The federal government of Nigeria says hosting the 2022 UNESCO Global Media, Information Literacy (MIL) Week, will help to address the growing trend of fake news, misinformation and hate speech. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed stated this on Friday in Abuja at the inauguration of the Local Organising Committee for the event scheduled for October 24 to 31. Nigeria was given the hosting mandate for the global event last year in Paris. The minister said the decision to give Nigeria the hosting right was a testament to the fact that the country is a known strong advocate of…
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A Professor of political Science and former Vice Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko, Professor Femi Mimiko has sounded the alarm bell on the state of the country’s university system saying poor governance, lack of innovation and convoluted appointment system have combined to put it in dire strait. He made the observation at the Special Valedictory lecture and 70th birthday anniversary of the former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Professor Adebisi Balogun on Tuesday August 2 at the Obafemi Auditorium FUTA Akure. In his lecture with the title, “Rethinking our Challenges and their Contradictions: Reform Imperatives…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu on Thursday named Platuea stategGovernor, Simon Lalong and Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum as the Director General of the party’s presidential campaign organisation. The National Chairman led the presidential candidate of the party Bola Tinubu and his running mate Kashim Shettima to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office in Abuja. He equally unveiled the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo as the interim spokesperson of the Campaign Organisation and Barr Hanatu Musa Musa as deputy spokesperson. According to him, the meeting was…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says over 389,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), are still unclaimed in Kano State.Prof. Riskuwa Shehu, the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), said this when the Federal Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Ahmad Dadinkowa visited him on Thursday in Kano.Shehu, represented by the state INEC Administrative Secretary, Garba Lawan said that the PVCs were those produced from 2011 to 2018.“People were reluctant to come and collect their PVCs, hence the need for all stakeholders to assist in sensitising the voters to go and collect their own before the general elections,” he said.The REC said…
The National Industrial Court, Lagos Division has fixed August 24 to deliver ruling in applications filed by two unions seeking to be joined in a suit filed against the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) by some of its affiliate unions. The presiding Judge, Justice Rabi Gwandu, fixed the date on Thursday in Lagos. Some of the TUC members have been having leadership tussle since May, 2022 over the position of the union’s president and other major positions in the union. One of the unions, the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and other Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) and nine…
Nigeria’s Military Pensions Board (MPB) on Thursday said it had paid the third tranche of 25 per cent of the 24 months arrears of the National Minimum Wage increment to eligible retirees. The Chairman of the board, Rear Adm. Saburi Lawal, in a statement issued in Abuja, said that the payment was made on Thursday. Lawal said the third installment was paid to eligible military retirees who were active on the board’s data base. He added that it was also in fulfillment of the agreement reached between the board and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning (FMoFBNP) for…
The Biovaccines Nigeria Ltd. is partnering Biofarma Indonesia Pharmaceutical Manufacturing for production of vaccines in the country. The Chairman, Biovaccines Nigeria Ltd., Dr Oyewale Tomori, made this known during a courtesy visit of the Indonesian Ambassador, Dr Usra Harahap and his team to the company on Thursday in Lagos. Tomori, also a virologist, said the meeting was a continuation of the arrangements and agreement with Biofarma to set up vaccine production plant in Nigeria. According to him, the arrangement started in 2019 when Biovaccine went for a conference in Indonesia and visited the country’s vaccines production setup – Biofarma pharmaceuticals.…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed August 30 to hear the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in Benue, seeking the disqualification of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP and its governorship candidate, Mr Titus Uba are challenging the APC primary election that produced Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia as its governorship candidate. The plaintiffs are specifically asking the court to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting and publishing the names of the governorship and senatorial candidates of the APC as persons sponsored by the…
The federal government has obtained a $134 million loan from the Africa Development Bank (AfDB)to boost wheat production. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Muhammad Mahmoud, said this in Abuja, while briefing State House correspondents on the implementation of the presidential mandate given to the ministry. He explained that the aim was to save the country from acute scarcity of wheat, whose demand and price had gone high because of the Russia-Ukraine war. The minister noted that with 250,000 farmers cultivating 250,000 hectares in the 2022 dry season, the initiative would raise wheat production to 750,000 metric tonnes. The…
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has invited a former state governor and National Assembly (NASS) member representing Sokoto North senatorial zone, Aliyu Magatarda Wamakko. In a letter he personally signed with reference number RVGH/GOV/JS/VOLI/168 and dated August 2, 2022, a copy of which was obtained by ASHENEWS, Wike invited Wamakko to specifically commission dualized Ogbum-Nu-Abalu road completed by the state government in the state. According to Wike, “the Rivers state government has completed the dualization of the Ogbumnu-abali road in Port Harcourt City local government area of the state as part of our urban renewal programme and commitment to advancing…