Seven of the 317 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara state, have escaped from their kidnappers. The seven schoolgirls arrived their various home Friday evening, A source who had telephone discussion with ChannelsTV from Jangebe town Friday evening, confirmed that the girls trekked from the bandits, adding that more students had also escaped and were expected back soon. Meanwhile, Zamfara governor, Bello Muhammad in a special broadcast on Friday, ordered the closure of all boarding schools in the state. “I wish to assure everyone that we are wholly committed to…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Department of State Services (DSS) said the service has not made any attempt to arrest Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as “Igboho”, contrary to publications in some sections of the media. The spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a tarse statement on Friday. Afunanya said the publication that some personnel of the Service attempted to arrest Igboho at Ibadan in Oyo state was not true. According to him, the said news is misinforming and should be taken as fake and therefore be disregarded. Reports in some sections of the media had alleged that men of the DSS on Friday attacked…
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has warned persons and group of persons attempting to prevent free movement of agricultural goods from the North to the Southern part of the country. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, gave the warning in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the armed forces would not condone any attempt to disrupt legitimate economic and commercial activities in a bid to cause clashes along ethnic divides. He called on the members of the public to promptly report anyone found engaged in such activities to security operatives. According to him, DHQ has been notified…
The 1.35 Megawatt of Solar Hybrid Power project was on Friday inaugurated at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta. The Senate Deputy President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, said at the ceremony that the power project was a fulfillment of the Federal Government’s commitment to increase electricity supply across the country. The power project was executed by METKA West Africa. Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, said that the project executed, under the Energising Education Programme (EEP), was conceived and designed in 2016. He said that the project was aimed at…
The Northern Governors Forum and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan have condemned Friday’s abduction of 317 schoolgirls in Jangebe, Zamfara. The condemnations are contained in separate statements signed on behalf of the Forum by the governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham and Lawan by his Special Adviser on Media Ola Awoniyi on Friday. According to the Forum chairman and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, the spate of abductions in schools in the region was grossly unacceptable. He said strong measures must be taken to put an end to the menace before it escalated into a monster that would inhibit…
The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the attack on Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata-Mafara Local Government of Zamfara State, where a number of girls were kidnapped. This is contained in a statement issued by the UNICEF representative in Nigeria, Mr Peter Hawkins, through the UNICEF Communications Specialist, Mr Sam Kaalu, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Katsina. “We are angered and saddened by yet another brutal attack on schoolchildren in Nigeria. “This is a gross violation of children’s rights and a horrific experience for children to go through, which will have long lasting…
The Sokoto Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of Gwadabawa local government Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chairman, Nasir Isah. The Commissioner of Police, Kamaldeen Okunlola, who has visited the village, said in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Sanusi Abubakar on Friday, that the incident occured in the early hours of Friday. “Following the unfortunate armed banditry attack and Kidnapping at Gwadabawa local government area of Sokoto on 26/02/2021 at about 01:00am. “One Nasiru Isah, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chairman of the said local government was kidnapped. “On arrival, the residents of the community led the CP’s delegations…
By Bashir Mani The Sokoto Caliphate was a sovereign Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa founded during the jihad of the Fulani War in 1804 by Usman dan Fodio. It was dissolved when the British conquered the area in 1903 and annexed it into the newly established Northern Nigeria Protectorate. The Sultanate of Sokoto is a traditional state in Northern Nigeria with headquarters in the city of Sokoto, capital of the modern Sokoto State. Preceded by the Sokoto Caliphate, the council was formed in 1903 after the British pacification of the caliphate. The Sultanate Council of Sokoto has Senior Councilors…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has reacted to comments credited to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi that Nigerian journalists are criminals by reporting bandits as criminals. Gumi had, on Arise TV on Wednesday, sais: “You are emphasising on criminality, I don’t know. Even the Press (journalists) are criminals too because they are putting oil into fire [sic]. These people are listening to you, don’t address them as criminals”. However, the Union in a statement by its National president, Mr Chris Isiguzo made available to ASHENEWS on Friday, condemned the Shiekh for the comment, saying, “We do not see any correlation between…
Sagir Attahiru Bafarawa is one of the youngest political appointees in the administration of Sokoto’s governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. The son of former governor of Sokoto state and Democratic Peoples Party presidential candidate in the 2003 General elections, Alhaji Dalhatu Attahiru Bafarawa, Sagir is the Commissioner of Environment. He spoke on how the state is tackling the perennial issues of environment in an exclusive interview with ASHENEWS. Excerpts: Sokoto state government has embarked on projects to check environment challenges, including flooding, gully erosion, etc. Starting with NEWMAP, what’s happening in that partnership? NEWMAP is a World Bank project that started…