Nigeria and Mauritius have retained their seats to serve for another four years in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) from 2023 to 2026. The candidates from the two countries are re-elected to occupy the two remaining vacant positions for Africa in CESCR. CESCR is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its States Parties. Egypt and Morocco were elected to occupy two seats of the four seats for African Group in 2021 and Egypt currently chairs the committee as a member of…
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The FCT Administration on Tuesday, sealed the Federal Ministry of Works, Federal Character Commission and Merit House Maitama over N10 billion waste collection debt owed Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB). Addressing newsmen during the exercise, the Director of AEPB) Mr Osilama Briamah, said the board provided waste management and other environmental services for their service providers and they refused to pay. He explained that the board had huge amount laying without response from the defaulters. “We try to negotiate to have a better way to achieve results but there was no positive response, we have given them payment plan but…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Zamfara state on Monday, received donation of assorted grains from former governor, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar to ease their suffering during the holy month of Ramadan. Donating the items on behalf of Yari, a charity group, “Zamfara Circle” said he donated 47 trucks of millet, maize, rice and sugar to put smile on the faces of IDPs, especially during this holy month. The former governor set up a monitoring committee to supervise the distribution of the commodities by the Zamfara Circle and applauded the effort of the group to provide succour to…
Legal icon and elder statesman, Afe Babalola has advised that Nigeria should have an interim government to replace the current administration at the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023. Addressing a press conference in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, Babalola said the interim government should be in office for six months to chart a new course for Nigeria. According to him, the 2023 elections should be suspended until Nigeria has “a new-look peoples’ Constitution which should provide for part-time legislators and non-executive president.” Babalola said that members of the interim government should be drawn from all living former presidents and…
A youths group in the All Progressives Congress (APC), the New Generation Ambassadors (APC-NGA) has raised the alarm on plots by certain forces in government circle to tamper with the leadership selection process for the party’s governorship candidates. By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe The group warned it will not stand by and watch opportunists who found themselves around power manipulate the APC fair, just and democratic arrangement for selecting candidates in Niger state. In a statement issued after an emergency meeting in Minna jointly signed by its Chairman, Aliyu Abdulkadir Kontagora and Secretary Mohammed S. Ndabida, the APC-NGA said it was…
The Chairman Senate Committee on Defense, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has donated 500KVA transformer to the community of Gagi “C” ward, Mabera area in Sokoto South local government area of Sokoto state. A statement by the Special Assistant (New Media) to the Senator, Bashar Abubakar on Monday, said the donation followed a total break down of the one being used by the community. Presenting the transformer to the community, the Director of Administration to the office of the Senator, Almustapha Abubakar Alkali said the donation of 500kva transformer followed an assessment visit to the location, which considered the number of…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says over 463 houses in Obudu, Yala and Ogoja local government areas of Cross River have been destroyed by windstorm, out of the 1,326 households worst affected by the the effects of the windstorm. The South-South Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Godwin Tepikor said his team were conducted round the affected areas by the council officials and youths from the communities on Monday. While in Obudu local government area, the team visited the affected communities of Bewbone, Abonkib, Bebuagbong, Igwo and Okworutung. Tepikor told NAN that the assessment tour followed a ‘save our soul’…
A northern youth group, the All Progressives Congress, APC Volunteers (APC-VOL) has rubbished the reported defection of former Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari and Senator Kabiru Marafa from the APC as another inconsequential exercise in futility. APC-VOL in a statement by its Convener, Laminu Babbanduhu noted that Yari’s defection is as predictable as it is long overdue, saying it will have zero impact on the progress of the APC and in particular the personal integrity and intimidating popularity of its national leader, President Muhammadu Buhari. The Group hinted that regardless of the antics of such internal detractors as Yari, any…
Terrorists on Saturday evening attacked Gwada town and killed four persons and kidnapped scores of others in Shiroro local government area of Niger state. A resident, Shehu Dabo who spoke with ASHENEWS Sunday morning said the terrorists stormed the town while Muslims were breaking their fast and shooting sporadically. “They came in numbers when we were breaking Ramadan fast. They were shooting in all angles and killed four persons. They also abducted many other people, including a driver from Erena village,” Dabo said. Also in a statement, the spokesperson of the Coalition of Shiroro Associations, Barrister Salisu Mohammed Sabo confirmed…
A Nigerian human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari and Council of State for granting pardon to former governors of Plateau and Taraba states, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame. The governors who were serving 12 and 10-year jail terms for diverting N1.64 billion and N1.126 billion during their tenures, were among 159 inmates pardoned at a Council of State meeting on Thursday, last week. However, Ozekhome in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday, faulted that the president and the Council acted beyond their constitutional powers to grant such pardon. According…