Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he is confident Nigeria will become an oasis of peace, security and prosperity in Africa and beyond. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the vice president spoke at the ongoing 108th Annual Convention of the Nigerian Baptist Convention in Lagos. The theme of the conference is “Moving Forward: Finishing the Race with Joy.” Osinbajo said though Nigeria was going through storms and adversity, the country would overcome its challenges and realise its aspirations because of the promises of God regarding the outstanding greatness ahead of the country. “There is…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Some residents of Ikarama community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa are lamenting the adverse impact of an oil leak from a nearby oilfield. The people on Monday advocated remediation of oil pollution from the April 7 leak from Shell’s 14-inch Okordia-Rumekpe pipeline which discharged crude into the ecosystem. The Okordia-Rumemkpe crude trunkline is part of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) which conveys crude to the oil firm’s crude export terminal at Bonny in Rivers. A Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) report that the leak was traced to equipment failure which emanated from…
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has lauded the “Buhari For All” organization for its benevolence in reaching out to orphans, widows and the less privileged in Kebbi State in the spirit of social service to the citizenry. Bagudu stated this at the commencement of distribution of rice and assorted grains to orphans, widows and the less privileged by the association in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Works and Transport, Abubakar Chika-Ladan, said the present administration had attached premium to enhancing the welfare of the less-privileged and the indigent in the state with emphasis on…
A former Nigerian diplomat has told the Federal Government to embrace negotiated settlement option to save Nigeria about N1.2 trillion being spent annually to defeat Boko Haram. Foreign policy expert, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, gave the advice on Monday in Abuja while speaking in an interview on the sudden death of President Idris Deby of Chad. Deby, a key ally of France in the fight against jihadists in the Maghreb died in battle in southern Chad on April 19, throwing his nation into fresh political uncertainty. Onochie argued that Deby’s death and the unfolding succession crisis in Chad would compound issues for…
By Tina George – Minna The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has disclosed that there are about 300 pharmacy professors in Nigeria and almost 100,000 registered patent medicine stores across 774 local government areas in the country. The Chairman of the Governing Council of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, Professor Ahmed Mora stated this during the naming of the conference Hall of PCN building of the north-central office after a former PCN Chairman, Professor Elijah Sokomba. He explained that there are about 27 universities currently offering pharmacy degree programmes, adding that out of the number, 22 universities have been fully…
Every patriot currently has gloom written all over him. The defence minister told us a few days ago that the country is ‘bleeding.’ Indeed, Nigeria is sick, very sick. Perhaps, was it the sickness of one part, the body can manage and pull along. The sickness, unfortunately, is for the entire body. Is it the North or the South, the East or the West, that is not ill? But we ought to be a nation in the season of its bloom. For more than a decade now, the North has been haemorrhaging and in the doldrums, sort of. Thought to…
Former Nigeria’s president, Olusegun Obasanjo has commended governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto for giving attention to infrastructural development in the state. Obasanjo who stated this while laying the foundation of a flyover at Rujun Sambo area on Saturday, observed that the capital projects being undertaking by the Sokoto state government would boost the economy of the state. According to him, infrastructural development, especially on transportation was so vital for the development of any state. In his remarks, Tambuwal stated that ranslortation is the vein through which all activities for the socio-economic transformation of the society flow. “This flyover at Runjin…
The Chairman, Dantata Conglomerate, Alhaji Tajuddeen Aminu Dantata has been honoured with a national recognition award as the Industrialist of the year 2021. A statement by the spokesperson of Dangote Conglomerate, Sanusi Bature made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, said the award ceremony was organized by the Business Day newspaper in collaboration with the Nigeria Stock Exchange, NSE. The event titled, “Nigeria Investor Value Award (NIVA) 2021”, which held on Saturday at Lagos Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, attracted captains of industries, financial institutions and business moguls from within and outside the country. The statement explained that Dantata, who was awarded…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Loyalty. Morale boost. Bravery. Galantry. All these in the Nigeria Police are required in all officers and men but they have to be also encouraged. They are attributes that must not ONLY be found in officers and men, but also be seen to be built in them. Security agents generally should always be encouraged in all ways, including but not limited to issues of justice and fairness; rule of law and equity. This is a product of months of investigation, of course, seeing how some police officers ‘grow’ in ranks above their colleagues with whom they started…
The Director-General, World Trade Organisation, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is expected to deliver the keynote lecture at the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM Chartered) diamond jubilee celebration. Mr Tony Fadaka, Registrar, NIM, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Fadaka said the WTO DG would deliver a lecture with the theme: “Celebrating 60 Years of Management Excellence: Poised for More”. The Registrar said the choice of Okonjo-Iweala as guest speaker was in consonance with what the institute represented, and in recognition of her wealth of experience and achievements nationally and globally. He said that the institute’s 60th…