Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has been re-elected as the bona fide representative of Persons With Disability (PWD) on the Steering Committee of the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of no fewer than 70 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the country that monitors Nigeria’s electoral process. Ms Florence Attah, Programme Assistant, CCD, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, stating that the organization emerged winner with 47 votes, against its opponent, the Albino Foundation, that polled only 6 votes. “CCD, led by its Executive Director, David Obinna Anyaele, defeated Mr Jake Epelle of the Albino…
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Dr Usman Igbo, acting Rector, Kogi State Polytechnic, has officially handed over its Osara Campus for the take-off of academic activities at the new Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara. The Rector, who handed over the necessary documents to the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, on Monday in Osara, expressed joy for being part of the historic event. The Osara campus of Kogi State Polytechnic, Adavi local government Area of the state, was until the time of handing over, the School of Preliminary Studies of the institution. ”Today, under my acting rector ship,…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), says it loaned 83 countries the sum of $165 billion, including $16.1 billion in concessional financing to 49 low-income countries in FY2020. The Fund said this in its 2020 IMF Annual Report titled “A Year Like No Other”, released in Washington D.C on Monday. The fund said it completed health checks on 129 countries and also supported its members in capacity development to the tune of $305 million for hands-on technical advice, policy-oriented training and peer learning. In her message in the report, Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF Managing Director, said as the world faced a…
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Upstream/ Downstream), and Gas Resources on Monday adjourned sitting following the failure of the State Minister for Petroleum, Mr Timipre Sylva, to appear before it. The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was also scheduled to appear before the committee along with the minister. Both failed. The minister and the NNPC GMD were billed to defend the 2021 budget proposal before the committee. Members of the committee were made to sit for over an hour waiting for the arrival of the duo, to no avail. Seats meant for members…
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger has tested negative for COVID-19 following repeat tests of the viral disease. This was contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, in Minna on Monday. The governor had on Nov. 9, announced that he tested positive to COVID-19 via his official Twitter handle and immediately went into isolation. She said that the governor was pronounced free of the virus and confirmed fit to resume his official duties having gone through repeat tests which turned negative. “I am happy to announce to you that I have been confirmed negative and…
Against the backdrop of all the efforts that the Borno State under the leadership of Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum to bring peace and development to the state following years of Boko Haram reign of mayhem, his Sokoto state counterpart has called on traditional rulers and people of the state to support him. Governor Tambuwal made the call Monday when the new Emir of Bama, Alhaji Umar Ibn Kyari Al Amin El-Kanemi paid him a courtesy call. Congratulating the monarch for his ascension of the throne of his father, the governor said: “you have the energy and the experience, given that…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it recorded net income of $217.06 million for the nine months ended September 30 in spite of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank announced this in a statement issued in Cairo, Egypt, after the release of its unaudited financial statements for the nine-month period. According to the bank, the amount recorded was a slight decrease on the comparable period of 2019 which recorded $225.36 million. It said that the net interest income for the nine months grew by 16 per cent to $421.77 million as against $362.83 million in 2019. This was…
The Federal Government says there is the need to rebuild the trust between the government and the governed in the aftermath of the EndSARS protest. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, said this during the Rebuild Lagos: Dialogue and Partnership event organised by the Lagos State Government to inaugurate the Eight-member Board of Trustees of Rebuild Lagos Trust Fund held at Ikeja. Osinbajo said that there was the need for government at all levels to rebuild the lost confidence with the people so as to forestall a repeat of the destruction witnessed in the country in the aftermath of EndSARS protest. He…
A member representing Gudu/Tangaza Federal constituency of Sokoto state, Yusuf Kurdulla has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for awarding contract for the construction of 46 kilometer Balle-Kurdulla-Niger Republic border road. He made the commendation in an exclusive chat with AsheNews on the N5 billion project awarded to Messrs North Sea Limited, which contract is to be completed in 24 months. Kurdulla also thanked the former governor of Sokoto state, Aliyu Wamakko on behalf of members of his constituency for starting the project and facilitating its completion by Federal government. “The $26.2 million Balle-Kurdullah-Niger Republic border road, if completed will be a…
A 21 years old man has left many people shocked after sexually assaulting his biological mother before murdering her in cold blood on November 12. It was gathered that the 21-year-old man who is an agricultural worker from Karnataka’s Haveri district in India, claimed that his mother was having an affair with so many men. The suspect was apprehended by Police operatives on Saturday. Shiggaon Police said that over a week before the murder, the suspect had argued with his mother and demanded that she break off her relationship with her boyfriends, but the mother disagreed. “The woman had allegedly…