The Nigerian Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has advocated for justice for the five-year old Hanifa Abubakar who was kidnapped and murdered by her teacher after collecting ransom of six million naira from her parent. A statement by the national president of the Association, Ladi Bala on Saturday described the murder as “one of the most horrific, barbaric and inhuman evil acts of wickedness recorded in recent times. According to her, “The killing of the innocent Nigerian child by the proprietor of her school, smirks of gross betrayal of trust which the little girl and her parent reposed in the…
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The U.S. government said it would suspend 44 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government’s decision to suspend some U.S. carrier flights over Coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns. The suspensions will begin on Jan. 30 with Xiamen Airlines’ scheduled Los Angeles-to-Xiamen flight and run through March 29, the Transportation Department said. The decision will cut some flights by Xiamen, Air China, China Southern Airlines, and China Eastern Airlines. Since Dec. 31, Chinese authorities have suspended 20 United Airlines , 10 American Airlines, and 14 Delta Air Lines flights, after some passengers tested positive…
Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu and the Chairman, Progressive Governor’s Forum has condoled his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal over the passing of his brother, Muhammadu Bello. Yahaya Sarki, Special Adviser on Media to the governor made this known in a statement on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi. The statement said that Bagudu paid a condolence visit to Sokoto on Friday, adding that the governor was accompanied in the visit by the former governor of Kebbi State, Usman Dakingari. While describing the death as a big loss, Bagudu prayed Allah to grant the deceased eternal rest and his family the courage…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday warned that no fewer than 1.5 million children were not receiving life-saving treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa. The number represents almost half of the estimated 3.6 million children in urgent need, who are not being reached in time to save their lives or keep them from permanent development damage. For UNICEF’s Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Mohamed Fall, “nothing is more devastating than seeing children suffering from severe wasting when we know it could have been prevented and treated.” Fall highlights “some outstanding results and success stories”,…
A front line national chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Modu Sheriff has stated reasons he wants to occupy the coveted seat of the ruling party. Giving the reasons while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Sheriff said if he became the next national chairman of the APC, he would lead the party to electoral victory in 2023. He debunked speculations that he would contest the 2023 presidency. “So many speculations are going round that Ali-Modu Sheriff is not looking for APC national chairmanship position, he is looking to be presidential candidate. “Please, I want…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has commended the Nigerian Senate for the first reading of a bill entitled “Advanced Rent (Residential Apartments, Office Spaces, etc) Regulation Bill 2022.” The bill seeks to regulate the payment of rent being imposed by landlords. This is timely and welcomed. The commendation is contained in a statement by the National president of the union, Chris Isiguzo on Friday. “This private member bill is sponsored by a former President of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Senator Smart Adeyemi. The bill if passed into law, will be of immense help to poor workers who live at…
Chip giant Intel announced plans on Friday for an initial investment of more than $20 billion to construct two new semiconductor factories in the U.S. state of Ohio. Construction of the two Intel processor factories in Licking County, Ohio was expected to begin in late 2022, with production coming online at the end of 2025. The project site spans more than 400 hectares and was the largest single private-sector investment in Ohio history, according to the announcement. The investment came amid surging demand for advanced semiconductors, a critical component in electronic devices. Intel also pledged an additional $100 million toward…
Former Nigeria’s head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar has said that increase in the pump price of fuel will further push Nigerians into poverty. Speaking at the 19th Daily Trust Summit in Abuja, he observed that the country is facing challenges on multiple fronts and a hike in fuel price will only compound the situation. “On top of all these, fuel prices are expected to rise significantly in the coming months as announced last November by the NNPC. “We all know when this happens, as the government has planned, it will push many millions deeper into poverty. According to him, the…
A Professor of Remote Sensing Applications at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Joseph Akinyede has called for an adoption of Geospatial Technology (GT) in tackling insecurity, banditry and brazen acts of terrorism ravaging the country. Professor Akinyede made the call on Tuesday, 18th January, 2022 while delivering his valedictory lecture heralding his retirement from the institution after years of meritorious service in the academia. The don said the Nigerian Military working with relevant professionals should ensure the deepening of the deployment of relevant digital technology in the fight against banditry and other acts that breed insecurity in the…
President Ibrahim Babangida’s criteria for the Nigerian leader he would like to emerge post President Muhammadu Buhari should stimulate national debate on the leadership question. In his latest interview with Trust TV (See Daily Trust of January 15) he suggested that the Nigerian president should be someone who is “…very conversant with the country, he communicates, he is a very good communicator. He should be able to communicate because a president should be able to walk into a group of people and talk to them on issues concerning Nigeria; not all the time but most of the time.” And: “He…