Former Kano governor, Alhaji Musa Kwankwaso has listed alleged reasons for governor Abdullahi Ganduje to dethrone Muhammad Sanusi as Emir of Kano. The former governor in a statement signed by his Principal Private Secretary, Muhammad Ali on Tuesday obtained by AsheNews disclosed that the rising popularity of Sanusi made Ganduje took the decision. “The fears of high esteem and caliber, plus influence the Emir possesses made Ganduje jittery and insisted on dethroning him. “We know that Ganduje always feels diminished and inferior in the presence of the Emir and we know that Governor Ganduje harbours a pathological hatred for the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the 29th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ministries of Aviation, Transportation, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Education, Finance, Works and Housing, Foreign Affairs, Water Resources, Power as well as Science and Technology are expected to make presentations at the meeting. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and 12 ministers are physically attending the meeting. The ministers are those of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Works…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has suspended the nine-month old strike. The National President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement during press briefing in Abuja. According to him, the development followed consultations with its National Executive Council, NEC. The unconditional suspension on Wednesday, ended the protracted strike that brought Nigeria’s learning system to a standstill. Details later…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Tuesday presented a cheque of N100 million for the payment of gratuities to 41 retired local government workers and primary school teachers in the state for December. At the presentation in Ado-Ekiti, Fayemi said that payment of the gratuities was in fulfilment of his promises to ensure that pensioners enjoyed a worthy life after their meritorious services to the state. The governor, represented by Mr Biodun Oyebanji, Secretary to the State Government, reiterated his commitment to prioritise issues relating to the welfare and well-being of the pensioners. He promised to sustain the techniques adopted…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says the country has recorded 999 new cases of coronavirus infections. The new cases tweeted on its Twitter handle @NCDCGov Tuesday night saw the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, recording the highest of 416, followed by Lagos, 324. It also showed that the least state was Jigawa, which recorded one case. According to the tweet, since the outbreak of the virus in February 2019, a total of 79,789 cases have been confirmed, 68,879 were discharged and 1,231 deaths record. The breakdown of the new cases by states are as follows: FCT-416, Lagos-32, Kaduna-698, Plateau-42, Kwara-32,…
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided additional capacity development support to laboratories of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) . The support, which is the Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) test kits, was aimed at strengthening detection and response to public health threats in Nigeria especially in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The Chief Representative, JICA Nigeria, Mr Nakagawa Takayuki said this in a statement issued through the Project Officer, Ms.Damilola Graham-Douglas on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the Takayuki, the support is provided as part of JICA’s ongoing technical cooperation project to the NCDC under Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA).…
Some Customs officers serving at the Federal Operations Unit Zone “A’’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have been attacked by hoodlums working with smugglers. Deputy Comptroller, Usman Yahaya, made the disclosure in a statement by Mr Theophilus Duniya, Public Relations Officer of Federal Operations Unit Zone A of NCS, in Lagos on Tuesday. According to Yahaya, at about 800 hours on Dec. 22, 2020, the officers who were carrying out their statutory duty of enforcing anti-smuggling laws acted on intelligence. “They intercepted six Ford buses laden with foreign parboiled rice at Kikelomo area of Ayetoro, Ogun State. “Upon interception, some…
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution that will end the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Sudan’s Darfur (UNAMID) on Dec. 31, South African Ambassador to the United Nations Jerry Matjila said. “The result of the voting is as follows; the draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. “The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously,” Matjila, who presides with the UN Security Council during the month of December, said on Tuesday. The draft resolution, sponsored by the United Kingdom and Germany, will terminate the mission’s mandate after its was renewed by the UN Security Council on June 3.…
The European Commission on has banned the export of hazardous plastic waste from the European Union (EU) to countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Also banned are plastic waste hard to recycle. “This is an important milestone in fighting plastic pollution,” said EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevicius in a news announcement. The ban is among a set of new EU rules on importing and exporting plastic waste. According to the rules that will enter into effect on Jan. 1, 2021, exporting plastic waste from the EU to OECD countries…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected the $900 billion (N349.2 trillion) Coronavirus (COVID-19) relief bill passed by Congress, describing it as a disgrace. In a video message posted on Twitter, Trump alleged that the bill contained “wasteful and unnecessary items”, adding that there was almost nothing about COVID-19 in it. According to him, the bill contains $85.5 million (N33 billion) for assistance to Cambodia and $134 million (N51,9 billion) to Burma. The president stated that there was also a provision of $1.3 billion (N504 billion) for Egypt and the Egyptian military. He said the Egyptian military would use the…