The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has commended Benue state government for approving Friday as a workfree day. MURIC made the commendation in a statement by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Monday. The state government’s measure is to run for three months only, from 6th November, 2020 to 29th January, 2021, to enable civil servants in the state to harvest their farm products during the period .(https://www.akelicious.net/benue-state-govt-approves-fridays-as-work-free-day/). MURIC described it as a half measure and a temporary relief for workers in Benue State. In addition, the group called on Northern governors and legislators to leverage on the directive by declaring workfree…
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The need to reduce climate obstacles and other environmental issues within the mother earth of Africa has been recently opted for by five strategic environmental groups in Africa. The groups called on African governments to stop the acceptance of fossil fuel projects driven by European countries via their Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). Speaking from Nigeria, the Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo, stated: “In Nigeria’s oil fields, oil spills and gas flaring have resulted in massive environmental degradation and marine resources depletion which local people depend on for livelihoods. “The locals have continued…
Six people were killed in an accident which involved a commercial bus and a truck at the Nkwelle Junction on the Nteje-Onitsha expressway in Anambra. Mr Andrew Kumapayi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the accident on Sunday in Awka. He noted that the accident which occurred at about 5:10.p.m. was caused by excessive speeding which led the bus driver to lose control of his vehicle and rammed into the truck. “The crash involved a mini white bus belonging to a transport firm (name withheld) with registration number BGT313 XA and a white truck which did not display its registration…
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Accord have arrested 11 illegal miners and eliminated scores of bandits on Nov. 21 in parts of Zamfara and Katsina States. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Monday, said the troops continued to record successes in the fight against banditry and other criminal acts in the zone. Enenche said the troops apprehended the illegal miners following credible intelligence on their activities at Kadauri in Maru local government area of Zamfara. He disclosed that the suspects had been handed over to the appropriate prosecuting authority for further action.…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said that Nigeria must act now, by taking necessary, and painful actions including adjustment to the proposed 2021 budget, to exit another recession the country has entered. Abubakar in a statement he issued in Abuja, said that although COVID-19 pandemic had exacerbated an already bad situation, Nigeria could have avoided the second recession, within five years, by a disciplined and prudent management of the economy. “Be that as it may, it serves no one’s purposes to quarrel after the fact. “We must focus on solutions. Nigeria needs critical leadership to guide her back…
By Sam Oditah A 47-year-old single mother, Jane (surname withheld), lived in her dilapidated family house in a serene neighbourhood in Umuahia, the Abia capital. She relocated from Lagos in 2017 due to economic difficulties. She lived with her 12-year-old daughter, Ebere, a junior secondary school student, and her aged auntie in a one-room apartment. Painfully, Jane died on March 10 in rather sudden and bizarre circumstances. The family, and indeed the entire village, woke up in the early hours of that day to receive the unexpected and startling news of her death. Friends, relatives, even passersby, thronged the compound…
London-born broadcast journalist Christiane Amanpour has covered some of the world’s most newsworthy events for CNN, ABC and CBS. Christiane Amanpour is considered one of television’s leading news correspondents. After first gaining notice for her 1985 report on Iran, which won the DuPont Award, Amanpour has received multiple Emmys and countless other honors for her work, including several Peabody awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award. She is CNN’s chief international correspondent and has worked for CBS’ 60 Minutes and ABC News. Background and Early Career Christiane Amanpour was born on January 12, 1958, in London, England. The daughter of an…
The demise of Amaka Ndoma-Egba, wife of former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, is a deep loss not only for the people of Cross River State but Nigeria in general, Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said. Mrs Ndoma-Egba died in an auto crash along Ore-Okitipupa Road in Odigbo Council Area of Ondo State on Thursday night.In consoling Senator Ndoma-Egba, Leader of the Senate in the Seventh Assembly and immediate past Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Omo-Agege urged him and members of his family to find solace in the good memories she left behind.…
By Gami Tadanyigbe Rotary International Club RC Gwagwalada, have donated over 10 trycles to Polio victims and rendered free medical outreach to women and the less privileged in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT. Rotarian Gbenga Fadare (PHF), the club president while donating the trycles to the Polio victims at Primary Healthcare Kutunku community, said the gesture is aimed at giving hope and to reach out to the lesss privileged at the rural communities. According to him, the outreach project titled ‘Rotary Family Health Day’ was part of activities to commemorate the Rotary 2020 Family Health Day to impact communities within Nigeria. Fadare said, “Rotary…
By Ahmed Attahiru, Gusau The National president of High Level Women Advocates, HILWA, Mrs Azuka Menkiti has disclosed that the enrollment of girl-child in public schools is encouraging even though thousands are still out of school. She said this in Gusau over the weekend, during the national appreciation and presentation of award to stakeholders in the campaign on massive enrolment of girl child in the north. According to her, HILWA as an NGO that is doing everything possible to stop children from street hawking. She maintained that HILWA, in collaboration with UNICEF and Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board, have…