By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi Bauchi State House of Assembly has reiterated its commitment to work towards providing quality and affordable healthcare services to people at rural communities. Speaker of the House, Abubakar Suleiman stated this while receiving members of a Bauchi-based CSO, Journalists for Public Health Development and Initiative (J4PD), accompanied by other International Development Partners on an advocacy to the Assembly. Suleiman, represented by the Deputy Speaker, Danlami Ahmed Kawule, said that affordable and quality healthcare service delivery is what the people need in order to have healthy and variant society. According to him, the House is ever ready to collaborate…
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The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, Mary Noel-Berje has expressed shock over the death of former Commissioner for Information in the state, Danladi Mohammed Ndayebo. Noel-Berje in a statement described the death of Ndayebo as a monumental loss to Niger state in particular and country at large. According to her, “We have lost a rare gem, a brilliant and versatile young man who was in his prime and his services still needed by the state and country. “My prayers are with the family, his close friends and associates. At this point, all we can do is…
“The FCDO no longer advises against all but essential travel to the Federal Capital Territory, including the city of Abuja, but risks remain, and further details about the continued threat from terrorism in this region have been added.” The United Kingdom says it no longer advises against travel to the federal capital territory (FCT) in Nigeria. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) announced this in an updated travel advisory published on its website on Monday (November 7) On October 23, the UK warned of an increased threat of terrorist attacks in the FCT, and urged its citizens to…
Mohammed Nma Kolo, Special Adviser Political & Strategy to Niger State Governor has described the massive reception accorded the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Niger State as a testimony of the party’s strength and unity. Tinubu was in Minna, the Niger State capital on Monday where he interfaced with farmers and promised to improve the agricultural sector if elected next Nigeria’s president. Excited by the warm reception accorded the August visitor, Nma Kolo in a statement said it was quite reassuring that the APC was on course to winning the February 2023 round of general…
“…Undoubtedly directly or indirectly, he (Atiku) is in league with some political stakeholders from Bauchi state, who have constituted themselves into a “Bala Must Go” conspiracy.” Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has written to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu to inform him of alleged sponsored ‘treacherous treatment’ by some political stakeholders who are threatening him with a “Bala Must Go” slogan. Mohammed in an eight page letter dated November 3, 2022 (READ THE LETTER HERE) obtained by ASHENEWS on Monday said “I am constrained by the shoddy and treacherous treatment that I have been…
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate distribution of additional batches of working tools for officers to appear in clean uniforms and are well-suited to discharge policing services professionally before, during and after the 2023 General Elections; and for general safety of all and sundry across the country. These include uniforms, kits, accoutrements and anti-riot equipment comprising bullet-proof vests with armored plates, ballistic helmets, long and short-range tear gas for civil disorder management, and stun guns. A statement by the Force spokesperson, the distribution is coming on the heels of the recently procured batch of…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has appointed Nigeria’s big telecoms service providers, MTN, Airtel, as well as money deposit banks in the country to withhold Value Added Tax (VAT) charged on all taxable supplies made to them and remit to the Service. This is contained in a public notice issued by its Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami on Monday. It explained the role of the companies as well as the obligations of their suppliers with regards to the withholding of Value Added Tax. “This Notice is given to all persons carrying on trade, profession or business of any kind, tax…
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom has given reasons why he cannot abandon Rivers state counterpart, Nyesom Wike. Ortom at a banquet in honour of governors Wike, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Okezie Ikpeazu and Seyi Makinde on Sunday in Makurdi, said Wike has proved to be a trusted and dependable ally. He disclosed that when bandits (suspected to be Fulani herdsmen) attacked him, Wike was the first person to condemn it with emphasis that if they kill him they have killed Nigeria. He did not keep quiet. He spoke without any fear. “When Benue was under siege, he donated N250 million and he…
Twitter will permanently suspend users who impersonate authentic accounts on the social media platform, new owner Elon Musk has revealed. “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” Musk tweeted. “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.” Musk also said any name change at all will cause temporary loss of the verified checkmark. The move came after the platform allegedly suspended users who had changed their user names to Elon Musk, including U.S. comedian Kathy Griffin and actor…