By Magdalene Ukuedojor Nigeria has been ranked highest in the number of out-of-school children recorded in the world. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) while commemorating the International Day of Education on Jan. 24, said 10.5 million children are out of school in Nigeria, the highest rate in the world. In May, Rahama Farah, Head of the UNICEF Office in Kano, Nigeria claims that the estimated 10.5 million figure was for 2021 and that currently, there are 18.5 million out-of-school children; 60 per cent of whom are girls. With the spate of insurgency which has spanned almost 10 years and…
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This week, as the primaries heat up, the constraints placed by the newly passed Electoral Act are beginning to have a major impact on the nomination process. Two changes have had the most impact. The first is that it is not possible to contest in the primaries of a party, lose and try again in another party. The second is that the large number of statutory delegates who are not elected delegates but government appointees can no longer vote in primaries. This means that only elected delegates, most of them controlled by State Governors would determine outcomes of primaries. In…
I came to the conclusion that while a chance to become Vice President could benefit my profile as an individual, becoming reelected as Governor of Borno State has the potential of more overall and more assurance of benefit to the good people of Borno state. Only at the weekend, more than 30 youths were killed around Kala-Balge. This should remind us of the reality of our problems and the need to deliberately unite ourselves towards the recovery, stability and prosperity of our dear Borno State. At this point, ladies and gentlemen, I will like to address one issue. I did…
This article or excerpt is included in the GLP’s daily curated selection of ideologically diverse news, opinion and analysis of biotechnology innovation. For some reason, an increasing number of writers seem surprised to discover that environmentalists are anti-technology. [Recently,] Josh Barro excoriated “coalitions of NIMBYs and Malthusian environmentalists working together to block the transmission lines we need to bring clean electricity to major cities so we can burn less coal and natural gas.” “Faux environmentalist Left-NIMBYism is emerging as a substantial threat to decarbonization,” as Bloomberg economist Noah Smith recently put it. These critiques are well deserved by the institutional…
By Ibrahim Dan-Hajiya Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people. This is the widely accepted definition of democracy globally. In it, the will of the people holds sway. Any form or type of leadership short or devoid of democracy is now detested and vehemently rejected by any well-meaning individuals, societies and nations at large. Democracy is indeed the darling of all across the globe. In fact, in Nigeria, it is a happy story from 1999 to date. Nigeria is no longer the Pariah nation that it used to be in the comity of…
Isah Liman Kantigi is one of the governorship aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger state. In this interview with journalists, he posits himself as one of the aspirants that have been maligned and castigated in the media for fraud and other practices. He explains the reason why he is a target to many, especially members of his party. ASHENEWS was there. EXCERPTS: Why have you become a target of attack both by your and the opposition party? I am a target because I am progressing and I am not lazy. When someone is talking…
As presented in the first part of this article, the earth’s surface area is 71% covered by oceanic water. The water is mainly being used for navigation, transport, and other economic and sporting activities. Today, the humanity has started using the 71 percent of the earth surface occupied by ocean for farming activities. This becomes necessary because of the environmental implication of bringing more land into cultivation as the greenhouse emission is likely to increase. So, the ocean farming is the newest innovation and one of the identifiable solutions to the challenges of greenhouse emission and attainment of global food…
By Badamasi Sanusi Illela By On May 18, 2022, one Mainasara Shehu Ahmad published an article in about 15 news platform with the title: “SOKOTO 2023: X-RAYING APC GOVERNORSHIP ASPIRANTS FOR A GUIDED CHOICE”. In the article, Ahmed stressed the importance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to embrace rotation in its consideration of who should bear its flag in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. In his purview, the seat should be rotated to Sokoto East senatorial district after giving a rundown of previous governors who had come from, first East (Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa); Central (Sen. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko)…
As parties are getting set to produce their candidates, we feel the need to reproduce this write-up, first published on October 18 last year. If I were to be as sentimental as people are, I would say the North East, my zone, must produce the president in 2023. Many people fight for their people, region, zone or state to produce the president for various reasons. Reasons may range from the fact that a president attracts some goodies to his area. Ministers and other chief executives fall over themselves to site projects where the president comes from. Captains of industry, too,…
By Harande Yusuf Isa The Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is preparing to hold its congress on May 26, 2022 with seven aspirants, including Ahmed Aliyu, Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir, Senator Abubakar Gada, Faruk Malami Yabo, Abdullahi Balarabe Salame, A. A. Gumbi and Yusuf Suleiman lined up ambitiously to bear the flag of the party. On April 20, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari, at the 11th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja, cautioned the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at both national and state levels against imposing unpopular aspirants as candidates…