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Why Diesel, Cooking Gas Are Costly, By NNPC Boss
Abuja – Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday told lawmakers that the only way to tackle the rising prices of diesel and cooking gas is to increase the production of crude oil in the country by tackling vandalisation of oil installations in the Niger Delta region. Kyari stated this while addressing members of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) headed by Hon.
West Africa: Farmers/Herders Conflicts - Ecowas Must Curb Movement of Foreign Herders in the Region ― Ganduje
... advocates commercial grazing Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take drastic steps in curbing foreign herders who are always armed with sophisticated weapons from making incursion into Nigeria. The Kano State governor made the call on Tuesday while speaking at the Stakeholders' Parley on Farmers/Herders Conflict, organised by the Ogun State government, held at the Obas' Complex, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta.
Nigeria: Kano Shariah Police to Investigate Staff Over Alleged Misconduct
The Kano State Shariah police, popularly called Hisba Board, has set up a five-member committee to investigate one of its top officials, Sani Uba Rimo who was arrested by the police with a married woman in a brothel in Kano. A team of policemen in Sabon Gari, Fagge Local Government area, arrested the Hisbah official, incharge of Anti-begging unit, with a married woman in a Hotel on Monday.
Nigeria: Kagara - Abducted Students Will Return Safe - Bello
The Niger State Government says it has taken concrete security measures to ensure safety in the state and safe return of the abducted 27 students of the Government Science College, Kagara. The students, three staff and 12 families of the college in Rafi Local Government Area of the state were abducted in the early hours of Wednesday. In a news conference in Minna on Wednesday, Gov.
Nigeria: Senate President Condemns Kagara School Abductions
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the savage attack on Wednesday on Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State in which some staff and students of the school were abducted. Lawan described the incident as a callous and despicable crime and urged the security agencies to ensure immediate rescue of the abducted persons and the arrest of the criminals involved.
Nigeria: Saraki-Led Committee Meets With PDP Ex-Governor
Abuja — In continuation of its rebuilding process ahead of the 2023 general election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national reconciliation and strategy committee is currently meeting with former governors elected on the platform of the party. The committee chairman and immediate President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki arrived at the Legacy House, Presidential campaign headquarters of the party at exactly 12:50 PM local time alongside other members of the committee.
Nigeria: Stakeholders Chart Energy Transition Roadmap
The Future Energy Series: Africa (FESA) summit will convene senior African public and private sector energy stakeholders in Cape Town this November. The summit's aim is to drive investment into African energy projects and set out a continental roadmap for securing a sustainable energy mix which supports development whilst achieving low-carbon goals. The delegate pool will include: Government leaders - including FESA patrons Hon.
Nigeria: Why Lekki Tollgate Should Be Abolished
To Lagos dwellers, especially the embattled citizens who live in the Lekki and Ajah axis, the toll plazas imposed on them by the All Progressives Congress, APC, administration in Lagos are tolerated with heavy grudges. The Victoria Island-Lekki-Ajah-Epe corridor is the only major road out of Lagos that was constructed through the initiative of the Lagos State Government. All other corridors to Ikorodu, Ibadan, Seme/Agbara, and Abeokuta were constructed by the Federal Government.
Liberia: Ellen Renews Friendship With Nowui Gorlorwulu
By Winston W. Parley Former President Ellen Johnson - Sirleaf has renewed friendship and family ties with Liberian business entrepreneur Madam Nowui Gorlorwulu, years after the two long time friends fell apart, which during Madam Sirleaf's administration led to Gorlorwulu's exit of the ex-president's inner cycle to establish a private business, the Golden Key hotel.
Nigeria: 'Nigeria Loses $750m Annually to Gas Flaring'
Nigeria is losing $750 million annually to gas flaring, said a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Gas Resources, Environment and Climate Change, Rep. Mutiu Nicholas Ebomo, disclosed this at a public hearing by the committee yesterday, noting that gas flaring is a great challenge that requires collective work to be eliminated.
Zimbabwe: Churches Hail Govt, Urge Vaccine Acceptance
Churches have hailed the Government's efforts in taming the impact of Covid-19 following the arrival this week of the first batch of the vaccines from China, urging citizens to embrace the doses. Led by the Roman Catholic Church, the Zion Christian Church and other denominations, churches took turns to implore the nation to get inoculated against the virus threatening populations and health services across the globe.
Zimbabwe: Appeal Against Us$2,7m Heist Ring Leader's Bail Hits Snag
The prosecution's appeal against the High Court decision to grant bail to Tatenda Gadzikwa, the ring leader of the recent US$2,7 million heist hit a snag after the Supreme Court refused to accept the appeal. On Friday last week, Gadzikwa successfully applied for bail before Justice Webster Chinamora. He was granted $50 000 coupled with stringent conditions. The State had opposed bail.
Gambia: 'Protection of the Public From Covid-19 Should Be Placed Above Everything' Says NHRC Chairman
The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Emmanuel D. Joof on Tuesday 16th February 2021said the protection of the public from Covid-19 should be placed above everything else. Joof said the NHRC has noticed, with deep concern and fear, the public's total disregard and law enforcement agencies' non-enforcement of the Ministry of Health and WHO Guidelines for the prevention of Covid-19.
Nigeria: El-Rufai Has Political Will to Tackle Security Challenge in Kaduna State - APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has displayed a sincerity of purpose and strong political will to tackle security challenges in the state. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja while felicitating with El-Rufai on his 61st birthday.
Africa: First Half Penalty Aids Morocco See Off Hard Fighting Gambians
El Mehdi El Moubarik's penalty handed former champions Morocco a nervy, close 1-0 win over a hard fighting Gambia as the young Atlas Lions began their Group C campaign with victory at the Stade de Nouadhibou on Tuesday evening. In a tight and cagy match with few and far in between chances, it was the North Africans who would walk off with victory and move second in the standings behind Ghana who thrashed debutants Tanzania 4-0 on the opening match earlier on.
Nigeria: Abdulrasheed Bawa's Appointment As EFCC Chairman, a Plus to Anti-Corruption Fight
President Muhammadu Buhari through a letter to the Senate President seeking confirmation of the Senate has appointed a 40-year-old, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa to become the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Speaking on the appointment, a public commentator, Mohammed Basah said the appointment of Bawa as the EFCC Chairman was always a matter of when, not if, as the man had distinguished himself over the years, rising from being a pioneer cadet of the Commission.
Egypt Denounces Rocket Attacks On Iraq's Irbil
Egypt has denounced Monday night's rocket attack on the Iraqi city of Irbil that killed an injured a number of people. In a released statement by the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, Egypt expressed its heartfelt condolences to the government and people of Iraq and the families of the victims of this heinous terrorist act and wished the injured a speedy recovery.
Egypt: Local Development, Environment Ministers Probe Executive Plan for Waste Management System
Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy asserted the ministry is continuously cooperating with the Ministry of Environment to implement the new waste management system in all governorates to restore beauty to Egyptian streets.
Nigeria: Reps, Finance Minister Contest Nigeria's N2.8bn Payment Procedure to OPEC
House of Representatives and the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday got into argument on the payment procedure of N2.8 billion to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 2017. While the lawmakers favoured recourse to an official memo and presidential consent before making the contribution, the Ministry said it was not necessary as such had been the practice over the years. But the parliamentarian's responded, saying that doing it over the years doesn't make it right.
Nigeria: Fake Military Officers Arrested With 234KG Compressed Hard Drugs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two suspected fake military officers in a new VIP edition of Toyota Hilux Jeep loaded with 394 compressed parcels of illicit drugs concealed in different parts of the vehicle. The spokesman of the agency, Jonah Achema, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the suspects - Mohammed Nura and Abubakar Dahiru - were intercepted by operatives of the Kogi State Command of the NDLEA along Okene-Lokoja expressway on Monday, February 15, 2021.
Nigeria: MC Charlene Berates Cameroon Fans Over Naira Marley's Failed Concert
... says the loss is on the Cameroonian promoter not Naira Marley. Popular Cameroonian International female Master of ceremony (Mc), Mc Charlene, the Energy Goddess, has berated fellow Cameroonians who are rejoicing over the canceled February 14 valentine's day concert.
Nigeria: 26.8m Extremely Poor Nigerians So Far Captured in National Social Register, Says Govt
A total of 26.8 million extremely poor Nigerians have so far been captured in the national social register of the National Social Investment Programme,the federal government has said. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,Sadiya Umar Farouq, who said this Tuesday,in Abuja, explained that the number was out of the estimated 82.9 million extremely poor people in the country.
Africa: Cosatu Congratulates Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala On Her Appointment As the WTO Director-General
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is elated over the historic appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This appointment brings honour to Africa and shows how African people have positively impacted the world. In the 25 years of the WTO's existence, it will be the first time that the multinational organisation is led by a woman, let alone, that she hails from Africa.
Ethiopia: The Summit of Earthly Holiness
"No religion in the world can compare with Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity in terms of pomp, circumstance, ceremony and pageantry. The liturgy enlivened with the uplifting church music of the great St. Yared is awesomely solemn. The mystery of the Trinity and the sacrament of the holy communion is as sacred as it is awe- inspiring," said the young handsome monk, Aba Semeon in his elaborate sermon to his congregation.
Ethiopia: Diaspora Community to Debunk Fake News Using Mainstream Media
ADDIS ABABA -The Unity for Ethiopia Campaign is going to scale up its engagement platform to the mainstream media aimed at exposing disinformation and fictitious views against Ethiopia, said Ethiopian Ambassador to the U.S. Ethiopian Ambassador to the U.S. Fitsum Arega told local media that the community is planning to advance the campaign with a view to fostering mass mobilization through mainstream media.
Ethiopia Openly Welcomes Relief Agencies Operating Legally - Ministry
Apart from respecting Ethiopia's inviolable sovereignty, international relief agencies that fulfill the country's basic requirements for delivering humanitarian aids are openly welcomed, Peace Minister Muferiat Kamil said. The minister told local media that the relief agencies should fulfill the international aid standards while entering a sovereign country. Some humanitarian organizations that are insisting on deploying extra-human power have been banned for obvious reason, she said.
Egypt's Minister of Culture Inaugurates Museum Wing of National Center for Theater Music & Folk Art in Al-Salam Theater
Egypt's Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem will inaugurate the museum wing of the National Center for Theater, Music and Folk Art at Al-Salam Theater on February 18 at 7 pm.
Cameroon: Textbooks for Classes Three, Four - Evaluation Committee Begins Selection Process
The session was opened yesterday February 15, 2021 by the Minister of Basic Education. Members of the National Council for the Approval of Textbooks and Didactic Materials are currently in their 19th session to evaluate textbooks for Classes Three and Four, primary pupils in Cameroon.
Cameroon: Local Authorities - Niger Learns From Cameroon's Experience
A delegation of the National Agency for Financing Local Authorities of Niger (ANFICT) had working visit in Cameroon.
Cameroon: Dismal Performances in Competitions
The recent issues plaguing the football fraternity in Cameroon is a cause for concern in many quarters. For close to a decade now, football in Cameroon has been hampered by divisions, fighting, power struggle, turbulence and a tumultuous atmosphere. The only time Cameroon celebrated with joy was the when the Indomitable Lions won the Total Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon in 2017 and the U-17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania in 2019. Many football pundits saw it as a surprise.
Tanzania Taxman Takes Education on Digital Tax Collection Systems to Mbeya
Mbeya — Tanzania Revenue Authority is taking its education on tax collection and digital garnering models to Mbeya in a deliberate move to boost compliance. Mbeya regional authorities said on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 that TRA should make use of councilors in the area in advancing public awareness on the use of digital collection systems, including the use of Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) and Electronic Tax Stamps (ETS) among others.
Kenya: Coronavirus Variant Is Kenya's New Headache - CS Mutahi Kagwe
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe admitted Tuesday that an entirely unique variant of the coronavirus, which could be circulating in the country, is the ministry's new headache. CS Kagwe noted, however, that the ministry is vigilant and has been studying the variant. He asked border counties, including Narok and Busia, to heighten surveillance to prevent a new wave of infections.
Kenya: AfDB Blacklists Kenyan Firm Over Tender Fraud
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday banned Kenya-based civil engineering firm, Global Interjapan (Kenya) Limited, from participating in the lender's financed projects for three years after it was found to have engaged in tender malpractices in a Sh7 billion irrigation project.
Africa: Adolescent Girls in Five African Conflict Zones Share Stories About Their Lives
International organisations around the world are increasingly committing themselves to undertaking inclusive approaches to peacebuilding. These organisations all pledge to engage with 'local actors' in the design, implementation and evaluation of their programmes to support peace and security in conflict-affected zones. There is good reason to adopt this approach.
Burundi: Humanitarian Agencies Seek U.S.$222 Million to Support Burundian Refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with 33 partners, is appealing for US$222.6 million to provide much needed humanitarian assistance for over 315,000 Burundian refugees during 2021. For nearly seven years, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been generously hosting refugees from Burundi.
Nigeria: NPA Moves to Dredge Escravos Channel As More Vessels Run Aground
Following the shallow depth of the Escravos channel, a development that has reduced the number of vessels calling at the Warri port, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has commenced moves to dredge the channel for increased port activities. Speaking to Vanguard Maritime Report, Managing Director of the Escravos Ship Pilots Nigeria Limited, ESPL, Capt Charlie Tobi, said that vessels run aground in the port almost daily.
Nigeria: Food Inflation Rises 20.6% As Price Increases Persist
Increases in the prices of basic food items continued for the 17th consecutive month, prompting the Food inflation to hit 20.6 per cent in January, the highest since September 2019. Consequently, the nation's annual inflation rate also rose for the 17th consecutive months to 16.47 percent in January representing 0.71 percentage point increase from 15.8 percent in December 2020.
Nigeria: Shasha Market Mayhem - Kano Govt Donates N18.5m to Victims
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has donated N18.5 million to 185 indigenes of the state who were victims of the Shasha market mayhem in Ibadan. Alhaji Garba Mohammed, Kano State Commissioner for Information, who led the state government delegation, gave each of the victims N100,000 on Tuesday in Ibadan. Other members of the delegation were Alhaji Ibrahim Muktar, Commissioner for Trade and Commerce, and Alhaji Sanusi Muhammed, Commissioner for Education.
Nigeria: APC Governors Laud Aisha Buhari's Contributions to Governance
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has commended Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, for her contributions to governance. The governors said the president's wife made the contributions through insightful and selfless support to the processes of managing challenges of governance in the country. The forum gave the commendation in a statement signed by Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu, its chairman, on Tuesday in Abuja while felicitating with her on her 50th birthday.
Nigeria: Buhari to Ambassadors - Strive to Promote Trade, Foreign Direct Investment
by Nwafor PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged ambassadors-designate, consuls-general and charge' d' Affaires to continually project the strengths of Nigeria, showcase priorities of the government and uphold standards that will bring honour to the country. President Buhari gave the charge at the virtual induction /orientation held for them at the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, auditorium.
Nigeria: Lagos Govt to Vaccinate 1.5m Dogs Against Rabies
The Lagos State Government says it will vaccinate no fewer than 1.5 million dogs within the next two weeks under its free anti-rabies vaccination campaign. The vaccination will prevent the dogs from acquiring rabies disease from wildlife or infected animals/dogs, and thereby avert possible transmission to humans or other animals.
Nigeria: Edo Govt Seals 23 Sawmills Over Illegal Logging
Edo State Government has sealed 23 sawmills for being in possession of 279 illegal logs believed to have been harvested without permission from relevant authorities. Mr Lucky Wasa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Sustainability, disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Benin on Tuesday. Wasa, who said that the illegal logs were cut and taken away from the state's forest reserves at odd hours, vowed that the culprits would be brought to book.
Nigeria: Govt Spends Over N50bn Monthly On Electricity - Minister
The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, says the Federal Government spends over N50 billion monthly on electricity. Mr Aaron Artimas, the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the minister, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement in Abuja. Artimas quoted the minister as saying this when he received the Guild of Actors and Film Producers, otherwise known as, Kannywood in his office.
Nigeria: FGM Is Violation of Human Rights of Women, Say Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), has described the old custom as a violation of basic human rights of women and girls. The stakeholders made the remarks at a one-day capacity-building workshop on FGM for newsmen in Osogbo on Tuesday. They said that most times, FGM was usually done against the person's wish and it caused almost irreversible damages to the victims.
Nigeria: Azman Air Removed From Runway - Source
Azman Air Boeing 737 aircraft with registration 5N SYS, and flight number ZQ2325 that had a tyre burst after landing on runway 18 R of Muritala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Tuesday evening has been towed out of the runway, Vanguard learnt. A source said the plane was removed from the runway late Tuesday night.
Nigeria: Clark, Other Niger Delta Leaders, Militants Lambast Gumi
The comment by a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, that herdsmen learned kidnapping from Niger Delta militants, has drawn the ire of people of the region who said the Niger Delta struggle is different from the heart-rending crimes being perpetrated by killer-herdsmen in the country.
Nigeria: Senate to Amend NDLEA Law Over Light Punishment As Bill Passes 2nd Reading
A bill seeking to amend the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) law to check the incidence of light sentencing for drug offenders, has passed second reading in the Senate. This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill by the sponsor, Sen. Dimka Hezekiah (Plateau Central), during plenary, on Tuesday.
Nigeria: We'll Succeed Over Those Who Don't Need Nigeria - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said that his administration will continue to work for the stability of Nigeria and will succeed over those who don't need the unity of the country. President Buhari also vowed to identify and deal with what he described as the small number of people with resource and influence that are constituting nuisance to the oneness of the country.
Nigeria: Insecurity - Nigeria Heading to Point of No Return, Unless... .- - Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar
*Says embers of disunity, anarchy, disintegration spreading fast *Urges govs to tone down their rhetoric, take full responsibility for managing frustrations within their states *Tasks service chiefs to deploy all resources needed for victory By Wole Mosadomi Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, retd, said yesterday that the country stood the risk of disintegration, if the violence currently spreading in the system was allowed to fester.
Nigeria: Naira Stable At Forex Markets
The currency was stable at the spot and parallel markets Tuesday. Naira remained stable against the U.S dollar at the Investors & Exporters (I&E) window of the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, according to data from the FMDQ Security Exchange market where currencies are officially traded. The currency also remained unchanged on the black market, maintaining similar spot for five trading days on a stretch.
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