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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control is soliciting the cooperation of stakeholders and the general public to rid the country of hazardous pesticides. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said this in a statement issued to newsmen by its resident media consultant, Mr. Olusayo Akintola, on Sunday in Abuja. According to her, pesticides are applied both indoors and outdoors for the management of pests, vector-borne diseases, and crop protection. Adeyeye said pesticides are sometimes impregnated in textiles, paints, carpets, and treated wood to control pests and fungi. She said what was worrisome was the toxicity associated…

By Editor/Salam Isa Youth Global Link Initiative, a community based civil society organisation in Sokoto,has applauded the exemplary leadership of Senator Ibrahim Lamido representing the Sokoto east Senatorial district of the state. The group said Lamido’s Impactful initiatives have transformed the zone, particularly in terms of security and education development. According to the group, the senator has not only enhanced security in the zone which has been disturbed by serious insecurity challenges but provided a more enabling environment for farmers to engage in their farming activities without fear . The secretary of the initiative Abdulrahman Umar Mai salati said as…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad BUA Cement Sokoto has donated drugs, cement, uniform and exercise books worth N115 million to its host communities with a call on the local government council to put in monitoring mechanisms to ensure that they fully utilise the donations for the benefit of the people. The items presented at the Wamakko local government headquarters were part of the company’s social responsibility initiatives. “More than ever before, BUA Cement Company is dedicated to offering such kind gestures to its host communities every year to provide them with easy access to medical care in their clinics at no costs,”…

The Society for Family Health (SFH) says it has started a two-day training exercise for 60 community mobilizers and testers to stop HIV/AIDS transmission among pregnant women and children in Taraba. Aisha Dadi, Program Manager, Society’s Lafiyan Yara Project, said this at the opening of the exercise on Wednesday in Jalingo. Dadi said the exercise was intended to shock students with the knowledge necessary to develop their skills and enable them to perform optimally. “We are the first partners for an intervention focused on children with HIV/AIDS. Therefore, it is important that everything goes as it should because we will…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad The contrite secondary student wore a gloomy expression as she recalls how her constant bullying provoked pain in many. Senior Emmanuella was an infamous bully at a high school in a slum part of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. She was inconsiderate of other people’s feelings, aggressively dominating and intimidating schoolfellows. Her callous attitude repelled many who maintained their safe distance from her. However, Emmanuella began her transformation into a thoughtful personality in an empathic celebration of kindness in school. It was a great kick-start to a change that would inspire her to embrace a compassionate lifestyle.…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad For virtually all female local government councillors in Nigeria’s Northwest state of Sokoto, a significant achievement is being a role model to many women and young girls in their localities. Their emergence in a state with no woman in any elective office is a testament to their courage and determination, boosting female political participation at the grassroots. The move has not only produced positive effects and externalities in many social dimensions, such as girl child education, but also serves as an inspiration for many. Fifteen-year-old Halima Aminu was one of many out-of-schoolgirls in Sokoto Northwest, Nigeria. She…

Rakiya A.Muhammad There is increasing recognition of the importance of fisheries to development and the need to conserve marine resources, build resilience and improve the livelihoods of coastal communities. The State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2022, with the theme ‘Towards Blue Transformation,’ put the value of international trade of fisheries and aquaculture products at $151 billion and the total employed in the primary sector of fisheries and aquaculture at 58.5million, with 21 per cent women. It, however, notes that the sustainability of marine fishery resources remains a significant concern, with the sustainably fished stocks falling to 64.6…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad The light rain turned into a steady deluge, and torrential downpours continued for the next six hours at the Northern Nigeria community of Kwanni. Floodwater inundated residences, roadways, and marketplaces amidst persistent heavy precipitation. Life in the area is already negatively impacted by pollution in the water supply, poor air quality, erosion, and flooding. The living conditions in the community are challenging, and the community has many of the most vulnerable populations, among the approximately 3.3 to 3.6 billion worldwide, which data suggests are living in situations that are very vulnerable to climate change.  Low-income levels characterise…

… We’re promoting agroforestry to encourage farmers on trees planting’ By Rakiya A Muhammad Concern over the adverse effect of using firewood and charcoal reechoed at the launching of the annual tree planting campaign in Sokoto State. This is just as the state government said it is promoting Agro-Forestry to encourage farmers to patronise the plantings of trees together with crops in their farmlands. “Besides, the constant emission and Chloro Floro Carbon (CFC) released which destroy the Ozone Layer and cause major Environmental Challenges and Global Warming,” Sokoto Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Sagir Attahiru Bafarawa observed, “studies by Rural Women…

Rakiya A.Muhammad The International Press Centre (IPC) has expressed concern about the reported threats on the life of Premium Times Journalist Saviour Imukudo and urged the Nigerian government and the security agencies to ensure that he is not harmed. IPC made the call in a statement signed by its Press Freedom Officer, Melody Lawal. The centre quoted a Premium Times report: “A man who supervised a poorly executed federal project in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria, threatened to kill a PREMIUM TIMES journalist over a report on the project.” It added that the voice in the background said: “Look at…