August 2022

Nigeria Now A Big Exporter Of Rice, CBN Gov Emefiele Declares

Nigeria Now A Big Exporter Of Rice, CBN Gov Emefiele Declares

August 28, 2022 2:41 am

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared that Nigeria has now become an exporter of rice following the impacts of its several policies and particularly its Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), even as it said it was working to boost the industrial capacity of the country.

CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this while speaking at a seminar for Finance Correspondents and Business Editors with the theme, “Policy Options for Economic Diversification: Thinking Outside the Crude Oil-Box”, on Saturday, noted that the ABP has reversed Nigeria from depending on importing rice to now exporting rice.

“The Central Bank of Nigeria, …

Food Security Declare State Of Emergency, ECOWAS To Leaders

Food Security: Declare State Of Emergency, ECOWAS To Leaders

August 28, 2022 2:39 am

Reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York has it that The Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) in the face of the issue of food security in the region has demanded that a State of emergency be declared.

At the conclusion of the meeting in Guinea Bissau, the Parliament charged the ECOWAS Commission with convening member nations and announcing food security as a national emergency. They contend that this will increase political commitment on the part of the governments to deal with the situation.

Hon. Oghene Emma Egoh, a committee member and member of parliament (MP) from Nigeria, …

Pope Appoints New Cardinals Who May Pick Successor

Pope Appoints New Cardinals Who May Pick Successor

August 28, 2022 2:38 am

Twenty new cardinals who were appointed by Pope Francis yesterday who were chosen from all four corners of the globe, even as majority of them may someday choose the pope’s successor.

Due to his deteriorating health, Francis has mentioned the likelihood of having to retire, a decision that his predecessor Benedict XVI also took. If he were to step down, a conclave of all cardinals under the age of 80 would be summoned to appoint a replacement.

Judging on their ages, sixteen of the twenty cardinals elected on Saturday would be qualified to participate in that conclave.

The 85-year-old pontiff …

Gunmen Murder Lawyer In Kebbi, Police Arrest Wife

Gunmen Murder Lawyer In Kebbi, Police Arrest Wife

August 28, 2022 2:36 am

A lawyer at the Gwadangaji area in Birnin Kebbi local government area of Kebbi State, Barrister Attahiru Ibrahim, was on Saturday gruesomely murdered by gunmen.

 

Attahiru according to the police spokesman in the state, SP Nafiu Abubakar, was killed by people yet unknown but his wife, Farida, was arrested in connection with the incident.

Nafiu told newsmen in Birnin Kebi that on received the information, a team of policemen mobilised to the scene and forced themselves into Attahiru’s house where the late barrister was in a pool of blood and was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.

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Again, IGP Warns On Use Of Police Uniforms On Social Media

Again, IGP Warns On Use Of Police Uniforms On Social Media

August 28, 2022 2:34 am

The Nigeria Police Force have once again issued a strict warning to Nigerian on the misuse of police uniforms on social media. vowing to prosecute anyone caught in the act.

This is coming after the police suspended two supernumerary officers for violation of social media policy.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, in a statement said the use of uniforms is only restricted to officers of the force.

Part of the statement read; ‘‘The incessant, illegal and unwarranted use of Police Uniforms restricted to bonafide serving officers of the Nigeria Police Force.

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2023 How APC Can Help Tinubu Become President - Oshiomhole

2023: How APC Can Help Tinubu Become President – Oshiomhole

August 28, 2022 2:30 am

Ahead of next year’s general elections, a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has disclosed the only way the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu can manage to win the 2023 election.

Oshiomhole said Tinubu could only win the presidential election if party members are united.

He disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Benin, the Edo State capital, over the weekend.

Oshiomhole urged aggrieved APC members to lay aside their differences and work for the party’s progress.

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He said party members should take a cue …

Yobe @31 Gov Buni Singles Out Past Leaders For Praise

Yobe @31: Gov Buni Singles Out Past Leaders For Praise

August 28, 2022 2:28 am

While commemorating the 31st anniversary of Yobe state, Governor Mai Mala Buni has congratulated the people of the state for making it thus far following the creation of the state while singling out some past leaders for praise.

In his remark, Buni lauded the past Governors of the state for establishing and setting up the state for growth and peace; this statement was related to the public on Saturday in Damaturu by Buni’s Director-General Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed.

According to the governor, every one of the state’s previous leaders contributed a significant and generous effort towards its …

Vulnerable People In Gombe Gets Grains Courtesy Of Buhari

Vulnerable People In Gombe Gets Grains Courtesy Of Buhari

August 28, 2022 2:26 am

As part of bold efforts to reduce the effects of hunger among the vulnerable population in Northern Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assisted less privileged people in Gombe State with assorted food items.

The president who was represented by the minister of communication and digital economy, Isa Ali Pantami, flagged-off distribution of the items at the Custodian Hotel Gombe, Gombe state.

According to him, the items would be distributed across the nation to the poorest citizens.

The president said a total of 8, 228 bags of grains which include maize, millet, guinea corn and garri were given to Gombe State, …

Turkey Blasts Macron, France For ‘Unacceptable’ Criticism

Turkey Blasts Macron, France For ‘Unacceptable’ Criticism

August 27, 2022 7:16 pm

The Government of Turkey has Saturday blasted France and the French Government at what it has described as French President Emmanuel Macron’s “unacceptable” comments in Algeria on some of the foreign powers who had been spreading anti-French propaganda in Africa.

On a visit to France’s former colony which had been aimed at mending troubled ties, Macron on Friday appeared to warn some of the young citizens of Algerian and Africans against manipulation by “networks” influenced by Turkey, Russia and China that present France as an “enemy”.

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“There is immense …

UNICEF Excited Over Rescue Of 50 Children In Ondo

UNICEF Frowns At Ethiopian Air Strike That Hit Kindergarten

August 27, 2022 6:52 pm

The UN children’s agency UNICEF has categorically condemned the latest Ethiopian air strike that had reportedly “hit a kindergarten” in the rebel-held Tigray region, thereby killing at least four people including two children in the school.

The Ethiopian government had also openly denied the fact that they had targeted some of the civilian areas in Friday’s air raid and accused the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of staging deaths.

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“UNICEF strongly condemns the air strike … (that) hit a kindergarten, killing several children, and injuring others,” the agency’s …

HURIWA Backs Gov Ortom On Creation Of Armed Vigilantes

Nigeria Is On Drip And Oxygen, We Have To Make It Survive – Ortom

August 27, 2022 4:54 pm

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has come out to openly lament about the current State of  Nigeria while reiterating that the country is currently on drip and oxygen and the noting that everything must be done to ensure it survived.

Ortom had made this statement in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Friday on arrival from London along with Governor Nyesom Wike and others.

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He had also explained that he and others were looking at how they could harness ideas and put themselves together to ensure that …

FG Is Deliberately Killing Universities In Nigeria – ASUU Vents

FG Is Deliberately Killing Universities In Nigeria – ASUU Vents

August 27, 2022 4:41 pm

In lieu of the lingering strike action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have come out to opine that there is actually a deliberate action by the Nigerian Goverment to stifle and kill all public universities in Nigeria and this was being orchestrated by the Federal Government as a way of promoting private ones which are allegedly owned by the political class.

The union had also reiterated that the Federal Government of Nigeria had been calculatingly dribbling the union since 2017 from sincerely finding a permanent solution to the problem of ASUU/ Federal Government impasse, in order to end …

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