The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Monday said there was a decline in the allocation of funds to education as a proportion of the total state budget in Niger. Mr Michael Banda, Senior Education Manager, UNICEF Field Office Kano and Girl Education Project (GEP3), disclosed this at a three-day media dialogue on Girls’ education. The dialogue is to sensitise the media to the importance of girls education and ignite the function of media coalition for girls education on sustained media advocacy on education. The GEP3 project is being implemented in Bauchi, Kano, Kastina, Niger, Sokoto and Zamfara states with…
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Old students of Merchants of Light School (MOLS), Alumni Association U.S.A Inc, has raised nearly $20,000 for the renovation of their Alma Mater in Anambra state of Nigeria. The money was raised at the conclusion of the 2022 Annual Convention of MOLS Oba, Anambra held on Saturday at Hillside, New Jersey, U.S. The funds collected include $15,250 in donations from the old students in attendance and $3,700 from a raffle draw held as part of the fundraising campaign launched by the association. Dr Somto Ubezonu, President of the association, said that the funds would be used to address the most…
Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi has explained that the decision for the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket by the All Progressives Congress (APC), was solely based on political strategy and not competence. He stated this when he hosted the new executives of the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. According to Fayemi, the party should have engaged Christian leaders to explain the rationale for its same-faith ticket in order to secure their confidence. “Even if they don’t agree with our choice, they would have seen the sincerity of purpose.” “We have to look at scenarios…
The Presidency has reacted to a video by the Abuja-Kaduna train attack terrorists in which they threatened to wreak havoc on the nation and abduct president Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai. In the video, the terrorists were seen flogging the victims and also threatening to turn the place where the victims are being held to “abattoir” if government failed to meet the terrorists’ demands. However, the Presidency in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu told Nigerians that President Buhari had provided moral, material and equipment support to…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has expressed concern that terrorists had grown wings to the extent of threatening to “abduct the President and sitting governor proves the extent to which the country has lost out to the bandits.” The CNG was reacting to a video that has gone viral where the attackers of Abuja-Kaduna train were seen beating victims. A statement by the spokesperson of the group, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman and mailed to ASHENEWS on Sunday, also expressed worry that the country “has final come to terms with the reality that it has completely lost control of its forests, land…
By Ephraims Sheyin Emir Sanusi – Truth in Time, a Play on the 14th Emir of Kano produced by Duke of Shomolu Productions, is to be staged in Abuja and Lagos on August 6 and 7. According to Joseph Edgar, Executive Chairman, Duke of Shomolu Productions, the Play will be staged simultaneously in both cities at the same time. “All is set for the Play with tickets already being purchased in bulks. “We expect a total of 5,000 people – 2,500 in each of the venues. “From the massive interest we have received, we also expect that 500,000 to one…
The website of the ninth National Assembly (NASS) still have names of 12 deceased members, Justeventonline.com has reported. Four Senators and eight House of Representatives members have died since the inception of the ninth Assembly, with the death of a former lawmaker representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Bayo Osinowo, popularly known as Pepper, being the most recent. Others are the lawmaker representing Imo North, Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, who died on December 18, 2019; Senator Ignatius Longjan, who represented Plateau South and died on February 10, 2020; and Senator Rose Oko, who represented Cross River North but died on March…
A non-governmental organization, Women Initiative for Leadership Strategy and Innovation in Africa (Women Africa) has released a report on the state of gender-based violence response in Nigeria. The report which is developed with support from the European Union and United Nations Spotlight Initiative Programme through UNESCO is a mapping of critical response mechanisms across the 36 states and FCT in Nigeria. It provides comprehensive information on the current state of gender-based violence response in Nigeria with regards to available laws and policies, support system and structures, law enforcement, justice institutions, reporting channels and available coordination mechanisms. The Executive Director, Chinwe…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoleye Sowore has acted fast on the challenge of the Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP) that all presidential candidates should declare their assets. Sowore’s action is though the declaration should be done with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). SERAP had through its Twitter handle @SERAPNigeria on Saturday, urged presidential candidates of political parties in the 2023 election to publish the details of their assets as well as publicly reject vote buying. “Dear @PeterObi Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by…
The Chief Executive Officer of Duchess International Hospital, Dr Adetokunbo Shitta-Bey has disclosed that the hospital’s main priority is people’s access to affordable, world-class healthcare, with as little as N5,000 for consultation. Shitta-Bey spoke on Arise TV programme, ‘The Morning Show’ against the backdrop of the successful surgery on Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo on his leg at the hospital. According to the CEO, “the combination of affordability and world-class facilities would have been the significant factor that informed the decision of the Vice President to have his surgery performed at the Duchess International Hospital.” Shitta-Bey reiterated that the…