The African Development Bank, AfDB, has estimated that Africa’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, will decline by $173-236 billion by the end of 2020, equivalent to 3.4%. The President of Bank, Adewumi Adesina stated this at the International Forum on African Leadership organised by the African Leadership Magazine, which held in Abidjan, capital of Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday. According to him, “the theme of the event, ‘Rethinking Global Partnerships and Africa’s Economic Resurgence,’ is very apt for the times we are in today. “The negative impacts on economies have been massive. The African Development Bank estimates that Africa’s GDP will decline…
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I was not shocked by the meddlesome court ruling that is challenging the constitutional rights of the President of Nigeria to appoint, including appointments at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. I hope someone is on his or her way to court to vacate the unconstitutional ruling. From when the President in his wisdom, decided to clean the nyama-nyama or poto-poto or colossal mess at NDDC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has been up in arms, working underground to undermine Mr. Innocent Buhari who installed him as the Deputy Senate President, thinking they can work together for the benefit of the people…
By Tina George, Minna Nutrition focal persons from 18 local government areas of Niger state, have advocated for the inclusion of nutrition indicators in the registers of patients in primary healthcare centers across the state. These observations were made during the one-day meeting on the need for inclusion, update and delivery of the minimum nutrition service package in PHCs in Minna on Saturday. It was organized by the CS-SUNN in collaboration with the National and State Primary Healthcare Development Agencies. The focal persons frowned at the under-reporting of nutrition activities in PHCs; opining that capturing indicators in registers would ease…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Saturday, graduated a batch of 203 Special Forces (SF), combat, search and rescue personnel in Bauchi. Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff (CAS), who spoke at the ceremony, said the personnel underwent training under the 7/2020 of special forces and course 3/2020 of combat search and rescue exercise. He expressed satisfaction with the quality of training of the personnel, noting that NAF-SF personnel trained earlier were already making a huge impact in the fight against terrorism and armed banditry in different parts of the country. Abubakar urged the graduands to put in…
African environment ministers have pledged to rally behind efforts to accelerate a green and inclusive economic recovery to boost economies and social systems in the continent amid COVID-19 related shocks. The ministers said in a joint statement issued in Nairobi on Friday evening at the end of a virtual summit that promoting the health of ecosystems lies at the heart of efforts to hasten pandemic recovery in the world’s second-largest continent. “Whilst this pandemic is having a profound negative impact on sustainable development and our efforts to combat environmental degradation and eradicate poverty, it also presents opportunities to set our…
Some hoodlums accosted INEC officials as they prepared to commence voting during Saturday’s by-election at Unit 13, Kosofe council area of Lagos state. The hoodlums insisted on collecting money from INEC officials before voting could commence. An INEC ad-hoc staff, Mrs Monsurat Aladeloba, said that the hoodlums got to the unit at about 8:37 a.m, brandishing dangerous weapons. The INEC ad-hoc staff packed up their materials so as to relocate from the area in the midst of the confrontation between some electorate and the hoodlums. “The boys were about fighting themselves when more police officers were drafted here,” she said.…
Three yet to be identified personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, have reportedly drowned on their way to Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa. It was gathered that the incident occurred on the eve of the Saturday Senatorial by-election holding in two senatorial zones of the state. The deceased policemen, were said to be on their way to their place of assignment when the boat capsized The spokesman of the Police Command in Bayelsa, SP Asinim Butswat who confirmed the incident said the boat capsized on its way to Oporoma, Headquarters of Southern Ijaw local government area. He,…
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has opined that the recent Zabarmari killings in Borno state, has justified the demand for concerted but regulated self protection initiatives. This is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the group, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, a copy of which was made available to AsheNews on Saturday. CNG advised that, like the Kurdish Peshmerga, Nigerians should not surrender their hope and destiny to Boko Haram and other security challenges but “compose regimented and volunteer forces, fully funded and backed by their state governments and fight in defence of their homes and families. Read full statement…
Maryam Umar, a 20-year-old student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has won the BBC Hausa women’s short story writing competition for 2020. Umar in her story titled, “Rai da Cuta” (Life & sickness) tells the story of Azima whose husband returns from a trip exhibiting all the symptoms of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Although his wife is heavily pregnant, he refuses to isolate himself and remains in denial of the virus. Azima locks him up in a room but soon finds out she has already contracted the from her husband. This eventually leads to the loss of her baby and a…
Zamfara state government says it has called on the federal government to urgently wade into political crisis allegedly being brewed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The petition tagged ‘open letter to President Buhari’, was read and signed by Sen. Lawal Daniya, Zamfara West and Chairman, PDP Bakura State Constituency by-election Committee. The PDP reported the APC for allegedly using dangerous weapons including daggers, axes, cutlasses bows and arrows and dane guns and chatting war songs, uncomplimentary remarks and innuendos with a view to incite disturbance of public peace against the PDP supporters. “In an attempt to…