The National Broadcasting Commission has directed all broadcast stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately. This directive is contained in a Statement signed by the Director General of the Agency, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba on Monday in Abuja. Idachaba noted that it would be unpatriotic for any broadcaster in Nigeria to continue to patronise the suspended Twitter as a source of its information. According to him, section 2 (1) of the NBC Act entrusts the Commission with responsibility to ensure strict adherence to the national laws, rules and regulations. “Consequent on the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nahda International University College (NIUC) in Khartoum, Sudan will confer a honorary degree on governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Monday (today), for his intellectual accomplishments. This will happen as he also leads a high-powered delegation of his administration to Khartoum, to witness the graduation of 38 students who are indigenes of the state. The students, a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Bello Muhammad made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday said, studied Medicine and other health sciences at Ibn Sina University (ISU) and Nahda International University College (NIUC), all in Khartoum. It added that 29 of the students…
The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed has commended the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa for an excellent delivery of Nigeria’s statement and at the just concluded United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, Special Session on corruption in New York, United States. Speaking during a meeting on the margins of the UNGASS, Mohammed expressed satisfaction at the quality of Nigeria’s representation as well as the country’s call for the return of assets that will be channeled to developmental projects for the wellbeing of women and children. She stated that the UN was…
This Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed the authentic account of its chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa. The spokesperson of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren in a statement made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, said the chairman’s only and authentic Facebook account is @AbdulRasheed Bawa. According to him, “the following Facebook Groups and accounts: ABDULRASHEED BAWA. (EFCC CHAIRMAN) Public group, EFCC-BOSS Abdulrasheed, bawa 1, @abdulrasheed bawa, @Abdulrasheed Yahaya Bawa and @ Abdulrasheed Bawa purportedly belonging to the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa are fake. “The impostors behind the fake accounts are bent on deceiving unsuspecting Nigerians into…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has concluded plans to increase the amount of foreign exchange allocated to banks to meet the requests of customers. This particularly relates to requests of travelers seeking foreign exchange for travel allowances, payment of tuition and medical fees, among other invisibles. It follows a warning issued by the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, at a meeting with the Managing Directors of Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). Emefiele cautioned them to desist from denying customers, particularly travelers, the opportunity to purchase foreign exchange. This is foreign exchange for the purposes of Personal Travel Allowance (PTA), Basic…
…One IPOB militant captured The Nigerian Army says its troops operating in Owerri, Imo state on Sunday, foiled an early morning attack on the Imo State Police Command. A statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, said the troops, which were “assisted by the Police Special Forces, eliminated a top IPOB/ESN Operational Commander, Joseph Uka Nnachi (alias King of Dragons), who has been orchestrating attacks against security agencies and government establishments in the South Eastern states. “He has been at the centre of several heinous attacks since the death of Ikonso who gave up the ghost…
Nwanne m, ndewo. My Igbo brothers, I find it necessary to send you this epistle – from a North Easterner to a South Easterner – knowing we are brothers, parented by the same nation. After all, different parts of one body we are. The ailing of a part affects the wellbeing of all other parts. Therefore, I feel your pain but the path some of you want to thread alarms me. Once upon a time, in the North East, a terrorist organisation came with a mantra not dissimilar to what some of you claim. The claims that your tribe is…
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has condemned the killings of policemen and burning of INEC offices by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, militants in the Southeast, describing them as soulmates of Boko Haram terrorists. He gave the description in a statement he issued in the wake of federal government’s suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. According to him, “I hold no brief for those who resort to burning down police stations, slaughter their occupants simply for the crime of earning a measly monthly pittance, torch electoral offices, assassinate politicians in calculated effort to set sections of the country against…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says more governors elected under other political parties platforms have expressed willingness to defect to All Progressives Congress (APC). Ganduje said this when he received members of APC membership registration/revalidation appeals committee, led by Faruk Aliyu on a courtesy visit at Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Abba Anwar on Sunday in Kano. Ganduje said that the party was making arrangements to receive the governors who would defeat to APC for a greater Nigeria. He said the APC membership registration/ revalidation…
Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late military head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, Hamza Al-Mustapha says he decided to join politics in 2019 to create opportunities for Nigerian youths to actualise their potential. Al Mustapha said this when he spoke in Abuja on Sunday. “I created the Green Party for the youth, women, the poor and people living with disabilities, it is a party that has to do with the future of Nigeria. “Having criss-cross from the North to the South and after meeting this class of Nigerians who are mostly neglected, I decided to form a party that…