President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo as the acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), pending the appointment of a substantive Director-General for the Agency. A statement by the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday, said the president’s approval followed the nomination of Fikpo by Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo. President Buhari had on December 9, 2020, relieved the former DG of the agency, Nasiru Ladan Argungu, of his appointment. According to Shehu, the directive on the sack of NDE DG was…
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The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has opened up to media reports that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami received a bribed of $5 million bribe to facilitate the appointment of the Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Reports in the media late last week alleged that Akpabio gave Malami $5 million in that regard, reports that Malami in a statement, denied while challenging those behind it to provide evidence. Also reacting, Akpabio in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary and made available to news men on Monday,…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the digital television operator StarTimes, have announced the signing of an agreement on broadcasting rights for the Total African Nations Championship, Cameroon 2020 (Total CHAN Cameroon 2020), which is scheduled to hold between 16 January and 7 February 2021 in Cameroon. A statement by StarTimes, the operating license issued by CAF grants StarTimes the right to broadcast all the competition’s 32 matches in the territories of sub-Saharan Africa, in accordance with the agreement. “The collaboration between CAF and StarTimes is the first of its kind between the two entities, with the ambition of…
The new Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has resumed office and bemoaned the increasing number of drug users at over 15 million in Nigeria. Speaking during his inaugural address at the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja on Monday, he lamented the growing population of drug users, pointing out that in 2018 about 14.3 million Nigerians between the ages of 15-64, were found to be drug users, which is nearly three times global prevalence at the time. Marwa vowed to overhaul and expand the NDLEA in line with the recommendations of the Presidential Advisory…
Gunmen on Saturday, killed a Deputy Registrar and Head, Guidance & Counseling Unit, Students Affairs Division of Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Dr Amos Arijesuyo. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the university, Mr. Adegbenro Adebanjo made available to ASHENEWS on Monday. According to Adegbenro, Dr. Arijesuyo died of injuries from gunshot wounds from bullets of the gunmen, when his private vehicle was attacked along the Ilesa-Akure road in the evening of Saturday January 16, 2021. He said the deputy registrar was returning to Akure from a trip to Ibadan when his vehicle ran into…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced 15 deaths from COVID-19, even as it recorded 1,444 new cases. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late on Sunday. The country has tested 1,154,138 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on February 27, 2020. According to the public health agency, the new infections has taken the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 110,387, which includes 89,317 discharged cases and 1,435 deaths. The agency said the 1,444 new cases were registered from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the past 24 hours.…
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi has said that UBEC was collaborating with states to improve girl child enrollment, particularly in the Northern parts of the country. Bobboyi, who disclosed this on Sunday, in Gafia, Kaita local government area of Katsina State, at the commissioning of a Girl-child Community Centre, added that the collaboration was prioritising Northern Nigeria because of its huge numbers of out-of-school girls. “The world is changing, the knowledge of our mothers 40 to 60 years ago cannot equip our girls to survive in the 21st century. Without the education of girls,…
Senator Aliyu Wamakko on Saturday in Sokoto, announced a donation of N19.8 million at the launch of three books written by a renowned Islamic cleric, Dr Jabir Mai-hula. He announced N3 million donation by the Senate president, Dr Ahmad Lawan; N1 million by Senate leader, Dr Abdullahi Yahayya; N1 million by the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi; his personal donation of N3 million and N2 million by Senator Ibrahim Gobir. Others donations were N3 million by Senator Danjuma Goje; N2 million by Senator Adamu Aliero; N1 million by Seantor Abdullahi Adamu; N1 million by Senator Lawalli Anka and…
Manchester United held on to top spot in the ongoing 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) after a 0-0 draw at champions Liverpool on Sunday. Alisson made two good saves for Liverpool while Thiago and Roberto Firmino went close for the hosts as Manchester United remained top, two points clear of Leicester and three ahead of Liverpool. Manchester City can go second if they beat Crystal Palace in the day’s late match. Tottenham Hotspur are fourth after a 3-1 win at bottom side Sheffield United. Victory for Liverpool would have taken them back to the top. With Joel Matip not fit…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has won all the 44 local government council and 484 councillorship seats at the Saturday’s Kano state local government councils poll. Prof. Ibrahim Garba-Sheka, Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission, SIEC, announced the results of the election on Sunday. Garba-Sheka said that candidates of the APC emerged winners of the 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship positions in the election. “The total votes scored by the candidates is 2,530.577 million. Work is still in progress to ascertain the total votes scored by candidates of other political parties,” he said. Garba-Sheka said the election was generally…