The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Sunday, inaugurated a 30,000-birds capacity farm estate in Gasamu village, Gashua local government area of Yobe, initiated by the National Agricultural Lands Development Authority (NALDA). Speaking at the occasion, Lawan lauded the initiative, while lamenting Nigeria’s over dependency on oil as a bad omen for the country’s economy. He said “investments in livestock production, fisheries and poultry are important means of diversification of the economy, which should be welcomed and encouraged by all well-meaning Nigerians.” In his remarks, Mr Paul Ikonne, NALDA’s Executive Secretary, said over 250,000 eggs would be produced at the farm…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The title of this article was the exact question posed by a senior security official at an informal breakfast in August. It was at a time when speculations were rife that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode would defect to the All-Progressives Congress (APC) from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). I have always referred to Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) as a “Fire-for-Fire” advocate, since February 2004 when I wrote a rejoinder to his unacceptable public outburst while he was Special Adviser on Public Affairs to the then President Olusegun Obasanjo. My rejoinder exposed the loophole in a statement Fani-Kayode had issued against Colonel Dangiwa…
Abuja Metropolitan Lions Club has delivered a 20-bed centre it built in 2020 to enhance cancer treatment to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada. Delivery of the centre was delayed till 2021 because of the outbreak of COVID-19. Mr Aniekan Michael, newly elected president of the club, said this at an event to mark the end of the club’s calendar year in Abuja. He said the club paid particular attention to paediatric cancer in the past one year. “We are taking this as a signature project; we want to make remarkable impact in this area. “The centre is…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has been a veritable force for peace, unity and social justice. Osinbajo was among notable Nigerians conferred with the CAN Award of Excellence in Governance on Saturday in Abuja. The awards were part of activities for CAN’s 45th Anniversary Sapphire Celebration Dinner and Award Night. Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, were also honoured. More so, Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustafa and some Christian governors, serving and past National Assembly members bagged awards. Osinbajo,…
Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Sunday, appointed Aliyu Ibrahim-Gaya, the Chiroman Gaya, as the new emir of Gaya. Ibrahim-Gaya succeeded his late father, Ibrahim Abdulkadir, who died on September 22, at the age of 91, after a protracted illness. The Secretary to the State Government, Usman Alhaji, announced the appointment on behalf of the governor. “Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, by the power conferred on him by the Kano Emirate Law 2020, as amended, has approved the appointment of Aliyu Ibrahim-Gaya as the new emir of Gaya. “The appointment followed the recommendation of the Gaya Emirate kingmakers who presented…
The Zamfara State Police Command has denied media report that bandits attacked Police stations in Shinkafi local government area of the state. A statement by the spokesperson of the command, SP Mohammed Shehu made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, said “Contrary to misleading report on Page 8 of the Daily Trust Newspaper of Saturday 25th September 2021, that “Bandits attack Police stations, Shinkafi town”, “there was no attack on any Police station in Shinkafi LGA or any part of Zamfara state as wrongly reported. “Similarly, the report of attack on Shinkafi town was also inaccurate. What happened was that in…
…2 female 100 level Poly students, among 10 suspects arrested Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have uncovered a hotel in Abuja where drugs are sold and young ladies camped for commercial sex. The agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday made available to ASHENEWS, said “At least, four persons; three ladies and a man were arrested when the drug joint, JAT Suites, located at 30 Lobito Crescent, Wuse 2 was raided and some quantity of Rohynol and paraphernalia for smoking crack cocaine were recovered on Wednesday 22nd September, 2021. “Investigations reveal that the hotel…
Sokoto state government has moved closer to adopting and domesticating the Indonesian Pondock education system. The state governor, Aminu Tambuwal gave the assurance at the closing ceremony of the two-day technical workshop on the adoption and domestication of the Indonesian Pondock system into the Almajiri Nizzamyyah education in Sokoto on Saturday. Expressing his delight by the conduct and successful completion of this workshop, the governor stressed that such programs and other related activities were indications that the state’s almajiri education initiative is recording success in the state. “I am therefore, gladdened by this progress and wish to reassure you of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a loaded weeklong engagements at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States of America. The Nigerian leader came back with a special request from the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, to help in restoring socio-political order in troubled West African countries. Guterres, who commended Buhari for his leadership roles in Africa as well as stabilisation of the West African sub-region, was speaking during an audience with the Nigerian leader at the sidelines of the 76th Session of the UNGA. The UN scribe observed that…
The Super Falconets on Saturday in Douala spanked their counterparts from the Central African Republic (CAR) 7-0 in a 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup qualifier. The Nigerian under-20 women national football team won the African qualifiers’ first round first leg match in emphatic fashion to make the second leg in Lagos a formality. The two-time runners-up at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup opened scoring in the second minute of the match at the Stade Japoma de Douala through Mercy Idoko. Idoko returned three minutes later to extend Nigeria’s lead from the penalty spot, while Esther Onyenezide made it…