The Sokoto state commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel has charged the House of Assembly to provide legal frameworks and legislations that would tackle insecurity and transborder crimes in the state. He gave the charge when he led the command’s management team on a courtesy visit to the House on 25th August, 2022. According to Gumel, the legislature stood as pillar between the judiciary and the executive arms and provides succour to the ordinary people with the overall development of unity, peace and security. He sought for robust relevant legislations on government policies as well as the enactment of laws…
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Moderna on Friday filed patent infringement lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech “for infringing patents central to (its) mRNA technology platform,” the company said in a news release Friday. “Moderna believes that Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 covering Moderna’s foundational mRNA technology. This groundbreaking technology was critical to the development of Moderna’s own mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax. Pfizer and BioNTech copied this technology, without Moderna’s permission, to make Comirnaty,” the news release said. CNN has reached out to Pfizer for comment. By CNN
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has assured that Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike and leaders of the party are working for the success of the party in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Atiku, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday, also called on stakeholders of the party as well as his supporters to desist from making statements that are capable of compromising the on-going work towards strengthening the party and bringing all its leaders together. “It has become imperative to appeal to all party members, leaders…
The Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (PTAN) has dissociated itself from a proposal that the country’s parents of students would contribute N10,000 each for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end its ongoing strike that has so far lasted six months. Media reports early this week had claimed that the PTAN leadership had arrived at the decision to enable ASUU wade off the strike. However, a statement by the national president of the association, Haruna Danjuma distanced his organization from the claim. According to him, the association is not aware of the proposal. “We are not involved in…
The governing council of Sokoto State University (SSU) has approved the appointment of deputy vice-chancellors, academic and administration. A statement by the information officer of the university, Zayyanu Shehu on Thursday, said that the council, at its 25th meeting held on August 25 2022, also promoted four staff to professorial positions. According to the statement, while Prof. Mohammed Bello Yerima was appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Attahiru Ahmad Sifawa was appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration). “Both appointments take immediate effect for a period of two years and are renewable for another two years and no more,” the statement further…
The National Senior Citizens Centre has commended Kebbi state government for being a trail blazer in the payment of gratuity to all categories of retired from civil servants. The Director-General of the Centre, Dr. Emem Omokaro made the commendation when she paid a courtesy call on the State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu. “If all the state emulate Kebbi, the negative narratives in some states as it affects retirees would have changed for the better. “We are happy that Kebbi state government is not owing any pensioners,” she said. According to her, the centre was currently mapping older people across…
The Producers Guild of America has elected its first woman of color to be president of the organisation that represents Hollywood producers. The PGA, whose history dates back to 1950, said Stephanie Allain, a former executive at 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures, was elected president alongside former Paramount Pictures President Donald De Line at the annual membership meeting Tuesday, according to a statement. The two producers ran unopposed to succeed Presidents Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, who were elected in 2018. The non-profit organisation, which has more than 8,000 members, lobbies for the interests of producers. The new leaders…
Some residents of northwest geopolitical zone, the epicenter of banditry activities, say peace is gradually returning to their area, and that the development calls for celebration. Speaking in Gusau, Katsina, Sokoto, Kaduna, Birnin Kebbi and Kano, they noted that kidnappings that used to occur almost on a daily basis some months back, had reduced substantially. They attributed this development to the efforts of security agents, just as they also observed that the peace initiative of state governments, especially in hard-hit Zamfara, had yielded positive results. While commending security agents on their current effort, they cautioned against repeating mistakes of the…
By Fadlillah Abdallah The United State Agency International Development-Integrated Health Program (USAID-IHP) on Wednesday, donated 16,000 mama-kits worth N84 million to Sokoto state primary healthcare centres. The state director of IHP, Dr. Usman Al-Rashid who spoke at the symbolic handing over event, which took place at Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Sokoto, said the gesture is a measure to reduce maternal mortality in the state. Represented by the IHP’s state technical director, Dr. Fatima Muhammed at the handing over of the items to the ministry of health, Al-Rashid also said that the programme was renovating 40 primary healthcare centres across the…
A 40-year-old man lost his life in an inferno at a general hospital at Badawa Layout in Nassarawa local government area of Kano state on Wednesday. Kano State Fire Service spokesperson, Saminu Abdullahi stated on Thursday that the service received an emergency call on Wednesday that there was a fire outbreak at the facility. “On arrival we found that the fire was in a generator room where two diesel tanks, four sets of generators had been completely razed, “The victim sustained some injuries and was taken out of the generator room unconscious. “He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Muhammad…