By Tina George, Minna The Emir of Kagara, Ahmad Attahiru II has raised concern over the high rate of unregistered motorcycle in the Emirate. The traditional ruler raised this concern when the Officer-in-charge of the Tegina Outpost of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Rafi local government area, Route Commander Simon Bitrus paid a familiarization visit on him in his Palace at Kagara on Saturday. According to him, the rate at which motorcycles wwre going about the Emirate without registered number plates in the face of insecurity, does not augur well with the Emirate. Attahiru noted that some of…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has sought improved collaboration between the Commission and Self-Regulatory Organisations, SROs, in the fight against money-laundering and terrorism financing in Nigeria. Speaking during a three-day courtesy visit to professional bodies, Non-governmental organisations, NGOs and stakeholders in Lagos, the Director of SCUML, Daniel Isei, said that the visit was key in creating awareness in the fight against money laundering and counter- terrorism in Nigeria. Isei, who said NGOs were vulnerable for abuse and misuse, added that the cooperation of the self-regulatory bodies would ensure the…
The governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has described his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai as one of the few enemies of Nigeria misleading President Muhammadu Buhari. el-Rufai was quoted as saying about Ortom that, “I did not hear what Governor Ortom said (in the video) but I know him and he is not somebody I take very seriously, frankly. He has other issues of governance that he is using the Federal Government as a punching bag to distract attention from his failures. “Go and find out how many months’ salaries are being owed teachers and public servants in Benue…
Election stakeholders in Kaduna on Saturday appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use indigenous languages to sensitise indigenes about voter registration slated for June. The stakeholders spoke at an interactive session with INEC officials on the proposed conversation of voting points to polling units. They also urged the commission to use traditional/religious leaders to sensitise Nigerians about the exercise. INEC had proposed to convert 2,910 voting points into pulling units across the 23 LGAs in Kaduna state. The stakeholders include Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), National Orientation Agency (NOA), the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and Christian Association…
Gunmen attacked two police stations and checkpoints in Port Harcourt on Friday and killed seven police officers in the process. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Saturday, police spokesman in Rivers, SP Nnamdi Omoni, described the attacks as unprovoked and mindless. Police and Customs officers manning various security checkpoints at Ikwerre local government area of the state were killed during the attacks. Omoni stated that the attacks were carried out in the late hours of Friday at three different police posts, “The unknown gunmen in two Hilux vans launched surprise attacks on a police special checkpoint at Choba…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege on Saturday, said the federal government was committed to ending the estimated billing syndrome in the nation’s power sector. Omo-Agege made this known at the ground breaking ceremony of the Power Sub-Station in Orogun, Ughellli North local government area of Delta. The project is being constructed by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) and National Integrated Power Power Project (NIPP). “I remind the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) of its obligation to customers and the government regarding the mass metering initiative of the federal government aimed at ending the era of…
The Coalition of Northern Groups CNG has faulted the recent statement by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari that points to a planned incitement to mutiny, describing it as unhelpful, and doubtful fabrication. The CNG observes that it is the height of ineptitude for an administration that has clearly failed on the manner it approaches sensitive matters such as security of citizens and glaring excesses of the administration officials to make such allegations, confirms the extent of its incompetence and lack of political will. In a statement signed by its spokesperson Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, CNG dismissed the news of an impending…
… To create platform for the enrolment of smallholder farmers who adopt organic food production …As soil regenerator reaches Nigerian markets African food giant, Dantata Foods and Allied Products Company Limited, in collaboration with Bayero University Kano Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), are partnering to promote generation of carbon, among smallholder farmers in Nigeria. Thee Director of the centre, Professor Jibrin Muhammad disclosed this while declaring open a public lecture on regenerative agriculture at Bayero University new campus in Kano, Nigeria. The Director, who said the carbon generation would be done through a new approach of agro-forestry called “regenerative agriculture,…
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, has initiated legal proceedings against the minister of agriculture and rural development, Sabo Nanono over his alleged stance to destabilise the body’s internal democracy structure. A statement by the spokesperson of the association, Salisu Mukhtar made available to ASHENEWS on Saturday, said the minister’s action is poised to impede farmers’ efforts of working harmoniously with the federal government in attaining food security. According to the statement, AFAN noted that “the undue interference of the minister, rooted in vendetta by insistently recognising an illegal faction, was at cross-purposes with its constitution and counter-intuitive to…
The Chairman of Umuahia Traditional Council in Abia, Eze Nnamdi Ofoegbu says bandits and terrorism will not take over Nigeria. Ofoegbu is also the traditional ruler of Umudiawa Ancient kingdom, Umuahia North local government area of Abia. He said this on Saturday while receiving the Planning and Organising Committee of the National Symposium on Niger Delta Infrastructure Development and Promotion of Non-Oil Sector in his palace. “You are highly blessed for your choice of Abia and Nigeria will prosper; nothing like bandits and terrorism of Boko Haram will take over Nigeria. “The forthcoming event scheduled to hold from August 10…