By Justina Auta The UN Office on Prevention of Genocide has appointed the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, to head a Global Committee on Prevention of Genocide and Atrocity from the perspective of women. Ms Alice Nderitu, the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Prevention of Genocide, made this known in Abuja on Thursday during a courtesy visit to the minister. Nderitu said the committee is expected to develop a framework of analysis on atrocities and genocide that reflect the perspective of women in conflict prevention, as the existing one does not reflect issues of women. “There…
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A delegate in the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary, Mr Tanko Rossi Sabo, has shared N7 million he got with members of his community, The Nation has reported. Sabo, from Sanga local government area of Kaduna State, spent the money on the less privileged in his community, according to a former Special Assistant Media to late Governor Yakubu Yakowa, Reuben Buhari. “He bought jerseys, paid school fees and hospital fees. He distributed the rest to other support groups. “Whatever is the argument on whether he was right in collecting the money or not, my consolation is that…
The federal government has said that works on Section II of the ongoing dual carriage way of Suleja – Minna road and the Agaie – Baro roads will be completed between January and May 2023. Mr Folorunsho Esan, the Director Highways Construction and Rehabilitation, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH), gave the assurance during an assessment inspection of the roads. The Director, Press and Public Relations, FMWH, Mrs Blessing Lere-Adams made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday. According to him, both roads are being funded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) under the…
By Tina George, Minna A two-term member representing Suleja/Gurara/Tafa Constituency in the House of Representatives, Abubakar Lado Abdullahi has lost his bid to return to the lower chamber of the National Assembly (NASS). Lado lost the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election held in Suleja on Tuesday to Haruna Abubakar Magaji. The earlier scheduled election conducted on May 27, was cancelled due to violence which resulted in irregularities in the outcome of the result. The rescheduled election was held on Tuesday under tight security. The delegates screened wer 120 who voted for their choice aspirants under strict observation and monitoring…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah The Vice-Chancellor of Sokoto State University (SSU), Prof. Bashir Garba has warned researchers in the institution to avoid plagiarism and other forms of cheating in their research works. Prof. Garba gave the warning at a one-day training workshop on submission of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Institution Based Research (IBR) and Academic Research Journal (ARJ) interventions, organized by the Research and Development Centre of the University on Wednesday. He further warned that the institution has zero-tolerance for cheating, especially plagiarism. “I am urging all members of staff to be wary of plagiarism and other related offenses because…
Turkey has sent a letter to the United Nations to change its foreign name to ‘Türkiye’ as well as register it as “Türkiye” from now on, a top Turkish diplomat has announced. The Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said, “With this letter I will send to the U.N. Secretary-General, we register our country’s name as ‘Türkiye,’” on January 1. “The process, which started with the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to upgrade the brand value of our country is ending,” the minister said and announced the registration application. “Good luck with it,” he noted. The initiative to use the…
The United States has denied speculations that is has controlled laboratories in Nigeria, which are allegedly being used to spread Monkeypox across the world. The embassy in a statement titled, ‘U.S.-Nigeria collaboration on infectious disease threats’, on Monday explained that the collaborative work between Nigeria and the US has provided opportunities for technical assistance in capacity building, equipment, commodities/consumables, and funding to critical public health programme, hospitals and laboratories, which contribute greatly to the prevention and amelioration of global disease outbreaks. According to it, such reports wer pure fabrication. There are no “US-controlled” laboratories in Nigeria. “Recent misleading posts on…
The Society of Digital Newspaper Owners of Nigeria (SDNON) has condemned Tuesday shooting by men of Osun Police Command, of The Nation Newspaper’s correspondent, Toba Adedeji in Osogbo. Recall that Adedeji was killed by stray bullet along with an unidentified female student at the popular Olaiya junction, Osogbo. The police officers, who were reported to be shooting sporadically to disperse protesters who were gathered to mourn the April 4, 2022 killing of Abiola Afolabi by police personnel. A statement by the spokesperson of SDNON, Gbolahan Adetayo on Wednesday, said shooting unarmed journalists or any other Nigerian, is barbaric and unacceptable…
Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) have accused the national Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of high-handedness. A statement jointly signed by the North-West and South-West National Vice Chairmen, Salihu Lukman and Isaacs Kekemeke on Tuesday, also accused him of dropping the name of president Muhammadu Buhari in blackmailing them. “The National Chairman takes decisions unilaterally. When it suits him, he invokes the name of our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari to blackmail NWC members into accepting his decisions. “We are compelled to make this statement following serial postponement of the scheduled National Working Committee meetings,…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the meeting of the Federal Executive Council(FEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari is on a state visit to Spain. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari are attending the council meeting. Ministers at the meeting are those of Education, Adamu Adamu, Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, Labour, Chris Ngige, Police Affairs, Muhammadu Dingyadi and Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen. Others ministers present at the meeting are those of Humanitarian…