Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has called on the federal government to leverage on the ECOWAS transhumance certificate protocol, to check influx of herdsmen from neighboring countries. The call was contained in a statement, jointly signed by the president and secretary, Alhaji Muhammad Kiruwa, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, respectively in Abuja on Thursday. Ngelzarma, who explained that the advice was part of resolutions reached at the end of a one-day national executive meeting of the association with its Chairman, Board of Trustees, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, held in Abuja. He said that the meeting was…
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) mobile court has ordered the reopening of Wuse, UTC markets and Murg Shopping Plaza shut down on Monday in Abuja for violating COVID-19 safety protocol. The court also slammed the fine of N50, 000 each on the three facilities, for over flagrant disregard to COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations Act 2021, which must be paid before the reopening. Mr Ikharo Attah, Head, Media and Enlightenment of FCT Ministerial Taskforce on Enforcement COVID-19 Protocols, announced this at a news briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. Attah, who said that the facilities were unsealed following the court order…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,138 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 134,690. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The country has so far tested 1,302,410 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020. The Nigerian public health agency also confirmed additional five coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,613 in the country. It noted that the additional 1,138 new COVID-19 infections were from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…
An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker, a director focused on user safety, left Google last month after 16 years because Gebru’s exit “extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler,” he said in a letter seen by Reuters. Baker added, “We cannot say we believe in diversity, and then ignore the conspicuous absence of many voices from within our walls.” Software engineer Vinesh Kannan said Wednesday on Twitter that he…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says 420 Nigerian returnees, arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Abdul-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NiDCOM. Balogun said on Wednesday that 27 of the 420 returnees were children while 393 were adults. He stated that the returnees were received by senior government officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, NCDC and other relevant agencies. Speaking at the airport, the Director Consular and Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…
Following are the results of Match Day 8 fixtures in the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), played on Wednesday: Nasarawa United 1-2 Enyimba International Adamawa United 0-1 Akwa United Kano Pillars 2-0 Jigawa Golden Stars Wikki Tourists 2-0 MFM FC Kwara United 2-1 Lobi Stars Abia Warriors 4-1 Sunshine Stars Rangers International 3-0 Dakkada FC Warri Wolves 1-0 Plateau United To be played on Thursday: Heartland FC vs FC IfeanyiUbah Katsina United vs Rivers United NAN
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says all Nigerians must embrace dialogue to resolve the lingering controversy that exists among them. The speaker stated this when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He maintained that divisions along ethnic or regional divides must seize, for peace to reign. He said: “Everybody just has to come to the table and discuss and come to an amicable resolution which I’m sure we will. ”I don’t think any ethnic group should lord it over any ethnic group, the…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says the duty rate on cars and other vehicles will soon be reduced. Kathleen Ekekezie, Assistant Comptroller-General, Zonal Coordinator, Zone `A’ Headquarters, NCS, made the disclosure while receiving the executive members of the Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in her office in Lagos on Wednesday. She said that the zone was waiting for the Federal Ministry of Finance to issue a circular for Customs to implement. She noted that the service was now fully automated, saying that importers could no longer come with doctored Bill of Lading. According to her, once…
The ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, says it is prioritising its support for Nigeria’s candidacy for the position of African Union (AU) Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security. The authority reached the decision at the end of its Feb. 2 virtual session which was chaired by the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo. The decision of the authority is contained in a communiqué issued by the ECOWAS Parliament on Wednesday in Abuja. “On the endorsement of member states’ application for international positions, the authority agreed on the order of priority of the commissioner positions for which ECOWAS…
A lone accident involving an articulated vehicle (wrongly referred to as trailer in Nigeria) has claimed four lives and injured 43 others on Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway at about 7:30 a.m on Wednesday. The articulated vehicle, which was carrying both human beings and animals, fell into a deep pothole while on motion and veered off the road into the bush. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Oyo State, Mrs Uche Chukwurah, confirmed the incident in an interview in Ibadan. Chukwurah said four people died while 43 others sustained varying degrees of injury. The sector commander said that a total…