A Coalition of Northern Youths under the umbrella of Arewa Youths Parliament, has criticised former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for declaring Nigeria a failed state and trying to discredit President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Abdurrahman Umar, the secretary of the coalition said at a news conference on Thursday in Sokoto, that Obasanjo’s criticisms were his usual attacks on governments that failed to succumb to his self centered manipulations. ”We view the recent attacks by Obasanjo on Buhari’s leadership as another attempt to bring out his previous government failures. ”There was nothing tangible done by Obasanjo as a President then that was not self…
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The Federal Government has hailed Nigerians who actively participated in the creative submittion of ideas for the Diamond Jubilee anniversary branding challenge. Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, made this known in a statement, on Thursday in Abuja. Pantami said that as part of the government’s initiative of having an inclusive Diamond Jubilee Celebration, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched and unveiled the anniversary logo that was earlier presented to the public virtually. “It may be recalled that a Press Statement was released by the Diamond/Innovation/Change Challenge Sub-Committee of the Nigeria @60 Inter-Ministerial Committee, on Friday Sept.…
Some stakeholders in the agriculture sector have commended the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, for calling on the Nigerian banking sector to increase support for the agriculture sector. Emefiele made the call on Tuesday in his address at the 13th Annual Banking and Finance Conference organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), with the theme “Facilitating a Sustainable Future: The role of Banking and Finance.” He said that increased investment in the sector by the banks would boost food security and ensure sustainable economic growth. Mr Yusuf Adam, a dealer in…
Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation, on Thursday trained the councillors representing the 12 wards of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), on legislative practices and governance. The objective of the training is to strengthen the capacity of councillors to respond to governance challenges and improve service delivery to citizens at the ward level.Dr Ernest Ereke, Coordinator, Yiaga Africa Centre for Legislative Engagement, said the two-day retreat will enhance the councillors’ knowledge and skills on legislative practices and how to relate with their constituents. “The local government is the closest to the people and the government in which people can…
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) says it tracked about 544,951 out of school children in Adamawa in 2019. Mr Bhanu Pathak, UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Bauchi, said this at a ceremony to mark the commencement of reconstruction and rehabilitation of 80 schools in Adamawa ,held in Fufore, headquarters of Fufore Local Government Area (LGA) of the state on Thursday. Pathak, however, said that about 94 per cent ( 514,743 ) of the children were returned to school after some efforts. He said that UNICEF partnership with the State Government in the education sector over the years had…
The decision by Juventus to hand the reins of coaching its team to untried Andrea Pirlo promises to make this season’s Serie A title race one of the most open in years. Already, a queue of clubs are waiting to pounce should the champions’ remarkable gamble backfire. The Turin side will be bidding for a 10th successive Serie A title this season, which kicks off on Saturday. But they will do so under the leadership of a man who, for all his undoubted ability as a player, has never coached at senior level before. Pirlo, who makes his debut at…
The Katsina State Government has constructed 1,026 new classroom blocks in its primary schools under the Universal Basic Education (UBE)/State Special Intervention Funds from 2015 to 2018. The Commissioner of Education, Prof. Badamasi Lawal, stated this at a news conference on the achievements of the ministry during the period under review. He said additional 1,268 classrooms were rehabilitated across the state during the period. The commissioner added that 135 new offices were constructed while 532 others were rehabilitated. The commissioner said 930 toilets were constructed across primary schools in the state. According to him, 15 primary schools were fenced, while…
The Police Service Commission has warned police personnel deployed in Edo for Saturday’s governorship poll to eschew acts of misconduct during the exercise. The Head, Press and Public Relations of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.Ani admonished the operatives on electoral duty in the state to operate within the ambits of the law and rules of engagement. He said the commission had deployed a special team to monitor the conduct of police personnel during the exercise.He said that infractions by any officer against the rules guiding election policing would be investigated with…
A former bank worker, Isaac Ayodele, on Thursday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan that his wife, Omotayo, tricked him into buying a motorcycle from her lover on hire purchase. Replying to a divorce petition by Omotayo, Ayodele told the court that his wife was cheating on him. “I stopped my wife from working when I had a job. But unfortunately, I lost my job and allowed her to sell food and she eventually started sleeping with men. “I needed to start life all over and Omotayo introduced her lover to me as a motorcycle dealer who will allow me…
President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa would ease a number of coronavirus-related restrictions amid “gradual, but steady, decline in new infections, hospitalisations and deaths” and move to alert level 1. “Cabinet decided this morning that the country should move to alert level 1. “The move to alert level 1 will take effect from midnight on Sunday Sept. 20, 2020 … The move to alert level 1 will mean a further easing of restrictions on gatherings,” Ramaphosa said. In particular, starting from Sunday, indoor gatherings of up to 250 people and outdoor public events of up to 500 people will be…