The Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on African governments to, through their anti-graft and law enforcement agencies, return stolen assets to their original owners when recovered. THESTORIES reports CISLAC’s executive director, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani as giving the charge while speaking at the Global South Forum for Asset Recovery in Nairobi, Kenya. Rafsanjani, also the head of Transparency International (TI) Nigeria, decried situations where original owners of stolen assets are marginalized by governments across the continent, when such assets are recovered. “A case in point is that between the Nigerian government and Delta state as well as…
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FishNet Alliance, a network of artisanal fishermen across the African continent, has kicked against the concept of Ocean Geoengineering as an option to address climate change at the ongoing COP 27 Climate Conference in Egypt. Ocean Geoengineering involves the large-scale manipulation of a specific process central to controlling Earth’s climate for the purpose of obtaining a specific benefit. The fishermen groups who took the campaign to the ongoing United Nations Climate conference argued that artificially manipulating solar radiation amidst the earth’s natural dynamics can only worsen the plight of African continent and the Southern hemisphere. FishNet’s submission is contained in…
“Our attention was called to provocative and insulting statements in separate but similar versions of the story in different news media, either claiming that ‘the whole thing we are seeing in the PDP … is orchestrated for President Jonathan,’ or that ‘he (Jonathan) is encouraging Governors Nyesom Wike, Makinde, Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi and Ortom to behave the way they are doing’, knowing that ‘these five governors are fighting his cause” Former President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked reports that the G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are fighting his cause. The former President also urged warring members of the party…
Kwara state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq says there are enough evidences to prove that the Cash Transfer programme for the vulnerable people is a workable solution to extreme poverty. AbdulRazaq said this in Ilorin at the launch of the United Nations Development Programme Socio-Economic Revitalisation Support Programme, which targets over 3,000 vulnerable families and small businesses for unconditional cash transfer. The governor commended the Federal Government for leading the way. “Cash transfer to vulnerable people has proven to be a workable solution to extreme poverty. “There are documented evidences of how putting money directly in the hands of the needy has helped…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Wing started its grassroots engagement on the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Nasarawa State on Saturday. Mr Dayo Israel, National Youth Leader of the APC confirmed the kick-off after visiting the Chairman of Keffi local government area, Muhammad Shehu-Baba and the Emir of Keffi, Shehu Chindo-Yamusa III According to him, the grassroots engagement aims at meeting with youth stakeholders to sensitise them on the plans of the APC presidential candidate and mobilise them to vote for him in 2023. “I believe that by the grace of God, 2023 will witness free,…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Kano state government has trained 45 health workers in Kano, on management of pneumonia in children below the age of five. Dr Shehu Abdullahi, Director, Health Services, Kano State Ministry of Health, made this known on Saturday at the closing ceremony of the capacity building training in Kano. He said that the training resulted from a baseline survey, which showed that many of the health workers lacked ability to manage the killer disease. Abdullahi, who is also the Chairman, Kano Oxygen Desk Committee, said the participants were drawn across 16 tertiary and…
The Police Command in Anambra says security operatives have neutralised five gunmen in Isuofia, Aguata local government area, the country home of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Command’s spokesperson confirmed the incident in Awka on Saturday. He said that the incident happened about 10.30am, on Saturday November 12, near Afo-Uzo junction in Isuofia Community when the criminal elements opened fire on the joint Police/Military team at a check point. Ikenga said the security operatives also recovered one grey coloured Toyota Venza jeep with registration number Lagos: KRD 344 BT. He said the situation was brought under control and…
Dr Binta Jibir, a Pediatrician, has emphasised on the need for effective immunisation of children below the age of five, in order to protect them against pneumonia. Dr Jibir, the Chief Medical Director of Isyaka Rabiu Pediatric Hospital Kano, made the call in an interview on Saturday to commemorate the World Pneumonia Day. She said that if parents allowed their children to receive the childhood preventable vaccines, their children would not be exposed to pneumonia. According to her, “Pneumonia is a number one killer disease amongst children below the age of five, even worse than malaria and diarrhea. “A large…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has pledged to support Africa to bridge the US$ 250 billion climate finance gap in collaboration with other African financial institutions. Denys Denya, Afreximbank’s Executive Vice-President, Finance, Administration and Banking Services, said this in a statement issued by Amadou Sall, Afreximbank’s media contact in Abuja, on Saturday. Denya who spoke at the ongoing COP27 Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, said African financial institutions, with Afreximbank at the forefront, needed to step in to bridge the finance gaps. He said with the right support and commitment, Africa could, in addition, achieve the vision and goals of…
Coalition of Orphanages and Children’s Homes in Nigeria (COCHIN), has called on government at all levels to show commitment and support to address the plight of orphans in Nigeria. Sen. Eze Ajoku, President of the coalition, made the call during a one-kilometer awareness walk by orphans to commemorate World Orphans Day (WOD) in Abuja on Saturday. Ajoku, who descried the abandonment of orphans by government at all levels, said that orphans in Nigeria are forgotten. “In Nigeria, orphans have become Nigerian forgotten children, no one else is interested in the orphans especially those in the orphanages except the orphanage owners.…