Committed to saving Nigeria from over $700 million losses which result from agro-export rejections, the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) has inaugurated the African Quality Assurance Centre (AQAC). The President and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Prof. Benedict Oramah disclosed this in Sagamu, Ogun state on Wednesday. The first in its series in Nigeria, AQAC laboratory built to ensure the production and export of quality agro-produce from the country, will also ensure that “made in Africa” products meets the required health and safety standards. Oramah said that the country had suffered a loss estimated at $700 million over rejected agro-produce, a situation,…
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By Ishaq Dan-Imam, Lokoja Kogi-based Challenged Parenthood Initiative (CPI), a non governmental organisation in partnership with the Centre for Information Technology Development (CITAD) has said that its project of COVID-19 vaccine uptake has resulted in increased vaccination coverage from 125,833 in 2021 to 646,623 in November, 2022 (representing 23.2%) when the project ended. Presenting the progress report titled, “Enhancing Demand Creation and Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine project in Kogi state”, at a news conference in Lokoja on Tuesday, the Executive Director, Ms Eunice Abimbola Agbogun said in spite of the progress recorded in COVID-19 vaccination, the coverage rate in the…
By Ishaq Dan-Imam, Lokoja Terrorists in the early hours of Wednesday, killed two police officers on patrol along Lokoja-Agbaja road in Kogi state. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP William Aya has confirmed the development to ASHENEWS. According to him, “the Command received the unfortunate report of attack on the Police patrol team along Agbaja road, Lokoja. The hoodlums emerged from the bush and attacked the team when they arrived for their routine patrol. “The Command lost two of its personnel during the gun duel with the hoodlums as they fled before the re-enforcement team arrived.” The statement…
The Uniccon Group of Companies says that its collaboration with Canada Trade Commission on Africa’s first humanoid robot “Omeife” is worth $12.6 billion. The Chairman of group, Mr Chuks Ekwueme, said this when the Canada Trade Commissioner from Global Affairs Canada, visited its facilities in Abuja. Chuks said that the projected value of the humanoid robot was worth it due to its Africa-centric design and capability features that were the first of its kind within and outside Africa. He said that the visit was to discuss possible collaboration opportunities between the Canadian and Nigerian markets, on projects like Omeife and…
…Call for active participation of citizens in governance and policy-making Adamawa state office of multi-sectoral crisis recovery projects (MCRP), in collaboration with Kwachebe Consult Ltd has organized a one-day townhall meeting on civic education in the state. Chairman of the occasion and former deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) of Modibbo Adama University Yola (MAU), Professor Bashir Aliyu in his opening remark, said the Adamawa chapter of the MCRP has developed a toolkit for the civic education program which is composed of five modules. According to him, the modules are human rights participation, conventional citizenship practices, community-based civic engagement, trust in media…
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigerian government has put mechanism in place to ban cash withdrawal from all public accounts with immediate effect. The Director and Chief executive of Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Modibbo Hamman Tukur disclosed this at a parley with the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmud Yakubu in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, public officers will be expected to open domiciliary accounts in foreign and local currencies to allow for, instead of withdrawals from government accounts, payments of estacode and others to public officials, which are often in excess of the cash withdrawal…
The Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu Youth Professionals Support Group has expressed its plans to canvass three million votes for the second term bid of the Lagos state fovernor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. This was disclosed during the inauguration of the BOSYOPS campaign in Alausa, Ikeja on Monday. The BOS Youths Professional Support group (BOSYOPS) was borne out of appreciation of the Sanwo-Olu-led administration towards youths empowerment and support. The group comprises of young professionals, technocrats, business people, social activists, advocates, political analysts, social commentators, intellectuals, and other people of similar mind. It highlighted how the Lagos state government has operated open door system…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State had received two Special Assistants of Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and scores of other members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), the party’s leader in the stat, said this in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Sokoto. According to Abubakar, the Special Assistants were: Abdullahi Jabo and Hafsatu Tudun-Wada, from Tambuwal and Sokoto South local government areas, respectively. He said Jabo and his supporters were received by Ahmad Aliyu and Idris Gobir, the state APC…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned that the Service will not succumb to propaganda, intimidation and the desperation of hirelings to undermine its mandate. Its spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, also has called on Nigerians to avoid being used to undermine the service in its lawful investigations. It further warned that those who wished to act in the breach would be dealt with, in accordance with the law. According to the statement, the service had always discharged its responsibilities in the overall interest of the citizens. “As such, the service…
U.S. Senator Jim Risch, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has requested a review of U.S. security assistance and cooperation programs in Nigeria following Reuters reporting on an illegal abortion program and killing of children carried out by the Nigerian military. Risch, in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken seen by Reuters, also called for the State Department to examine the potential use of sanctions in addition to an expeditious review of U.S. security assistance and cooperation. “I look forward to hearing more about the Department’s planned response to the serious and abhorrent allegations levied…