Zambia’s cabinet has approved the publication and introduction of a bill in parliament for the legalisation of the cultivation of cannabis, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya said the decision was made during a virtual cabinet meeting held on Monday, March 1. She said in a statement that the bill was meant to provide for the regulation of the cultivation, production, storage, and distribution of cannabis for medicinal, scientific, and research purposes. The government spokesperson said the cabinet expected that the country would benefit both medically and economically through the enactment of the law on…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan announced on Tuesday that a Japanese woman in her 60s died several days after being administered a dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The woman, said to have no underlying conditions or allergies received the shot on Feb.26. She died on March 1, from what is presumed to be subarachnoid hemorrhage – a type of stroke affecting the space between the brain and the surrounding membrane. The ministry said that it would launch a probe to establish if the woman’s death was related to the vaccine. So far, there had been no…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has again successfully transmitted an enhanced peak generation of 5,801.60Mega Watts (MW) as at 9:30 p.m. March 1. TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Mbah said the latest peak generation was transmitted at a frequency of 50.09Hz. She said the value of the transmission was higher than 5,615.40MW recorded on Feb. 28, by 186.20MW. Mbah said on Feb. 26, TCN equally transmitted a new Maximum Daily Energy of 116,891.14 MegaWatt Hour (MWH), which was higher than the previous value of 116,121.42MWH…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the nation’s security chiefs to recover all areas being occupied by insurgents, bandits and kidnappers across the country. The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, told State House correspondents that the president gave the order during the just concluded meeting of the National Security Council. The meeting was presided by Buhari at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. According to him, no sovereign nation will allow a group of non-state actors to bring it down to its knees and render the state in state of panic, apprehension, mistrust and…
The World Health Organisation, WHO, expert panel has advised against the use of hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19. WHO Nigeria in a statement posted on its media WhatsApp on Tuesday stated that the drug was no longer a research priority, noting that resources should focus on other more promising drugs to prevent COVID-19. “The anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine should not be used to prevent infection in people who do not have COVID-19, say a WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) panel of international experts in The BMJ today. “Their strong recommendation is based on high certainty evidence from six randomised controlled trials involving…
Jangebe schoolgirls who were abducted by bandits in Zamfara, have disclosed that some of their kidnappers gave them phone numbers and promising to marry them. Many of the girls interviewed by Daily Trust said the bandits wanted the schoolgirls to call them back if they agreed to their request. One of the girls told Daily Trust that the bandits advised them to drop out of school and get married. “They were about to divorce us, and some of them came and started showing some of us that they wanted to marry us if we agreed, that we should not continue…
Nigeria’s National Security Council has declared Zamfara as no-fly zone as well as banned mining activities in the state, the country’s Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno, has disclosed. He said the President also approved a ban on mining activities in Zamfara to stop the rising insecurity. Monguno disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of the council at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday. While revealing that all non-state actors were placed under surveillance, the NSA said federal government would use kinetic means to restore normalcy in the country. According to Monguno, defense and intelligence organisations had been…
The Zamfara chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has felicitated with the parents and government over the Tuesday release by bandits of the kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School Jangebe. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the chairman and Secretary, Bello Boko and Abubakar Ahmed made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday. “It is with a relieved heart that the Zamfara state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Zamfara state felicitates with Nigerians, especially the Zamfara government and parents of the abducted 279 students of GGSS Jangebe, inTalata-Mafara local government area of the state…
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of the new Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari. Those confirmed were- Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff, Maj-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff and AVM Isiaka Amao, Chief of Air Staff. Their confirmation followed the adoption of the report of Senate Committee on Defence at plenary. Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Wamakko Aliyu said the nominees responded satisfactory to questions during their screening. He said also that there were no petitions written against them, saying that the nominees were also cleared by the…
President Muhammadu Buhari presided over a meeting of the National Security Council on Tuesday, few hours after the release of 279 school girls abducted in Jangebe, Zamfara. Gunmen abducted the girls from the Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe, in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara last Friday, but they were released on Tuesday. The president had earlier expressed joy over the release of the students. He directed security officials to apprehend all the kidnappers involved and bring them to justice. Tuesday’s meeting of the National Security Council might review on-going renewed onslaught against insurgency, banditry and other…