The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Saturday commemorated the 2021 World Clean-up Day by evacuating 75,000 plastic bottles from Ilashe Beach, Lagos. The five kilometers Ilashe/Ibeshe beach area is on the outskirts of Lagos. NAN reports that the exercise was undertaken by Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FIBRA), an umbrella body for about 20 food and beverage manufacturing companies. Others were Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Nigerian Ports Authority and Lagos Ferry Service, among others. The World Clean-Up Day, celebrated every Sept. 18, is an annual global social action programme aimed at…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria, on the death of the country’s former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Late Bouteflika, aged 84, ruled Algeria for 20 years. The president, in a statement by his spokesperson, Mr Femi Adesina on Saturday in Abuja, also commiserated with the family of the former president and the Algerian people “as they mourn the loss of the remarkable leader.” President Buhari believed that Bouteflika, as a veteran in the civil war that led to Algeria’s independence, Foreign Minister, President of the United Nations General Assembly during the 1974–1975 sessions and…
Presidency says a total of 15 projects, spread across the six geo-political zones of the country, are to be financed with more than $4 billion from multilateral institutions. The loan is under the 2018-2021 medium term (rolling) external borrowing plan. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this on Saturday in Abuja. He revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari had already requested the Senate to approve sovereign loans of $4.054billion and €710million as well as grant components of $125million for the proposed projects. He quoted the letter by the president as saying that the…
Unanswered questions shroud kidnap of Bungudu Emir Mixed reactions and unanswered questions are trailing the kidnap of the Emir of Bungudu in Zamfara state, Hassan Attahiru. The Emir was kidnapped last Wednesday after he passed Kaduna on his way to Abuja. Although activities of kidnappers are established on Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, Attahiru’s abduction was an operation that is shrouded in mystery that requires in-depth investigation. ASHENEWS recalls that the state governor, Bello Muhammad has severally alleged the involvement of security personnel in some crimes in the state. He has even facilitated the arrest of security personnel among others for having their…
Police arrested about 259 suspects over banditry, kidnapping, culpable homicide, rape, farmers/herders conflicts and other crimes in Niger in August. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas said in Minna on Saturday that then crimes were committed in 25 local government areas of the state. “We have charged 119 suspects out of the 259 arrested in court, 81 of them are still standing trial,’’ he said. He added that 59 suspects were still under investigation at the state Criminal Investigation Bureau, while nine cases had been sent to the state’s Ministry of Justice for vetting and legal advice. He explained…
The Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Friday tracked empowerment items given out to rural women in Owo/Ose and Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituencies of Ondo state. The items, worth N113.5 million, were given out under Constituency Project Empowerment Programmes. The items, which tracked included 75 grinding machines, 95 hair dryers, 100 barbing clippers and 68 sewing machines worth N18.2 million, were given out at Ifon in Ose local government area (LGA) in 2020. Another project tracked was the supply of 144, 2.2kva generators to small business owners in the constituency, awarded for N15.8 million. Farm implements, worth N39.7…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has suspended its strike and directed its members at Enugu depot to resume supply of petroleum products. “As a result of the intervention of higher authorities in the unwarranted and unprovoked invasion of our secretariat at Enugu depot, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of IPMAN has called off the strike action. “Normal services and operations will immediately resume in the affected states of Enugu, Ebonyi and Anambra to allow for fruitful discussions, the National President of IPMAN, Sanusi Fari said in a statement issued on Saturday. The national leadership of IPMAN had…
The Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals in Nigeria (ACSPN) has called for alternative funding model for media organisations in the country to enhance professionalism and financial autonomy. Dr Jude Ogbodo, a member of ACSPN and lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication, Ebonyi State University, made the appeal in an interview on Saturday in Abuja. Ogbodo said politicians were in the habit of cowing journalists into servile partisanship. According to him, such practice erodes editorial independence and reduces the media as mere instrument for political vendetta. Ogbodo said his research alongside Dr Obinna Ugbo of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, and…
Miyetti Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced the death of Abubakar Abdullahi, also known as Danbardi, the association’s Chairman in Lere local government area of Kaduna state. The association announced this in a statement by its National Secretary, Othman Ngelzarma, and made available to newsmen on Saturday, in Abuja, saying that the deceased, aged 58, was killed by kidnappers on Friday. “The death of Abubakar brings to five the number of MACBAN officials killed either by bandits, kidnappers or cattle rustlers this year across the country”, the statement said. Ngelzarma stated that Abdullahi’s lifeless body was found by the…
The Governing Council of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has approved the appointments of Rabiu Samaila as the substantive registrar of the institution and Mohammed-Bello Gurin as the new bursar. Auwal Umar, Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the university, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Friday in Zaria. The tenure of the former Registrar, Abdullahi Kundila expired on June 2. The statement said that the appointments of the two principal officers were approved by the Joint Council/Senate Selection Board at its meeting held on September 17. “Both appointments take effect from when they assume duties. Each of…