… Warns against social vices The Sokoto State University (SSU), has matriculated 2000 new students into the various departments for the 2020/2021 academic session. The Vice-chancellor of the University, Prof Sani Dangoggo disclosed this at the 8th matriculation ceremony on Saturday. He warned the students against social vices, such as cultism, examination malpractice, hooliganism, indecent dressing among others, stressing that the institution had zero tolerance for vices. The Vice-Chancellor enjoined the students to abide by the code of conduct of the institution, while advising them to be wary of bad friends and indecent dressing. “As a means of achieving academic…
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The founder and CEO of Centre for Values in Leadership, Professor Pat Utomi has said that if Nigeria will truly alleviate poverty, generate prosperity and social harmony it must build institutions that will strengthen a culture of innovation. He stated this while delivering the 32nd Convocation/40th Anniversary lecture of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, titled: “Innovation, Technology, and Prospects of prosperity for Posterity Nigeria” on Thursday. Professor Utomi said universities such as FUTA were part of government’s policy to facilitate innovation in Nigeria, stressing that appropriate efforts must, as a matter of urgency, be put in place so…
World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the latest COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa, the Greek name ‘Omicron’, and labelled it a variant of concern due to its large number of mutations and possible faster rate of infection. WHO, in a statement on Friday, said that preliminary evidence also suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this variant of concern, as compared to other strains, such as Delta. Currently, the number of cases appears to be increasing in almost all provinces in South Africa, according to the UN health agency. WHO explains that the variant has been detected at faster…
By Ahmed Attahir, Gusau The factional state chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Surajo Maikatako has emerged along with 31 executive members in Zamfara. Led by Senator Kabiru Marafa, the faction announced its officials during its congress held in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe local government area in Saturday. According to our reporter, over 5,000 delegates across the 147 wards and local government areas, attended the congress to elect the factional officials. Speaking at the congress, Senator Marafa urged the new party executives to be law-abiding and remain good ambassadors and true citizens of the state. Represented by…
Nigerian government has lifted the ban it placed on Emirates Airline from flying into Nigeria without conditions. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika disclosed this in a statement by Mr James Odaudu, Director Public Affairs in the Ministry of Aviation on Saturday. The federal government had barred Emirates from flying into Nigeria over discriminatory policies on Nigerians as regards to COVID-19 protocols by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to Sirika, the move came in response to the yearnings of Nigerian travelers and after painstaking negotiations with the UAE, the Emirates Airlines home country. The minister further said that the…
By Aliyu Muhammad Gusau Senator Kabir Garba Marafa has become a loose cannon, a bull in a China shop; destroying everything in its wake. But his eccentricity manifests only when his interests are at stake. In such instances, therefore, the spirit of collectivism in him dies. This obsessively self-absorbed disposition cost his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Zamfara State in the last governorship election where he was an aspirant. Marafa defied all entreaties by the national secretariat of the party to work towards a consensus for the flag bearer emerge. With over-exaggerated perceptions of his popularity, he dared…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has suspended some officials caught extorting a passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. A statement by the spokesperson of the authority, Henrietta Yakubu on Friday said the step was in line with management’s determination to rid the nation’s airport of corrupt officials. “The officials, who are staff of Aviation Security and Customer Service departments of the Authority were immediately suspended, while the On Duty Card of their accomplice from the Nigeria Immigration Service has been withdrawn. “This action was taken to serve as deterrent to other bad eggs in the system…
Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for setting up a 14-member national taskforce committee on mining legal framework draft, that will guide mining activities across the country. A statement by the Director General, Media, Public Enlightenment and Communications, Yusuf Gusau on Friday, quoted the governor as saying that “the development, which is going to be most beneficial to Zamfara, its good people and government, will be a pacesetter in the right direction at finding lasting solution to the activities of armed banditry, kidnapping and other heinous crimes being perpetrated in the state.” According to the governor,…
UNICEF has declared that 152,243 children below five years of age are stunted in Enugu state. Its Planning and Monitoring Specialist, Enugu Field Office, Maureen Zubie-Okolo made the declaration at a policy dialogue with Enugu State Executive and Legislative Councils on Investment in Nutrition on Friday. Zubie-Okolo attributed the situation to poor nutrition arising from poor maternal, infant and young child feeding practices during the first 1,000 days of birth. “In Enugu state, only 7.8 per cent of children below five years of age receive the minimum acceptable diet, while less than one-fifth of children 0-5 months are exclusively breastfed.…
By Justina Auta After being trained by the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), some female artisans have expressed their readiness to join in harnessing economic opportunities in the nation’s construction industry. The benecifiaries, who were trained under NCWD’s female artisanship programme, said on Friday in Abuja, that the skills acquired would enable females to be useful in the industry. The female artisans , who spoke separately at the 2021 center’s graduation ceremony of 130 trainees, expressed willingness to be part of an industry, that had been dominated by males. Mrs Goodness Emmanuel, a beneficiary from Enugu State noted that…