The governorship candidate for Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Taraba, Danladi Baido has expressed concern on what he describes as recurring attacks on communities in the state. Baido, who described the situation as sad and unfortunate, called on security agencies to diligently carry out their duties of protecting the people. The governorship candidate made the call in a statement on Monday in Jalingo issued by his media aide, Mr Anthony Maliki. According to him, the recent attack on Sabongida Kpasimbe and Manya communities in Takum local government area of the state, among others, had led to the displacement of many…
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The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday called on members and civil society groups in Lagos State to come out en-masse on Tuesday morning to begin the two-day protest in solidarity with striking lecturers. Mrs Funmi Sessi, state chairman of NLC gave the directive at a stakeholders’ meeting at the union’s secretariat in Yaba, Lagos state. Sessi said that the exercise was ready to hold on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the nationwide action. This is despite an appeal by the federal government that the NLC shelve the planned nationwide protest. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has…
An early morning fire razed 11 shops at the Alamu Market in Ilorin, Ilorin West local government area of Kwara on Monday. The Kwara Fire Service confirmed the incident in a statement issued by its Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Hassan Adekunle, in Ilorin. “A passerby on motorcycle was the one who noticed the inferno and alerted the state fire service. “Firemen did everything possible and immediately stopped the spread of fire to other shops and subsequently put it out,” Adekunle said. The spokesperson stated that the fire was suspected to be caused by an electric power surge. He…
The Donkey Dealers Association (DDA) says the proposed ban on donkey slaughtering in the country would result in loss of jobs for three million Nigerians. National Chairman of the association, Mr Ifeanyi Dike, made the remark at a one-day public hearing on eight bills for the agriculture sector. The public hearing which held on Monday was organised by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development chaired by Sen. Bima Enagi. The bill is entitled: “Donkey Slaughter Regulation and Export Certification Bill, 2020” and sponsored by Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi. The bill which passed second reading on July 6, 2021 aimed…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Dauda Biu, as the Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), following the retirement of Mr Boboye Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi said this when he handed over to Biu at the FRSC headquarters on Monday in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem on Monday in Abuja. Oyeyemi said that Biu’s appointment took effect from July 24 and wished him a successful tenure as he assumed office. Speaking, FRSC Board Chairman, Bukhari Bello congratulated Bello on his…
Whatever may be the intention of the terrorists that attacked the Abuja/Kaduna train in late March this year, that intention has been accomplished, to the torment and trauma of Nigerians. Yes, the terrorists have conquered and callously taken control of the hitherto, fathomed fearlessness and mightiness of the Government of Nigeria, Africa’s so called celebrated giant. In what looks typical of terrorists’ propaganda tactics, the social media is awash with various videos, recently released by the abductors of the train passengers, showing them flogging and dreadfully dehumanizing the captives. To make matters worse, in the video, the terrorists threatened to…
Some maize farmers in Kano State have resorted to planting sorghum due to the high cost of fertilizer, instead of maize and other crops. The farmers use manure obtained from animals dung and waste for the crops, with little fertilizers. The farmers also practised mixed cropping where they planted sorghum with groundnut, beans or soyabean, to enhance fertility of the soil for more crops productivity. A bag of fertilizer costs about N25,000 and above, depending on the type and brand of the commodity. Muhammad Tukur, a farmer, said every year he planted maize, but this year, he planted guenea corn,…
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…
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…