Kwara state government is set to empower 100,000 beneficiaries, including artisans and farmers through Government Guarantee Support Scheme (GGSS). The General Manager, Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP), Muhammad Brimah, disclosed this at an interactive session with artisans and small-scale business owners in Ilorin on Friday. Brimah said the scheme is an expansion of the state social investment programme to assist owners of micro businesses, including artisans and small-scale farmers. He said this is being done in partnership with the Governor’s Office on Poverty Alleviation. Brimah said the scheme will be in phases, starting with the enumeration of all artisan…
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Yemen’s Houthi militia said on Friday that they had attacked three Saudi oil refineries with nine bomb-laden drones. “The attacks targeted the Aramco refineries in the Saudi cities of Riyadh, Jazan and Abha,” Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea said in a statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. The Houthi spokesman said the attacks were in response to what he claimed the Saudi “prevention of fuel ships from entering Yemen’’, vowing that his group would launch more attacks against Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV reported that “the Riyadh oil refinery was attacked on Thursday morning by a bomb-laden…
Kano state governor, Abdullah Ganduje says insecurity in Nigeria can be addressed with robust combination of legislative and judicial interventions with government reforms. Ganduje made the assertions on Friday in Ibadan at the 2022 Alumni Lecture of the University of Ibadan. Ganduje, who was earlier a guest at the coronation of the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, would on Saturday inaugurate a N250 million ultra-modern Hall in the university. In his lecture entitled: “Challenges of Insecurity and Nation Building”, he said that the nation was facing lingering security challenges. “Nigeria faces a range of security challenges including, terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, drug trafficking,…
An Independent Investigation Panel on Friday ordered the Chairman, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa to produce suspended DCP Abba Kyari on March 22. The panel also ordered the new Commandant of the IGP-IRT, Tunde Dirsu to do the needful to ensure that Kyari is produced before the panel on the aforesaid date. The panel is investigating allegations of human rights violations by the disbanded special anti-robbery squad and other Units of the Nigeria Police John Martins, represented the Chairman of the panel, retired Justice Suleiman Galadima said that the presence of Kyari before the panel was necessary owing…
Seven children have been reported dead and several others injured following a stampede in Shimfida village of Jibia local government area of Katsina state, ChannelsTV has reported. Sources say the fear of a terrorists’ attack sent residents into a frenzy, leading to the casualties recorded. Although the police are yet to confirm the incident, a resident of the area, Abdulrazak Ahmad said that the tragedy occurred late on Thursday, after soldiers serving in a joint security task force were totally evacuated and withdrawn from the community. He said the withdrawn soldiers were initially stationed at the Government Secondary School, Shimfida,…
A Principal Assistant Registrar in the Pension and Statistics unit of the Registry of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA has canvassed for the prompt payment of benefits of retired officers in the public and private sectors. Mr. Akinbola Omiyale made the appeal when he presented the 2nd Valedictory lecture of the FUTA Chapter of the Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators (ANUPA) on Wednesday March 9, 2022. In a lecture titled; ‘CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME; FRIEND OR FOE’, he said the design of the Pension Reform Act [2014] is laudable but the challenges faced in implementation are equally intimidating.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s, letter that the party fell short of the law in its notification to the election umpire, to monitor its forthcoming national convention. INEC had in a letter dated March 9 and signed by its secretary, Rose Anthony, rejected an invitation to an emergency meeting of the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) ahead of its national convention. It faulted the APC’s letter of invitation on the basis that it was not signed by the national chairman and secretary of the CECPC, which it explained is contrary to…
The Nigerian Navy on Friday deployed 10 warships and two helicopters in a joint multinational maritime exercise comprising 31 other foreign navies. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, inaugurated the exercise tagged: “Obangame Express 2022” in Onne, Eleme local government area of Rivers. Gambo said the exercise was aimed at improving security in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) and boost synergy with navies within the regional block and allied countries. According to him, the Nigerian Navy will conduct the drill on Nigeria’s territorial waterways and the gulf between March 11 and end on it March 18. “Exercise…
The Alliance of Northern Progressive Youths (ANPY), has endorsed ex-Nassarawa governor, Sen. Tanko Al-Makura for the All Progressives Congress (APC), National Chairman position ahead of its March 26 National Convention. The group’s Director, Gender and Governance, Ms Amina Wakawa, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. She said that Al-Makura was a thoroughbred politician with manifest experience in party administration, governance and legislative procedures. Wakawa said that Al-Makura represented the right mix of accomplished leadership qualities that would not only add value to the APC but would also facilitate, sustain and build on the successes recorded by…
In its move to #BreakTheBias, Access Bank Plc says its year 2022 financial is aimed at giving out N100 billion loans to women-led businesses. The bank’s Group Head of the W Initiative, Abiodun Olubitan spoke at the sidelines of the International Women’s Day Celebration organised by Access Bank in Lagos on Thursday. He noted that the bank through the “W” initiative has been able to support several women for eight years while noting that 100,000 women have benefitted about N11 billion in terms of volume from the initiative. According to Olubitan, the loan is the Bank’s way of having more…