Sokoto state government has enrolled a total of 75,650 out of school children, comprised of 44,550 girls and 31,100 boys into the Better Education Service Delivery for All, BESDA, programme. Governor Aminu Tambuwal, during the launch of BESDA on Tuesday, also said that the state government also established 1,513 learning centers. According to him, there has been an improved literacy rate of 60,159 children across the 23 local government education authorities in the state. Tambuwal said this is an effort to increase equitable access to out-of-school children, improve literacy rate and strengthen accountability in basic education. The governor, who also…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, refused to grant the application by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), seeking the revocation of bail granted to Omoyele Sowore, Convener of #RevolutionNow, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who turned down the request of the AGF’s Counsel, Kayode Alilu, adjourned the matter until December 10 and December 11 for trial continuation. The Federal Government had, on February 13, re-arraigned Sowore and Bakare on fresh charges. The charges include: “Conspiracy to commit treasonable felony, contrary to Section 516 of the Criminal Code Act, Cap. C38 Laws…
The Minister of State, Finance, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, says the $750 million World Bank loan is an intervention towards helping Nigerians quickly recover from the effect of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Agba stated this at the appraisal meeting of the proposed Nigeria Cares (N-CARES) programme organised by the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP), an initiative of the Federal Government, on Tuesday in Abuja. The minister explained that the Federal government had created windows of interventions as captured in the Economic Sustainability Plan. He urged states to leverage on the N560 billion and N462 billion available for…
Former U.S. Vice President and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, says the U.S. must stand with Nigerians “who are peacefully demonstrating for police reform and seeking an end to corruption in their democracy.” “My heart goes out to all those who have lost a loved one in the violence,” Biden said in a statement made available on his official campaign website. The statement came shortly after security agents allegedly opened fire on protesters on Tuesday night, in Lagos. Biden encouraged the Nigerian government to engage in a good-faith dialogue with civil society. This, according to him, is to address…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has expressed worry over the continued silence of President Muhammadu Buhari in the face of the destructive #EndSARS protests that have now engulfed the country. This is contained in a statement by the National Secretary of the Union, Shuaibu Leman made available to AsheNews on Wednesday. “Nigerians, mainly the youth are protesting against Police brutality that had characterised the operations of the dreaded Special Anti-Rubbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police. The disbanded SARS was legendary in its abuse of human rights. “Although the Inspector General of Police quickly disbanded SARS and substituted it…
The Kano state Police Command, says no death was recorded during Tuesday’s protest in Sabon Gari area. It however said that 15 vehicles were destroyed by the protesters. The command emphasised that the protest had no link whatsoever to the #EndSARS agitations. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Habu Sani, also said on Tuesday night in Kano that a suspect was arrested while shooting gun during the protest. Sani explained that, of the 15 vehicles destroyed, seven were burnt and eight vandalised, while shops were also destroyed and looted by the protesters. The disturbances were not connected to the #EndSARS protest, he…
Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has sympathised with the victims and families of those affected in a tanker explosion that occurred on the Lapai-Agaie-Bida road in the early hours of Tuesday. AsheNews reports that the explosion led to loss of lives and many others injured and vehicles burnt. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor, Mary Noel-Berje on Tuesday, said the governor who noted that it is a moment of grieve to the families of the victims, people of Lapai local government and the entire people of the state, prayed for the quick recovery of those injured.…
The United States Mission to Nigeria has shut down its consulate in Lagos following the #EndSARS protest in the state. The U.S Mission in Nigeria made this known in a message on its official website on Tuesday. The mission also issued security warnings to its nationals living across the country. The US Government said multiple demonstrations were ongoing across Nigeria, to include areas within the consular districts of Abuja and Lagos. The Embassy said that although most demonstrations were peaceful, some have become violent and had shut down in 02 major thoroughfares and bridges. “Some police stations have been targeted. …
The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba has charged the officers of the newly inaugurated Anti-corruption and transparency unit (ACTU) of the Agency to carry out their duties diligently while ensuring transparency and accountability. The DG, who said this while inaugurating the unit in Abuja today, (20/10/2020), noted that the unit is expected to lay the foundation for transparency and due diligence in the NBMA. “The NBMA is a regulatory Agency and as such, is expected to be handling various activities as they concern regulation of modern Biotechnology, new and emerging modern technologies,…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre/Transparency International CISLAC/TI, has disclosed that Nigeria ranks 131 out of 190 in the World Bank of Doing Business Rankings. The Executive Director of the Centre, Mr Ibrahim Rafsanjani made the disclosure in his goodwill message during the official release of the 2019/2020 Federal Government scorecard for ranking websites of the Federal ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, in Abuja on Tuesday. Rafsanjani said compared to 1991 when there was only one website in the world, “Today, there are about 2 billion websites globally, but only around 400 million of them are active. A large number…