Coalition of Arewa Assembly, has decried a recent move to stop the provision of Eligible Customer, EC scheme in the Nigerian Electricity market. The Coalition in a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Mallam Attahiru Usman at the weekend, disclosed that the move by some DisCos cartels, is a deliberate attempt to collapse the economy, stressing that more industries may soon go out of business. He explained that the plot by the cartel if not quickly arrested will not only cause injuries on manufacturing industries but it will also lead to the total collapse of the economy, thereby causing unemployment…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
When coronavirus, COVID-19, struck as an epidemic on December 31, 2019, it was a previously-unknown virus and mainly limited to China. It began to spread and became a global pandemic when countries, across the world started recording cases. Nigeria confirmed its first case of coronavirus disease on February 27th 2020 and Sokoto, a state in the Northern Nigeria recorded its first case on April 21. As a health journalist, I attended COVID-19 briefings organised by the state Taskforce as well as other events. I ensured though, that I observed all rules and regulations regarding prevention. Within some days after Sokoto…
By Liatu Bamaiyi, Kebbi As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, a nongovernmental, Women Rights Initiative, WORI, has called for gender equality between men and women in the society. This is contained in a statement by the founder and chief executive officer, Ms Laiatu Augustine made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday. According to her, it is unacceptable for any society in modern times to discriminate against women or relegate the female folk to the background, either at homes, offices or in leadership positions. In this year’s theme, “Choose to Challenge”, apt as it is, WORI urged women in Nigeria…
Last month was really not a good one for Nigeria. It was a month that witnessed more than one mass abduction of secondary school students apart from other forms of kidnappings and killings by marauders. It was also a month in which on two occasions Boko Haram released kidnapped people, one a bride and her bridesmaids and the other a local pastor. It was a month of many things but the overall picture was that of hope – hope that Nigerians will overcome their differences and embrace one another as brothers and sisters. Why should there not be hope when…
By Tina George, Minna The family of late General Mamman Vatsa and the Gulu community in Lapai local government area of Niger state, have called on president Muhammadu Buhari to grant the late Vatsa pardon. Making the plea while speaking with newsmen in Minna over the weekend, the spokesperson, Mr Jonathan Vatsa said that General Vatsa should be pardoned the same way Chief MKO Abiola and others were pardoned in the past. Expressing sadness over their inability to give their father proper burial after his execution for suspected participation in a coup plot 35 years ago, the family said the…
By ACM Bisi Kazeem, fsi The ugly narrative of Road Traffic crashes in the early 70s changed through Federal Government’s resilience in the establishment of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in 1988, as the Lead Agency in road safety administration and traffic management in Nigeria via decree no 45 of 1988 as amended by decree no 35 of 1992, later codified as FRSC Act (CAP 141) Laws of the Federation 1990 and FRSC Act CAP F19, LFN, 2004; FRSC (Establishment) Act, 2007. Being a strategic intervention to address the ugly trend of road crashes, the FRSC has, since its…
The Rector of Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic Sokoto, Prof. Aminu Ibrahim has explained that the murder of a student by her roommate, has not put Sokoto in tension, neither has it affected the academic activities of the institution. The Rector also said that students were going on with their normal lecture, because, against media report by a national daily, the incident happened off campus, students were not on rampage and the suspect has been apprehended by the Police. A national daily on Saturday reported the Polytechnic was shutdown and students protested as a result of the death of a female…
Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has commenced sinking of seventeen solar-powered boeholes in various parts of Sokoto metropolis and its environs. The project which began end of February at Makerar Assada, had been completed with communities already benefiting. The Director of Administration to Wamakko, Alhaji Amustapha Alkali said the engineers will soon complete the installation of the necessary accessories in all the areas. The other benefiting communities include Sabon Birnin, Kofar Marke, while the borehole had already been drilled in Dambuwa, with only the other accessories yet to be fixed. Other communities include the North West University of Science and Technology, Kalambaina;…
Twenty-six-year-old Miss Ugonma Johnson had always wanted to write. She loved writing so much as a child that she began to dream of becoming a journalist. The Ilaje, Ebute Meta, Lagos, resident recalled telling her mother she would take care of her with earnings from writing. The young woman, however, gave up hope of becoming a journalist and her passion for writing after she lost her father as a child and lost her mother to pelvic cancer as a teenager, as she dropped out in JS1) and had to cater for herself and her siblings. She said in Lagos on…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will attend the forthcoming convocation ceremony of the Sokoto State University (SSU) and also inspect some ongoing projects in the state, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has said. Tambuwal spoke with State House correspondents after a private meeting with Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor said he also discussed issues concerning security in the state with the vice president. “I am here first and foremost to confer with the vice president on his visit to Sokoto, by the Grace of God, next week Friday, where he will be coming to speak to the Sokoto…