On Sunday, Arise News and the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) organised the first of a series of townhall meetings for candidates contesting the 2023 elections. The first outing was set for the top four presidential candidates. They were selected based on the performance of their parties in an online survey conducted by CDD. The leading parties were LP, APC, PDP and NNPP. The APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu however opted not to participate. This was not surprising as he had declined all other previous invitations to participate in public debates. Apparently, he only participates in forums he…
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By Justina Auta The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen on Thursday, urged women entrepreneurs to upgrade their skills and acquire all required documentations for procurement processes participation in private and public institutions. Tallen made the call at a high-level policy dialogue and exhibition in Abuja to promote the application of Gender-Responsive Procurement practices in public and private organisations. The theme of the event is “Strengthening the Capacity of Local MSMEs/Manufacturers to Produce High-quality Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and Healthcare-related Products.” The minister stressed the need for women entrepreneurs to upgrade their skills and have the necessary documents to…
The Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA) has reiterated its commitment to strict enforcement of its development control by ensuring that developers abide by building code. The agency’s Managing Director, Arch. Suleiman Ahmed Abdulwahab said this shortly after receiving an award of excellence conferred on him by Polity Newspaper in Kano on Thursday. According to him, it had become imperative for the agency to instill environmental sanity in every part of the state. Abdulwahab noted that over the years, there had been gross abuse of urban planning and environmental laws in the state. The managing director reiterated government’s…
https://youtu.be/kQxLBybGQ-4 Troops, ISWAP firepower leaves 22 vehicles burnt in Borno By Zagazola Makama ASHENEWS reports that at least, 20 vehicles were burnt when armed insurgents broke into the compound of a humanitarian aid organization in Monguno, Borno state, in the Northeast Nigeria. ASHENEWS gathered that insurgents of the Islamic State West Africa Provence (ISWAP) were responsible for the attack which took place at about 1am on Thursday. An Intelligence Sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, that the terrorists had targeted aid workers. According to the sources, after failing to find any of…
The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has disclosed that the Command and Staff College of the Corps will commence next year. ASHENEWS reports that Audu stated this while inspecting the proposed college site and facilities located in Lamingo community, Jos-North local government area of Plateau state. Dr Audi emphasised that training and manpower development is pivotal to the growth, development and success of any serious organisation, adding that NSCDC will continue to make giant strides in this direction until maximum level of professionalism is attained. He expressed profound gratitude to the Executive…
ASHENEWS reports that former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan has been drafted to resolve the crisis presently rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Senator Gabriel Suswam, monitored by ASHENEWS on Arise TV on Thursday, revealed that moves had been made to draft Jonathan into reconciling aggrieved members of the PDP ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Describing the party crisis as “family affair”, Suswam expressed hope that such would be resolved before the presidential election in February 2023. “Jonathan has been dragged into the issue to resolve the matter. Solving this problem between the G-5 governors is what we should be…
The British government said on Thursday that it had frozen assets together worth 18 billion pounds ($20.5 billion) held by Russian oligarchs, other individuals, and entities sanctioned for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia has passed Libya and Iran to become Britain’s most-sanctioned nation, according to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, part of the finance ministry. The frozen Russian assets were 6 billion pounds more than the amount reported across all other British sanctions regimes. “We have imposed the most severe sanctions ever on Russia and it is crippling their war machine. “Our message is clear: we will not allow…
The Ogun State Police Command said it would commence the prosecution of motorists driving against traffic on major roads in the state, especially the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The command said it was worried about recent accidents on highways in Ogun. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police spokesperson stated this in a statement in Abeokuta on Wednesday. Oyeyemi stated that the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had directed Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), Area Commanders and traffic officers across the state to go all out for recalcitrant drivers. ”Those who are in the habit of driving against traffic, otherwise known as one- way drive,…
Twitter owner Elon Musk launched on Thursday a survey about changes in the content of the social network. Musk asked his followers on Twitter to answer “yes” or “no” to the question “Are you seeing far fewer bots/scams/spam?” According to the poll, 52.1 per cent of respondents answered the question in the affirmative, while 47.9 per cent disagreed. The poll has already surveyed more than 700,000 people. Musk closed a 44 billion dollars deal to purchase Twitter on October 28 after months of negotiations and legal disputes with the company about the number of fake accounts, which the entrepreneur believed…
Nigerian government says it will not allow any social media platform to plunge Nigeria into crisis. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the third edition of the “President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration (PMB) Scorecard 2015-2023” programme. The PMB Scorecard initiative is organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture to showcase the achievements of the administration in the last seven years. The third edition featured the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika who reeled out the achievements recorded by his ministry. In his opening remarks, Mohammed said the warning to the social media platforms became…