Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State says he will foster collaboration between the Northern Governors’ Forum and the Federal Government in solving the security challenges in the Northeast. Yahaya spoke with State House correspondents after a private meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, in Abuja. The governor attributed sustained peace in Gombe to […]
The Federal Government has recorded a boost in its fight against illegal oil bunkering as the Nigerian Army (NA) say they have arrested 12 persons over alleged bunkering. Brig-Gen. Edi Effiong, the Garrison Commander, announced the arrest while parading the suspects before newsmen on Tuesday, in Port Harcourt. Effiong said that the Army also arrested […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $190 million in additional funding for ongoing Rural Connectivity Improvement Project in Bangladesh. Masahiro Nishimura, Principal Rural Development Specialist of Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture division in the South Asia department of the ADB, announced the approval in a statement Tuesday. “This is ADB’s second additional financing for […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed a new director for Syndication, Co-financing and Client Solutions Department, effective July 1. He is Mr Max Magor Ndiaye. Ndiaye is a structured finance, risk management and capital markets professional with 20 years of international public and private sector experience. Before this appointment, he served as the Acting […]
Angolan President Joao Lourenco, on Monday, said the country should start constructing warships and invest in building shipyards. Initiating warship construction in Angola could lay the groundwork for the country’s naval industry, the president, told a ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the Angolan Navy. Lourenco is also Angola’s commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He […]
Most NATO members stand together with Ukraine and the alliance’s upcoming Lithuania summit must confirm Kyiv is a de facto member, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. Zelenskyy also indicated, on Monday, that further pledges of arms supplies for Ukraine will be forthcoming at the Vilnius gathering. “The majority of the alliance stands firmly with us,” Zelenskyy […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The NewsZenith reports that INEC had suspended Yunusa-Ari for declaring Aisha Dahiru, APC candidate, as winner of the governorship election on March 18. Justice Donatus Okorowo gave the […]
By AbdulWarees Solanke Ambition was one theme that resonated in one of my past Reflections Until Fajr on the tragic death of one of my nephews who I regard as my first son, Sherif Ayobanji Ariyo Abdulazeez at the age of 33, eleven years ago. Titled “Anatomy of Death”, I argued that ambition is a […]
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has appealed to Federal Government to consider the plight of the poor and rescind the decision to hike university school fees. The association made the appeal after its 52nd National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Wudil, Kano state. The NewsZenith reports that NAAT held the meeting at […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Akure The library of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has begun pilot test run of software, TouchNut, developed by a student for access control. This is after the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Adenike Oladiji, granted approval for the use of the software called TouchNut. Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, the spokesman of the institution […]