The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, on Thursday, says government will soon establish a special court that will try Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases, aimed at ending the menace. Tallen said this while addressing a news conference in Abuja to commemorate the 2021 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, with the theme: “Orange the World, End Violence Against Women Now.” The Day marks the start of 16 Days of Activism on violence against women and girls, an international campaign that takes place each year from November 25 to December 10 to raise awareness on…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says its personnel would require specialised training on firearms handling ahead of its commencement of night highway patrols. Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Project Implementation Office, Kingsley Agomoh said this In Abuja on Thursday while answering questions at a seminar organized by the Bureau of Public Reforms. He said that although the Commission had been given the licence to carry arms, it would only do so after the specialised training. “It is one of the reasons we have not started work at night“, Agomoh said while answering questions on traffic management at night. He however…
Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mine, Steel Development and Metallurgy, has called for special funding towards reactivating the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi. He stated this on Thursday while presenting the 2022 budget report of his committee to the Senate Appropriation Committee. Al-Makura (APC-Nasarawa) stressed the importance of the solid minerals sector to the diversification of the economy saying that the company was key to Nigeria’s industrialisation. “The Ajaokuta Steel Company is one of the very vibrant sectors that have been left in deep slumber. “Also, inadequate funding is one of the major problems of the…
The Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) says it is contemplating imposing sanctions, including suspension of member countries that flout rulings of the Community Court of Justice. The move the regional body says stems from the fact that flouting the community court’s ruling was against the dictates of the “Community Texts’’ and which also equates to disruption of democratic processes. A judge of the court, Justice Dupe Atoki said in Lome, Republic of Togo, on Thursday, that the need for sanctions had become necessary in view of the impunity of disobedience by states. Atoke, who moderated a session on…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved April 2022 as official date for the commencement of the operations of much-awaited Nigeria Air. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this when he along with Ministers of Transportation, and Finance, Budget and National Planning, Rotimi Amaechi and Dr Zainab Ahmed, respectively, briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting. The meeting was presided by President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. According to Sirika, majority shares of 49 per cent of the Nigeria Air project will be owned by strategic equity partners, 46 per…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has denied reports that it padded N4.5 billion into its proposed 2022 budget. A statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi made available to newsmen on Wednesday, said NDLEA was startled by calls seeking clarification on an alleged insertion of N4.5billion for the construction of police barracks into its proposed budget. “This statement is, therefore, a formal response and clarification of reports that suggest that the agency’s budget proposal submitted by the Federal Ministry of Finance was padded with N4.5billion for construction of police barracks. “It is public knowledge that President Muhamadu Buhari…
Global notable COVID-19 vaccines manufacturers, Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are making combined profits of $65,000 every minute from the sales of the vaccines, even as the world’s poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated, a new analysis by AFP has revealed. The companies have sold the vast majority of their doses to rich countries, leaving low-income nations in the lurch, said the People’s Vaccine Alliance (PVA), a coalition campaigning for wider access to Covid vaccines, which based its calculations on the firms’ own earning reports. The Alliance estimates that the trio will make pre-tax profits of $34 billion this year between them,…
By Justina Auta The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMWA) and 100 Women Lobby Group (100WLG), an NGO on Wednesday advocated for increased gender response in budgeting to promote awareness, equity and equality in a gender-sensitive way. Felicia Onibun, National Coordinator, 100WLG, at a workshop on Gender Responsive Budgeting Framework for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Abuja said the event aimed at teaching gender desk officers on gender mainstreaming, gender responsive budgeting, amongst others. Onibun, represented by Irene Ugbah stressed the need for gender budgeting, which should be all inclusive and capture women, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and all…
The Pro Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Dr. Godknows Igali has inaugurated an Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) Committee to prevent and reduce disputes and proffer solution to existing ones in the University. A statement by the spokesperson of the institution, Adebayo Adegbenro on Wednesday said it “is in line with the assignment of the Council as stated by the Visitor to the University, President Muhammadu Buhari through the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Buhari, during the inauguration charged Councils of Universities to see peaceful resolution of crisis as top priority to enable…
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede has disclosed that the board has discovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, colleges of education and polytechnics. The Registrar, who made the disclosure during the consultative sensitization meeting with select stakeholders in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the public and private higher education institutions involved in the criminality cut across the six geographic zones. “Approximately 114 universities were responsible for 67.795 unlawful admissions, 137 polytechnics for 489,918,80 Colleges of Education for 142,818, and 37 other schools for 5,678. The admissions by the institutions, which were not made…