Katsina Emirate Council on Saturday announced the sacking of “Sarkin-Pauwan Katsina” and District Head of Kankara, Yusuf Lawal over alleged involvement in aiding and abetting banditry in his domain. Alhaji Bello Mamman-Ifo, the Council’s Secretary, made the announcement through the Emirate’s Information Officer, Ibrahim Bindawa, in Katsina. Mamman said the sacking of Lawal as district head “is with immediate effect.” He said the investigation conducted on the allegation levelled against Lawal that he was aiding and abetting banditry in his domain revealed that he was guilty of the offence. “The investigation found him guilty of all the charges levelled against…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The European Commission has named Ghana as one of its possible manufacturing hubs of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa.A statement signed on Friday by Mr. Eugene Arhin, Acting Director of Communications at the Office of the President, said the announcement was made during a two-day working visit by President Nana Akufo-Addo to Brussels, Belgium, from on 19 and 20 May. It said that at a meeting with the Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission unveiled the selection of Ghana as a possible manufacturing hub for COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The Commission said this follows the initiatives…
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Aliyu Wamakko has said that the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and ten other military officers is a big blow to the ongoing war on terror. He said this in a statement by the spokesperson, Bashir Mani made available to ASHENEWS on Saturday. “Their demise is certainly a setback to the concerted efforts by the military and other security agencies, to combat security challenges across Nigeria. “The late General had re-energized the war against insurgency, banditry, cattle rustling, kidnapping and other related crimes. “His demise…
A unionist, Mr Peter Esele says the National Assembly, NASS, should probe the causes of recent military plane crashes in the country. The former president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) said this in Benin on Saturday while reacting to the death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other top military officers in a plane crash. He noted that Friday’s military plane crash was the third this year, with a total of 20 lives lost so far. “It’s unfortunate that the COAS, the number one soldier in the country was being flown in an…
A gas explosion on Friday rocked Abeokuta, injuring two people. The explosion occurred barely 24 hours after one person was killed and another injured in a gas explosion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library on Thursday. The Friday’s explosion occurred at the CSCC construction yard at Onikoko area of Abeokuta. Two people were seriously injured while vehicles were destroyed by the explosion. It was gathered that the injured victims were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention. The explosion occurred from a cylinder filled with gas but not in use. The explosion affected many buildings on the Onikoko -Adigbe…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has tasked the federal government to fashion out measures that would enable Nigeria achieve its diversification agenda through agricultural interventions. Mrs Edobong Akpabio, the new Chairperson, Agriculture and Agro-Allied Group, LCCI, gave the charge in Lagos on Saturday. Akpabio, who began a two-year tenure in May, expressed her optimism on the role of agriculture in reviving the Nigerian economy. She identified limitations, such as unfavourable loan interest rates, unrealistic collateral requirements, onerous application procedure for loans, insufficient loan size and maturity date as hindering the sector. “Others are, poor infrastructure, multiple taxation…
A new ground-breaking study on COVID-19 by Africa-based professors has indicated that adult mortality from 30 days of the coronavirus, after being admitted to critical care with suspected or confirmed infection, appeared considerably high in Africa. “A critical factor in these excess deaths may be a lack of intensive care resources and underuse of it, the researchers, noted in the study, published on Friday, in the British medical journal, The Lancet. A copy of the study indicated that the study focused on 64 hospitals in 10 countries Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa. They…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has called for an investigation into the air crash that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others on Friday. He said that the Accident Investigation Board is expected to unravel the immediate and remote cause(s) of the unfortunate air accident. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that the unfortunate incident occurred after landing at the Kaduna International Airport due to inclement weather. “The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has therefore…
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has described as a rude shock the death of the 21st Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, barely four months in the saddle. Magashi said that the mishap that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, alongside others senior officers and his aides, represents a huge national disaster. Magashi stated this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mohammad Abdulkadir, on Saturday in Abuja. He condoled President Muhammadu Buhari, the Military and the Nigerian Army in particular as well as his immediate family and Nigeria…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received briefing from Minister of Defence, retired Maj. – Gen. Bashir Magashi, on the plane crash that claimed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister was accompanied by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. LEO Irabor, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Isiaka Amao and other senior officers. Mr Sunday Aghaeze, Personal Photographer to the President (Presidency), confirmed this in pictorial reports on Friday evening in Abuja. The minister and the service chiefs also used the opportunity to condole with the president over the demise of…