Ogoni communities in Rivers, have sued the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele at the Federal High Court, Abuja for contempt over N182 billion judgement debt. The sum was awarded against Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, over its oil spillage that affected Ogoni land. The Ogoni people, represented by Mr Lucious Nwosu (SAN), filed the contempt charge praying the court to commit the CBN governor to PRISON, for allegedly disregarding a court order that awarded the money to Ogoni people. When the matter came up on Wednesday, Nwosu decried the absence of the CBN governor in…
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The Sokoto state 2021 Appropriation Bill estimated at N176,685,535,633.47, which is currently before the state House of Assembly on Tuesday, passed second reading. The All Progressives Congress, APC, leader of the House, Alhaji Bello Ambarura had moved a motion for members to debate on the general principles of the budget as hitherto addressed by Governor Aminu Tambuwal on December 10. Ambarura said members would debate the general principles of the budget address for the purpose of making provision for services in Sokoto state for the financial year ending December 31, 2021. Debating the budget, the lawmakers commended the governor for…
Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, the Chief Missioner, Nasru-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT), has called on all loving parents to pray for quick return of the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State. Onike, in a statement on Wednesday, also urged them to share in the pains of those whose children were still in the custody of their abductors. According to him, whoever knows the kind of attachment between a child and his/her parent would appreciate what is going through the minds of the affected parents now. Onike said, “My appeal to the abductors is to become the one from…
The Emir of Keffi, Dr Shehu Chindo Yamusa III has conferred the title of Barden Keffi to Alhaji Sani Mahmoud Shaaban. The conferment is in recognition of Shaaban’s dogged efforts in philanthropy, bridge-building and establishment of familiar and cordial relationship between Zazzau Emirate and Keffi Emirate. Shaaban, who currently holds the title of Danburan in Zazzau Emirate, is a top notch political personality being touted by Kaduna state citizens to succeed governor Nasir El-Rufai. Responding to the surprise gesture of Emir Yamusa, Shaaban said: “Honestly, I was taken aback by this gigantic gesture from His Highness. I came to Keffi…
The World Bank International Development Association (IDA) will give Benin US$60 million to help the west African country fight against youth joblessness in poor regions, a statement issued by the bank said in Cotonou on Tuesday. The aid is aimed at helping Benin improve the economic inclusion of the youth in poor regions and strengthen the employment services and the technical and professional training system. The youth inclusion project also aims to improve the economic inclusion of youth, aged between 15 and 30 years, and 50 per cent of girls who are not in school. About 35,000 people will benefit…
Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, and the Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, KNARDA, have launched collaboration for the implementation of agricultural interventions worth $3.23 million. A statement by the Project Communication Specialist, Ameen Yassar made available to AsheNews on Monday, said $2.23 million is coming from the Islamic Development Bank while Kano state government will release $1 million as counterpart contribution to the KNARDA for its value chain interventions. The interventions target 100, 000 small holder legumes farmers across the 44 local government areas of the state, over a period of five years, beginning from the 2020/2021 planting…
By Tina George, Minna Fifty-five per cent of children between ages 4 to 16 in Yobe and Kebbi states, have never attended school, the 2020 Nigeria Education Data Survey (NEDS), has revealed. The survey, which is for the evaluation of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) operation, was launched and disseminated in Minna on Tuesday. It also showed that Kebbi state has the highest of 59 percentage of out of school children followed by Yobe and Zamfara states which have 57 and 51 per cent, respectively. At the time of the survey, the children were computed as the number…
By Ahmed Attahiru Gusau The Zamfara state government has ordered the immediate closure of 10 secondary schools that share border with neighbouring Katsina state. The commissioner of education, Dr Abdullahi Gusau, stated this while addressing journalists on Tuesday, explaining that the closure was in response to the recent abduction of students of Kankara science secondary school in Katsina. He explained that the closure was part of measures to protect those school children that were neighbouring Katsina from similar bandits attack. According to him, governor Bello Mohammed had approved the closure of 10 schools, including seven boarding and three day secondary…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, says the construction of Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline project is currently at 15 per cent completion. Kyari disclosed this at the inspection of the second leg of the project at Karogo community in Igabi Local Government Area, Kaduna State, on Tuesday. “The project is currently at about 15 per cent completion but what is important for us to know is that we are crossing the river Niger, what we call the Ndoni-Aboh river crossing in Rivers and Delta states that will deliver gas from the eastern part…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19. A Supreme Court Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, disclosed this at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, the CJN is receiving treatment in Dubai.