since leaving the White House, the New York Daily News has learned. The #MAGA leader will jet back to the Big Apple and stay until Tuesday, sources said Saturday. Trump spokesman Jason Miller refused to divulge the purpose of the ex-president’s visit. “Sorry to be a broken record here, but I do not have any additional information on this one,” he said. Trump still maintains his palatial home at Trump Tower in Manhattan although he changed his official residence to Florida in 2019. Former Trump…
The Director-General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) says inclusion of citizens in the governance and socio-economic life of the country can go a long way toward ending conflicts. Dr Bakut Bakut made the statement while answering questions at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. The academic argued that the dynamics of global changes in the environment and the world had made individuals, groups and nations to become constrained. “They are being opened up and at the same time, they are being challenged. Then information communications technology comes in, making interaction very easy.…
Prof. Abdul-lateef Oladimeji, the Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Al-Hikma University, Ilorin, says insecurity is threatening the country’s agricultural sector. Oladimeji made the submission on Saturday in Ilorin during his paper presentation at the 11th Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA). He spoke on: “Diabolic conspiracy of elites in fostering insecurity and poverty in Nigeria: The way out”. Oladimeji stated that the agricultural sector holds the key to Nigeria’s drive for economic diversification. He however observed that food production has been undermined by insecurity, particularly the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents, bandits and kidnappers. “Farmers…
President Muhammadu Buhari started the week on March 2 with a briefing from a delegation he sent to Zamfara to sympathise with the people and government of the state on the kidnapped Jangebe schoolgirls. The delegation was headed by the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, with the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi; Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Sa’adiya Umar-Faruk and Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen as members. Barely 24 hours after receiving feedback from the delegation, the president on March 3, expressed joy over the reported release of the abducted schoolgirls. The…
The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Nigeria. There have been misconceptions, misgivings and mixed feelings about the acceptance of the vaccines. Nigerian government says frontline health workers would be the first group of people to take the vaccines. Tina George in Nigeria and Jamila Akweley Okertchiri in Ghana x-ray the perception of some health workers to know what they feel about the development. By Tina Asishana in Nigeria and Jamila Okertchiri in Ghana The Federal government of Nigeria has said that frontline health workers, the elderly, persons with comorbidity and targeted police and immigration officers would be the first…
The Presidency has again reassured Nigerians on the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine administered on President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday. The president’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, gave the assurance in a statement in Abuja on Saturday evening while reacting to press enquiries. The statement read in part: “In response to press enquiries, I like to assure all citizens, and to dispel fears and misconceptions about the safety of the vaccine administered on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, earlier this morning. “After he got his jab, the President felt normal…
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that about 70 per cent of remittances into Nigeria from Nigerians in the diaspora goes to family support, while only 30 per cent went into investments. Osinbanjo made the remarks at a virtual event themed: ”The New CBN CX Policy and Positive Impact to Diaspora Investments in Nigeria”, organized by Fidelity Bank Plc, on Saturday, in Lagos. Osinbajo, a special guest at the webinar, was represented by Ms Yewande Sadiko, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC). He said that diaspora remittances had continued to surpass…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Saturday introduced a new incentive to encourage inflow of diaspora remittances. The incentive, tagged “Naira 4 Dollar Scheme”, was announced in a circular signed by Saleh Jibrin, CBN ‘s Director, Trade and Exchange Department. Jibrin said that the scheme, which would run between March and May, would allow all recipients of diaspora remittances to be paid N5 for every one dollar received. He said that beneficiaries would get the incentive, whether they collect the remitted dollars as cash across the counter or through their domiciliary accounts. He instructed all commercial banks and International…
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday, at the State House, Abuja received vaccination for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The president’s chief physician, Dr Suhayb Rafidadi, administered the vaccine at about 11.52 am. The vice-president was also vaccinated by his personal physician immediately after the president received his dose. The president, who is the ECOWAS Champion on the Fight against COVID-19, also received his COVID-19 vaccination card. A similar card was presented to the vice-president by officials of the Federal Ministry of Health, who supervised the exercise. Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Tuesday, delivered…