Forty-seven Kano female medical doctors have returned from Sudan after successfully completing their training sponsored by the state government. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Abba Anwar announced this in a statement on Saturday in Kano. The new medical graduates left for Sudan since 2014, but encountered challenges in fees payment before the administration of Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje cleared all the hurdles. This paved the way for the completion of their MBBS programme in Al-Ahfad, Al-Razi and Umdurman Universities in Sudan. According to the statement, the doctors arrived at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Friday night. They…
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Rep. Yusuf Gagdi says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will remain in power in Nigeria beyond 2023. Gagdi, representing Pankshin/Kanke/ Kanam federal constituency, said this shortly after revalidating his membership of the party in Gum-Gagdi in Kanam local government area of Plateau on Saturday. According to him, the party has been gaining momentum since coming to power in 2015. He said the APC had performed credibly well, adding that Nigerians would still vote overwhelmingly for the party in the 2023 general elections and beyond. “From the crowd you have seen here today, it is cristal clear that APC, our party…
Sen. Kabiru Gaya says the Electoral Act Amendment Bill before the National Assembly will not accommodate independent candidacy because it has no constitutional backing. Gaya, also Chairman, Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said this while fielding questions at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja. According to him, since the clause is not part of Nigerian Constitution, there is no way the proposal can form part of the bill. “A lot of views have been expressed in the report on the Electoral Act amendment bill. Some are talking about the independent candidacy of which we…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Shehu Sale, candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), winner of Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency of Niger in Saturday’s by-election. The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Tanko Baba of the Usman Danfodio University Sokoto, said Sale scored 22,965 votes to defeat Alamu Emmanuel of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second with 22,507 votes. Baba said Yusuf Nasir, the candidate of the ADC, polled 336 votes. He explained that the total number of registered voters was 159,347, while the number of accredited voters was 46,734, with 45,808 valid votes, total votes cast 46,499…
The Presidency has frowned at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) attack on President Muhammadu Buhari over the widely praised nomination of the former service chiefs and the head of Military Intelligence to the Senate for confirmation as non-career ambassadors. According to a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Saturday, the transition of the former heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Military Intelligence is normal in decent democratic societies. President Buhari had on Feb. 4 forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate…
African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was on Saturday overwhelmingly voted back to office for another term of four years. The African Union Heads of State and Government Assembly voted 51 out of 55 to re-elect the incumbent Chairperson. “I am deeply humbled by the overwhelming and historic vote of confidence by AU Member States by voting 51 out 55 to extend my mandate at the helm of the AUC Commission for another four years,” Mahamat said upon his re-election. The Summit also elected Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa, the new Deputy Chairperson. Dr Nsanzabaganwa is a Rwandan economist and…
Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company on Friday announced six new projects in development for Netflix Inc, including a love story with a supernatural twist and a young adult thriller. The former president and first lady’s Higher Ground Productions will adapt British-Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid’s novel “Exit West” into a film, according to a statement from Netflix. The book tells the story of a young couple who find magical doors to transport them to other places and land in the middle of a global refugee crisis. Other film projects include a science-fiction movie called “Satellite,” which will be produced with…
Ms Ulla Mueller, Country Representative, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Saturday said over 200 million girls and women had experienced Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) globally. Mueller said this in commemoration of World’s Zero Tolerance Day for FGM in a statement in Abuja by Mrs Kori Habib, Media Associate to UNFPA. She expressed concerns over its likely increase in the future if there was no collaboration among stakeholders to act in stemming the trend. “More than 200 million girls and women have experienced female genital mutilation and at least four million girls are at risk of undergoing the practice each year.…
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger has began the All Progressives Congress (APC) Registration and Revalidation Exercise for the North Central Zone. A statement by Bello’s Chief Press Secretary, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, said the governor revalidated his membership at the Alkali Mustapha Unit, Central Ward Kontagora, Niger to signify the commencement of the exercise. Bello is also the Chairman of the National Registration and Revalidation Committee (NRRC) of the Party. He said the mandate he received from President Muhammadu Buhari was to ensure that the exercise is entrenched at the grassroots, hence all registration would be done at the unit level…
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has commended the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Abdalla Adamu, for his achievements in expanding access to education in the country through distance education and open learning. The Canada-based COL gave the commendation in a letter dated Feb. 5, 2021, and signed by its president and chief executive officer, Prof. Asha Kanwar. The letter was made available on Saturday in a statement by Mr Ibrahim Sheme, Director, Media and Publicity, NOUN. COL particularly noted and appreciated the efforts of Adamu in giving access to education to even the marginalised…