Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad has sought the corporation of Niger Republic to end banditry in the North West. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Jamilu Birnin-Magaji on Tuesday said Muhammad, who met with Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoun, resolved to explore more areas of support and cooperation. Both leaders discussed the issue of insecurity, especially kidnapping, cattle rustling and banditry in Maradi region and parts of Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto states. The governor briefed the Nigerien president on the measures taken by the Zamfara government to end all forms of criminal activities in the region. He said the…
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British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday that there were 10 people in hospital with Omicron. Earlier, Raab had told Sky News that there were at least 250 people with Omicron in hospital. He then told the BBC that nine people with Omicron were in hospital. “I misheard one of the questions,” Raab told ITV when asked about the range of figures. “The figures are one dead from Omicron, 10 in hospital,” he added. When asked to clarify the figures, a spokesman for the justice ministry told Reuters to call the health ministry. The health ministry did not…
Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has announced plans to manufacture millions of mRNA vaccines domestically by 2024. Morrison on Tuesday revealed plans for a facility capable of manufacturing up to 100 million messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine doses every year. The facility, which will be built in the state of Victoria, is a joint venture between the federal and state governments and pharmaceutical giant Moderna. It will become the first mRNA manufacturing facility in the Southern Hemisphere. Morrison said developing on-shore mRNA technology would be critical in Australia’s response to future health crises. “The new mRNA manufacturing facility in Victoria will…
Edo state government in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) has equipped 445 Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state with digital marketing skills. The programme was organized by the Edo Skills Development Agency (Edojobs), Edo State Investment Office (ESIPO) in collaboration with the State Ministry of Wealth Creation, Cooperatives and Employment. The marketing programme was supported by GIZ through its Pro-poor Growth and Promotion of Employment in Nigeria Programme (SEDIN). Ms Oladoyin Olawaiye, Head of Component, Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (EEE),GIZ-SEDIN, said the training was to enable MSMEs maximize sales via leveraging on technology…
By Rachael Abujah The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 385 additional COVID-19 infections were recorded on Monday across 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC said this on its website on Tuesday morning, adding that two fatalities were recorded on Monday. Lagos State did not report to the agency the COVID-19 cases it recorded on Monday. This gave a distorted picture of daily COVID-19 cases as the NCDC announced just 385 cases, from the 612 on Sunday. It is expected that Lagos will submit its record on Tuesday as backlog; it did the same…
By Aminu Atiku Gusau The recent All Progressives Congress (APC) congresses in Zamfara State has no doubt, brought to the fore, critical issues of politics and governance in the northwest state. It also betrayed the desperation of certain self-acclaimed leaders’ quest for power even at the cost of the state on which shoulders they rode to stardom. The desperation for power by certain elements had put the state on the spotlight since the run up to the 2019 general elections, stunting in its progress for many years, while other sister states prospered. Ahead of 2023 general elections, the same elements…
The Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) and MAFAB Communications Ltd have emerged winners of the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC’s) 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz) Fifth Generation (5G) Technology spectrum auction. The Fifth Generation (5G) Technology spectrum auction ended with the total sum of $273.6 million per lot of 100 MHz TDD. The bidding was in two stages that came in Main stage and Assignment stage. In the assignment stage, two slots of 100MHzTDD available at 3.5GHz band were for bidding to support the delivery of broadband services for the deployment of 5G in Nigeria. The bidders were: Mobile Telephone Network (MTN), Airtel Nigeria…
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) says the value of the country’s green bonds market has grown to N55.52 billion in four years, from 2017 to 2021. The Chief Executive Officer, NGX, Mr Temi Popoola, said this during the Sustainable Finance Training 2021 hosted by the NGX in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Monday in Lagos. Popoola said it was noteworthy that the size of the green bond market currently stood at N55.52 billion ($133.8 million). Popoola added that the NGX was committed to fostering the growth of sustainable financial products which integrated the financial risks and opportunities associated…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said ultimately, the onus of having a new electoral framework ahead of the 2023 general elections resides with the National Assembly and the Presidency. INEC’s Commissioner, Festus Okoye, said this at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room National Stakeholders’ Forum on Elections in Abuja. According to Okoye, as far as the electoral management body is concerned, INEC is still operating with the existing electoral legal framework because the new one is still in incumbent. He said that there were some fundamental issues around the new electoral framework, one of the big issues…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed December 21 to hear all pending applications in a suit filed by the 36 state governors over plan to deduct monies accruing to them from federation account to settle 418 million dollars judgment debt in relation to Paris Club Refund. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the plaintiffs’ application for interlocutory injunction from counsel to the parties in the suit. Justice Ekwo, who refused to grant the prayers on the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction by the plaintiffs on the grounds that the jurisdiction of…