The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in Abuja made virtual and public presentation of its `Report of the 2019 General Election’. The commission also made public presentation of the ` Review of the 2019 General Election: Report of the Commission’s Retreats and Stakeholder Engagements’’. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, while presenting the two reports said that the `Report of the 2019 General Election’ has 13 Chapters covering major issues. These according to him include challenges associated with the preparation and conduct of the election, lessons learnt and specific recommendations for addressing them. Yakubu said that the second report “the…
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Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture on Friday launched the commercial growing of Genetically Modified (GM) cotton after conducting trials in the past five years. Peter Munya, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, said that the move would revitalise the cotton value chain and the textile industry in the country. “This indeed is a historic milestone for Kenya’s agricultural sector, particularly the textile industry,” Munya said. He said the journey toward the commercialisation of the genetically- modified cotton variety had been accompanied by several hiccups that were later overcome. Munya said that delay in commercialising the seed had been…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday said its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) as at September 30 stood at N1.4 billion as against N4.4 billion projection for 2020. Mr Fidets Okhiria, Managing Director of NRC, in a statement said the sum of N245 million was remitted to the TSA as at October 31. Okhiria said this at the 2021 Budget Defence to the Joint Committee of Land and Marine transport at the National Assembly in Abuja. He said that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic affected its operations as train services were stopped during its peak, thus affecting the IGR projection for the year. “The Joint…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State behind closed doors where he received pictorial reports on properties damaged by hoodlums during #EndSARS protests in the state. Mr Sunday Aghaeze, the Personal Assistant to the President (Photography), confirmed this via pictorial reports on the meeting. “The governor presented a report on the extent of the destruction suffered by Lagos State in the aftermath of the ENDSARS protests,” one of the captions of the pictures indicated. NAN reports that the governor, however, declined to take questions from State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting.…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno on Friday updated President Muhammadu Buhari on security development in the state and advocated for political solution to end what he described as “madness’’ afflicting the state. The governor, who stated this at the closed of a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja, on Friday, said, however, he also intimated the president of the gradual return of peace to Borno. He disclosed that the state government had successfully facilitated the return of over 100,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes. According to him, the kinetic measures currently…
By Justina Auta The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has stressed the need for Media and Information Literacy (MIL) competencies to dispel misinformation surrounding COVID-19. The Officer in Charge of UNESCO Abuja Regional Office, Mr Sow Mamadou-Lamine, made the call during a Webinar with theme “Creating a Peaceful Society: Media and Information Literacy, A Way Out”. The Webinar was part of activities to mark Regional Commemoration of the Global MIL Week 2020, annually marked to review and celebrate the progress achieved toward “MIL for All”. Mamadou-Lamine said that media and information competencies would improve access to knowledge…
Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are beginning to contradict themselves over the reasons they embarked on their on-going strike which had entered its eighth month. While some of the leaders in the south-south region said on Wednesday that the Federal government’s insistence on enrolling varsity teachers in the Integrated Personnel Payroll Scheme (IPPS), was the cause of the unending strike, a leader in Yola said on Friday that IPPIS was not at the crux of the strike. Prof. Augustine Ndaghu, coordinator in Yola said on Friday that the dispute between the union and the Federal government was…
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has taken the lead in the U.S states of Pennsylvania and Georgia, two of the final states still in play in the presidential election. Biden has overhauled what was a substantial lead for President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, and on Friday he pulled slightly ahead as mail-in ballots were added to the tally, broadcasters CNN and Fox reported. The results of a little over 30,000 ballots were announced, Biden won around 87 per cent of those votes. Winning Pennsylvania would give either candidate 20 of the crucial Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency. This…
Prof. Olu Olufayo, Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Akure zone, has said that the future of Nigeria will depend on the quality of investments in the youth. Olufayo made this assertion at a news conference held at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife on Friday. The ASUU chieftain also stressed the need for the Federal Government to show more concern towards the state of university education in the country. He attributed the delay in the resumption of students of public universities to the Federal Government’s disposition towards the union’s demands. Olufayo said that the union decided…
The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has welcomed the pledge by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) to offer technical support to the panel. He has also called on states yet to domesticate the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act to do so. Senator Omo-Agege spoke in Abuja when he hosted a delegation from the UN Women, led by the Deputy Country Representative, Mr Lansana Wonneh. UN Women is the United Nations’ body dedicated to gender equality and women empowerment. The…