Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on the Federal Government, and other actors working to end insurgency in the North East, to apply the outcome of its recently concluded research, to succeed. Mr Hamza Ibrahim, Research and Communication Associate of CITAD, made the call at the public presentation of the policy brief on prospects and challenges of Non-violent resolution of insurgency in the North East, on Friday, in Yola. He said that the policy brief had documented the outcome of the research sufficiently to provide ways to end the lingering insurgency in the North East that had…
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A Cuban military helicopter crashed in eastern Cuba on Friday, killing all five people on board, the Cuban military said. The helicopter crashed against a hill after leaving eastern Holguin province for the neighboring Guantanamo province, the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces said in a brief statement, cited by state media. The ministry has launched an investigation into the crash. Xinhua
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday reported 27 COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number of those who had succumbed to the deadly virus in Nigeria to 1,577. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Friday. The public agency also announced 1,114 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the past 24 hours and these have taken the country’s total case load to 128,674. It stated that the new COVID-19 cases were reported in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The agency noted that Lagos, the epicentre of the disease in Nigeria, registered the highest number of new…
The Kebbi state Anchor Borrowers Program Committee, says 150,000 farmers and civil servants across the 21 local governments areas, will benefit from its loan facilities for the 2021 dry and wet seasons. A member of the committee, Alhaji Abdullahi Argungu said the facilities will be for all crops and other agricultural intervention programs in animal husbandry and fisheries. Argungu, who is also the Chairman of the Kebbi State Wheat Farmers Association and the Sarkin Noma of Argungu Emirate, disclosed this on Thursday, in Birnin Kebbi, during a stakeholders meeting on the programme. The meeting which was attended by local government…
Tehran will not accept U.S. demands that it reverse an acceleration of its nuclear programme before Washington lifts sanctions, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday. The demand “is not practical and will not happen”, he said at a joint news conference in Istanbul with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has said Tehran must resume compliance with curbs on its nuclear activity under the world powers’ 2015 deal before it can rejoin the pact. Iran breached the terms of the accord in a step-by-step response to the decision by Biden’s predecessor…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to challenge the result of the Dec. 5, Imo North senatorial by-election at the tribunal. This is contained in a statement by the state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Ogu Nwadike in Owerri on Friday. Nwadike said that the party’s decision was borne out of its dissatisfaction with the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner without a bonafide candidate. He said that a party should not be allowed to participate in an election without a candidate. He said that in the event of…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has provided a first grant of $900,000 to support the worst affected small-scale producers and rural households in the North go through the COVID-19 crisis. According to the organisation, the grant which is provided through its Rural Poor Stimulus Facility (RPSF) is also for the household and small-holder farmers to rebuild and recover in the post-crisis period. IFAD said this in a statement made available on Friday in Abuja by Vera Onyeaka-Onyilo, Knowledge Management and Communication Advisor, IFAD Nigeria Programmes. The statement further noted that the grant agreement was signed by Zainab Ahmed,…
Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director. National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), on Friday, stated that investing in procuring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine would not only protect against the virus, but also strengthen the nation’s Primary Health Care (PHC) system. Shuaib, who said this in an interview in Abuja, added that the engagement of additional healthcare workers to administer the vaccine would ensure non-disruption of routine services. According to him, the intensive capacity building and the acquisition of new and additional cold chain equipment will, on the other hand, contribute immensely to strengthening the PHC system. “This holistic approach to…
Bloomberg’s 2020 full-year Capital Markets League Tables has ranked African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Africa’s number one Mandated Lead Arranger (MLA) in sub-Saharan Africa. The bank made this known in a statement it issued on Friday in Cairo. According to the statement, the bank is delighted to have surpassed 2019’s second place MLA ranking and is determined to maintain the momentum into 2021. “Indeed, as the year ahead promises further challenges, with the continued menace of COVID-19 and associated economic difficulties, Afreximbank reiterates its commitment to close cooperation with all of its lending partners. “Afreximbank’s pivotal role in the African syndicated…
Our bus driver packed and raped me after dropping off other pupils. The Ogun police command have paraded a 36-year-old school bus driver, Humble Michael for allegedly raping a 4-year-old pupil, entrusted to him by the school he was working for. The spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement on Friday said Michael was being paraded as a result of a complaint lodged by the mother of the child at Ogijo divisional headquarters. She reported that her husband discovered blood gushing out of the child’s private part when he took her to take her bath. “The little girl told her…