The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Adamawa says no fewer than 40 persons died in road accidents between September and December 9. The corps also states that 203 other persons sustained various degrees of injury. Mr Ocheja Ameh, FRSC Adamawa Sector Commander, said on Friday in Yola, that the period within September and December. 9 also recorded 82 road traffic accidents. He said thst 138 vehicles with 407 people were involved out of which 364 persons were rescued by FRSC officials to nearest hospitals. He attributed major reasons for the accidents to speed violation, tyre puncture, wrong overtaking and…
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Twenty-five civil society organizations have expressed appreciation over the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami’s efforts that culminated to the successes recorded in the anti-corruption crusade of the President Muhamadu Buhari’s administration. This is contained in a statement issued by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice which was made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday the 11th day of December 2020. He said the organizations are of national, regional and international operations. They include anti-corruption and forensic…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it has not suspended its ongoing nine-month-old strike. Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the University of Jos Chapter of ASUU disclosed this in an interview on Friday in Jos. According to him, the union has not signed any agreement with the Federal Government to call off the strike as being purported in some quarters. He said that the Federal Government had promised to fulfill part of the agreement that led to lingering strike, but had failed to do so till date. “It must be categorically stated here that ASUU never signed any…
The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned two legal practitioners, Sarah Omeigha Ajibola and John Ozovehe Demide, before Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for alleged conspiracy and forgery in the conduct of the 2018 general elections of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. The EFCC had, on May 5, 2020, filed a 14-count charge against the duo that borders on alleged forgery in the elections of the Association, which produced its immediate past President, Paul Usoro. One of the counts reads: “That you, Sarah Omeigha Ajibola…
An All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart in Rivers, Eze Chukwuemeka has advised former president Goodluck Jonathan to discountenance any attempt to lure him into contesting the 2023 election, describing the move as “plot against the interest of the South.” The erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), in a statement on Friday expressed misgivings on the trending ploy to draft Jonathan into the 2023 presidential race. He described those behind the move as “political jobbers and desperados conscripted to rubbish the hard earned integrity and reputation of the ex Nigeria leader. “I call on Dr.…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for direct involvement of religious and traditional leaders in tackling the rising cases of rapes and other forms of violence against women in the country. The President, CAN, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, made the call in Abuja during the launch of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria, organised by CAN and the All-Africa Conference of Churches (AACC). Ayokunle stressed that political leaders, religious leaders and all stakeholders should be more involved in addressing the needs of women and child survivors, including interventions to disrupt the gender-based violence cycle. He…
TIME Magazine has named U.S. president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris as its person of the year. “For changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year,” TIME editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said in a statement. Biden and Harris claimed victory in the presidential election on Nov. 7, after running a cautious yet focused campaign, pledging to unite the country, end the chaos of Donald Trump and get…
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Pantami says exploiting emerging technology remains top on the Federal Governments’ agenda for developing a digital economy. Pantami said this on Friday via a webinar on Artificial Intelligence organised by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The teleconference had the theme: “Moving Ahead, The Future is Artificial intelligence (AI).” The minister, who was the guest speaker during the event, said that UAE had been proactive in digital transformation. According to him, UAE is the only country with a minister for artificial intelligence, which is a branch of emerging technology. “In Nigeria, we are also…
Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are robbing the continent of US$50 billion annually, even as Africa is mobilising resources for pandemic recovery and sustainable development. This indication was given by the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, at a high-level virtual meeting on Thursday, held under the African Union’s (AU) ‘Silencing the Guns’ initiative. These “staggering losses” would be enough to bridge nearly 75 per cent of Africa’s health financing gap, provide inclusive education for all children there, and fund infrastructure projects, she added. “These flows pose a threat to stability and security in African countries, undermine institutions and democracy, and jeopardise…
The President snubbed the invitation to address the National Assembly yesterday over the deteriorating security situation in the country. The initial invitation came from the House of Representatives and he eventually agreed to address the whole Assembly. Governors of the ruling party had urged him not to honour the invitation for fear of a ripple effect in their own States. On Wednesday, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami pronounced that the National Assembly has no constitutional power to summon President Buhari over the spate of insecurity in the country: “The management and control of…