Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has advocated total displine amongst students of Islamiya institutions. He spoke on Sunday at the graduation of 279 students of Usmanu Bn Fodiyo Islamiya School, Tsamiyar Dila Area Sokoto on Sunday. Wamakko described displine as the only means of achieving success while impacting knowledge to the incoming generations, particularly the students of Islamiya schools. The former governor of Sokoto, who was impressed with what he saw at the school, also called on its teachers to handle and teach their students directly and according to the tenets of Islam. The Senator who facilitated the establisment of the school,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, the Federal government of Nigeria says it is working towards the establishment of specialized courts and judicial divisions focused on sexual and gender-based violence. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN made this known while speaking at a virtual session on “Special Event on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism” organized by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime, as part of events commemorating the International Women Day held at Kyoto, Japan on the 8th day of March, 2021. This is contained in a…
The Alumni Association of the National Institute, AANI, on Saturday held its 41st Annual General Meeting, AGM, for year 2021 and elected new officials for the association. A statement by the national publicity secretary of the association, Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, rtd, made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday quoted the national president, IGP Mohammed Abubakar as commending members for finding their commitment to the association as manifested in the large turnout. According to Abubakar, the last two years were very challenging following “the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted negatively on the association as it also lost some of its members. The association…
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…
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…