The Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Audu Ogbe has advised the Federal Government to stop herders from West African countries from entering Nigeria as advocated by governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The ACF chairman said in a statement made available on Monday in Kaduna, that the suggestion by Kano State Governor would help to contain open grazing and former/herder conflicts. He Nigeria should seek an amendment to Article 3 of the ECOWAS protocol, “especially as regards free movement of cattle and other livestock without special permit. “If it is done, we have over five million hectares of land in old grazing…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum meeting held in Ibadan, was a waste of time, with no substance. The National Secretary APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. “Going by the communique issued by the PDP Governors’ Forum at the end of its meeting on Monday, it is unfortunate that the PDP governors chose to engage in misplaced name calling and abuses,” he said. According to Akpanudoedehe, the PDP also failed to seize a golden opportunity provided by…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University Chapter, has directed its members to join the ongoing warning strike by public sector workers in Kaduna State. The ASUU Chairperson, Dr Peter Adamu gave the directive in a circular to the members of the union, issued in Kaduna on Monday. Adamu said: “I am directed by the National Secretariat of our great union through the Zonal office Kano, for members to join the warning strike. “Members should remember that ASUU is an affiliate of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the principal officers of ASUU were part of the NLC…
By Tina George, Minna The World Health Organization, WHO, the United Nations, UN, and other stakeholders have begun the campaign for 30 kilometres speed limit in cities to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries. The call was made during the launch of the 6th United Nations Global Road Safety Week, which will end on May 23rd. The stakeholders pointed out that low speed will ensure that the streets were livable and lives would be saved. In the virtual launch, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out that road traffic crashes were the leading cause…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, PDP-GF, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to devolve powers to states as one of the ways of tackling insecurity in the country. This position was part of he resolutions reached at the end of the Forum’s meeting held in Ibadan, Oyo state on Monday. They also stressed on the need for action on the worsening security situation as well as the collapsing economy of the nation. In the communique read by its chairman and Sokoto governor, Aminu Tambuwal, the Forum further advised Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, send an executive bill to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the immediate past governor of Kwara, Abdulfatah Ahmed for questioning. The spokesperson for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who gave no details on the former governor’s arrest, confirmed the incident on Monday. Ahmed had governed the state between 2011 and 2019 But in December 2020, the EFCC invited him to clarify specific transactions and decisions he took while in office. This is the second time the former governor will be invited by the commission since he left office in 2019.
The federal government says it has uncover about 476 online publication sites dedicated to daily churning out of fake news to fight the government. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he received officials of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations on a courtesy visit Mohammed said the latest of the hatchet jobs by the traducers was the fake publication on President Muhammadu Buhari’s mental status. “It will amaze you that recently we unveiled almost 476 online publication sites that are dedicated to daily engaging in churning out fake news to…
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday arrested 10 suspected Internet fraudsters for various offences bordering on cybercrime in Enugu. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren made available to ASHENEWS on Monday, gave names of the suspects to include Ben- Ihedi Lucky, Akam Abraham Odinaka, Kanu Chinemerem, Ben-Ihedi Victor, Okechukwu Kelvin and Ben Ikedi Victor. Others are Emenike Michael, Godswill Nkemjika, Emmanuel Samuel and Ethasor Emmanuel “Their arrest at Monarch Avenue, Maryland, Enugu, was sequel to actionable intelligence obtained by the Commission on their alleged fraudulent…
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arrested the Managing Director of Stewardship Rural Investment Limited, one Stacy-Dan Ekpenyong (alias Daniel Ekpenyong), for allegedly obtaining the sum of N11.5 million by false pretence. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren made available to ASHENEWS on Monday, said Ekpenyong was arrested at Keystone Bank, University of Uyo branch, Akwa Ibom State, following a petition by one Titilayo Bolos Malgwi who alleged that the 36-year-old suspect tricked her into investing in his Micro Finance Company. “She claimed that she…
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Monday that President Muhammadu Buhari would inaugurate the Maritime Security Project in Lagos in June. Amaechi made the disclosure when he received the Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja. He said that insecurity in the maritime sector which was now more complex than the world knew had become a concern to government. ”The federal government has come up with a solution and it is ready to take off. The Navy, Police, Army and State Security Service are involved.” “Between 65 and 75 per…