The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has called for cooperation among relevant agencies in the fight against human trafficking and child labour in the country. The NAPTIP Benin Zonal Commander, Mrs Ijeoma Uduak, made the call at an awareness campaign against Trafficking of Youths held in Auchi, Etsako-West Local Government Area of Edo on Monday. “It is important for relevant agencies to work together to effectively tackle the problem of human trafficking and child labour in our society. “Such cooperation would go a long way towards effectively tackling the different aspects of human trafficking,’’ she…
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Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 152 new infections of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Sunday. The centre noted that the country had so far tested 705,809 persons since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27, 2020 The public health agency said that “the new infections brings the country’s total number of infections to 65,148.” It added that the new infections were reported from seven states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with no Coronavirus-related deaths in the last…
The Kaduna State Government says troops on internal security operations have rescued nine persons kidnapped along Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday afternoon. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan said this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said that the government received operational feedback that the victims were rescued by troops of Operation Thunder Strike (OPTS). He explained that the troops on routine patrol along Akilubu-Gidan Busa axis of the Kaduna-Abuja road, received a distress call around 4p.m., indicating that bandits had blocked the highway. “The bandits opened fire on a bus, forcing the…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has described the suit challenging the Arabic inscription on the Nigerian currency, as an act of acrobatic religiosity. MURIC made the assertion in a statement by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Monday while responding to a suit filed by a Lagos-based lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo. Omirhobo had argued that the Arabic inscription on naira notes portray Nigeria as an Islamic state contrary to the country’s constitutional status of a secular state. The lawyer also filed a similar suit against the Nigerian Army seeking the removal of Arabic inscriptions from its logo. The cases are being…
By Etta Michael Bisong, Abuja The Federal government says it would complete 2,140 units of the ongoing housing projects under the National Housing Program, NHP, in 34 states of the Federation, including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. This plan, which is contained in the 2021 budget proposal, according to the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, was made known during the budget defense of the housing sector before the Joint Senate and House Committees on Housing. He explained that the ongoing projects under the sector include the construction of 3,926 National Housing Projects across the six geo-political zones of…
By Mohammmed Ahmed The European Union funded Technical Assistance to CSOs (EU-TAC) project, has strengthen capacities of 25 civil organisations to drive Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), water governance in Plateau state, Mrs Oluseyi Abdulmalik, WaterAid Nigeria Communications and Media Manager stated this in a statement on the occasion to mark the end of the project in Jos, weekend. According to him, “The EU-TAC project, which is now coming to a close, was launched in 2018 to execute the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme III (WSSSRP III) in Plateau State. “In a bid to improve governance of the…
U.S President Donald Trump, has finally admitted that Joe Biden won the presidential election. He acknowledged in tweet on his Twitter handle @realDonaldTrump on Sunday, that although Biden won, his victory was with irregularities. “He won because the Election was Rigged. NO VOTE WATCHERS OR OBSERVERS allowed, vote tabulated by a Radical Left privately owned company, Dominion, with a bad reputation & bum equipment that couldn’t even qualify for Texas (which I won by a lot!), the Fake & Silent Media, & more!” “He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I concede NOTHING! We have a…
FCT Natives under the umbrella body of the “Abuja Indigenous Liberation Movement (AILM), on Sunday in Abuja, called on the Federal Government to consider FCT indigenes for ministerial appointments and to reorganise FCT as a state so as to ensure equality and development. The Director, Institution of Governance and Development, Nassarawa State University, Prof. Andrew Zamani, made the call at a summit organised by AILM with the theme: “’Indigenous People of FCT, Issues of Land Ownership and the Way Forward’’. The professor, who is also the chairman of the summit also called on the Federal Government to give proper consideration to ancestral…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has advised State Governments in Nigeria to key into the Federal Government’s digitisation programme by initiating policies on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). CITAD Executive Director, Malam Yunusa Zakari, said this in an interview on Sunday, in Kano. “Nigeria can record more growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with right ICT policies. “At the moment, I think only Kano, Niger, Kogi and Ogun States have such ICT policies in place. “This means that if we want ICT to contribute more to our economy, the states will have to put in place clear…
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to ensure that quality fertilisers were provided to farmers to boost crop production and food nutrition in the country. Dr Abdulkadir Mu’azu, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said this at a joint meeting of fertiliser stakeholders and security operatives in Abuja. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, by Mrs Oleh Juliet, Principal Information Officer of the ministry. Mu’azu, represented by Mr Tunde Bello, Director, farm inputs support services in the ministry, said that the meeting was strategic as it would help to build resilient partnership with…