A 43-year-old Muhammad Abba, has been exposed by his wife for allegedly looting women’s shoes during the Katsina Central Market inferno, which occured on Monday. Abba, according to the spokesperson of the state police command, Mr Gambo Isah disclosed to newsmen, has been arrested along with 33 other persons suspected to have looted traders’ wares. Speaking specifically on Abba, the spokesperson alleged that the suspect looted seven pairs of women shoes during the incident, and kept them in his house. According to him, Abba’s wife, after trying in vain to get her husband to return the shoes to the relevant…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is clear that the world needs to intensify efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, stated this at the special session of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board at the agency’s headquarters at Geneva on Wednesday. In his speech posted on its website, he said it was important to end AIDS as public health threat by 2030, because of the disruption COVID-19 pandemic has caused AIDS services. Ghebreyesus, however, said the world should remember that of the 700 thousand deaths from HIV last year, one…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the report of the Auditor General for the Federation, AGF, on accounting and financial infractions by government and international organisations. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep Abdullahi Abdulkadir in Abuja on Wednesday. Moving the motion, Abdulkadir said that the AGF had raised several queries on the federation account, particularly covering 2015 to 2017 as regards losses of income due to leakages. He said that the quarries further bothered on financial misapplication, misappropriation, under-reporting and falsification. He added that this was corroborated by the Forensic Audit Report by KPMG that…
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to ensure the safety of electoral officials and election materials during elections. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion, ‘Election Violence in Ekiti and Need to Eschew Restraint’, at the plenary on Wednesday. The motion was sponsored by Sen. Biodun Olujimi (PDP- Ekiti). Olujimi, in her lead debate, noted the sudden disruption of the March 20 by-election for the Ekiti East Constituency 1 seat, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). She recalled that the by-election became necessary following the death of Mr Juwa Adegbuyi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a…
By Tina George, Minna The Niger State Ministry of Health says is currently monitoring 200 people that have been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in for adverse reactions. Investigation by ASHENEWS reveals that the vaccination has been halted to allow monitoring of those that have taken the vaccine, under the monitoring is termed under the “Advance Effect Following Immunization (AEFI)” and “Advance Effect of Special Interest (AESI)” evaluation, to see if there is adverse effects. ASHENEWS further gathered that although the ministry rolled out the vaccines to local government councils on Tuesday, primary healthcare centres, PHCs, had been directived to…
The Northwest zone Special Investigation and Prosecution Task Force on Electricity Offences (SIPTEO) North, has dragged 10 persons, including two women before the Chief Magistrates Court in Kaduna, for assaulting staff of Kaduna Electric, KAEDCO. A statement by the spokesperson of Kaduna Electric, Abdulaziz Abdulahi made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday said, the arraignment followed a petition by KAEDCO against the assault. “The 10 suspects were charged with criminal conspiracy, energy theft, threat, intimidation and assault contrary to various Sections of the Miscellaneous Act Cap N 17 Law of the Federation and Sections 54, 271, 241 and 377 of the…
By Tina George, Minna Niger governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello has bemoaned the low level of participation of women in political processes and activities in the state. Speaking in Minna at the Get Involved Leadership Training organized by the Lead Generation Initiative on Wednesday, the governor said that the state needed more women to participate in political processes. According to him, the state had not achieved gender equality at the political level because of the unwillingness of women to participate in politics. “There are very few ladies participating in the political process in Niger state. We need more women to participate in…
African leaders and finance ministers have called on global leaders and financial institutions to support the continent’s recovery measures from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. They made the urgent call during the Conference of African Finance Ministers (COM), which was hosted by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told the ministerial gathering that Africa demonstrated that it is not only capable of facing the crisis in the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also ready to formulate and implement solutions. Ahmed, however, stressed that…
Two farmers in Kebbi have been honoured by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for their prompt repayment of the loan they obtained from the bank. Alhaji Almustapha Mai-Gwandu was honoured with the Farmer of the Year Award, while Mr John Yah was the runner up. The two received certificates and undisclosed monetary reward. The CBN Branch Controller in Kebbi, Alhaji Mannir Abdullah said at the event in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday that the two farmers were among the beneficiaries of the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund of the bank. Abdullahi, who was represented by Alhaji Ardo Idris, said the…
As Nigeria ranks first in Africa, sixth in the world and 157,000 people die yearly from tuberculosis, governors are gearing up to stage fight against the scourge. This is coming as the Governors’ Forum, NGF, joins the rest of the world to commemorate the World Tuberculosis Day. A statement by the Chairman of the Forum, Fayemi Kayode made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday, noted that the advent of COVID-19 pandemic and its control measures in 2020, further impacted on the health system, including TB services, which also set back the progress made in tuberculosis. He stated that the commemoration day…