Dr Kema Onu, the FCT Coordinator, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), says effective testing for HIV is strategic in reversing the trend of the epidemic in the country. He said in Abuja on Monday that conducting mass test was not only key to ending HIV, but a roadmap in achieving the UN Joint Programme on HIV (UNAIDS) vision 95-95-95. He said “if Nigeria is able to get at least 95 per cent of persons tested, 95 per cent of persons will know their status, 95 per cent will be placed on treatment, and certainly, 95 per cent will achieve viral suppression.”…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack on a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy, a local governor said on Monday. Luca Attanasio died of injuries, shortly after the convoy was ambushed in Virunga National Park near the eastern city of Goma in North Kivu province, the province’s Governor Carly Nzanzu Kasivita told dpa. He said the ambassador’s driver and a bodyguard were also killed. “Attanasio died of injuries after the attack,’’ Kasivita said. The unidentified attackers were repelled by park rangers patrolling the area, according to the governor. dpa
A landscape architect, Mr Amos Alao, has tasked Nigerians on the adoption of green homes to combat the effects of climate change in our environment. In an interview in Lagos on Monday, Alao said it was pertinent that people reduced their energy consumption to curb depletion of the ozone layer. “The concept of green homes is in two perspectives. There are two types of green homes, the ones that are technologically driven and the ones that are nature driven. “When we talk about green homes, we should think about sustainability, reducing the amount of energy, water and heat we release…
The Kaduna State Government has said some bandits killed father and son in Igabi local government area of the state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the incident in a statement to news men in Kaduna on Sunday. Aruwan said that security agencies had reported that armed bandits on Saturday night invaded Baka village in Igabi local government area. “The bandits, operating in groups, also abducted a number of persons, mostly women and children. “Troops based in the Sabon Birni general area were mobilised to the location,” he said. He said that the group…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, set aside the interim order through which the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) seized property belonging to a businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, for an alleged N69.4 billion debt. Justice Okon Abang, in a ruling, also vacated all consequential orders earlier made by the court on Jan. 4 but differently constituted by Justice Rilwan Aikawa of a Federal High Court, Lagos. A Federal High Court, Lagos, had on, Feb. 17, declined to vacate an interim order through which AMCON seized property belonging to Ibrahim. Ibrahim, NICON Investment Ltd and Global Fleet Oil and Gas Ltd,…
The arraignment of former Minister of Aviation, Sen. Stella Oduah, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, could not commence over the inability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve two suspects in the trial Counsel to the EFCC, Dr. Hassan Liman, SAN, at the mention of the case before Justice Inyang Ekwo, told the court that the 5th and 6th suspect in the matter were yet to be served with the court processes. Justice Ekwo adjourned the matter until April 19 for the suspects to take their plea. The court had fixed Feb. 9 for…
White supremacy and neo-Nazi movements are becoming a transnational threat that must be fought with global coordinated action, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday. “These and other groups have exploited the pandemic to boost their ranks through social polarization, political and cultural manipulation,’’ he told the UN Human Rights Council. The COVID-19 crisis deepens the divide between those who are privileged and those who are marginalized, Guterres said. He also criticised that some governments are using the pandemic as an excuse to crush dissent. “We are seeing a vicious circle of violations’’ amid the pandemic, Guterres said.
Governor Bello Muhammad of Zamfara, has given hint at the location of the students abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kagara in Niger state. The governor gave the hint in an interview on ChannelsTV’s Sunday Politics, monitored by ASHENEWS. “The students of Kagara are located around Birnin Gwari in Kaduna state, which I believe very soon they would be back home,” he said emphasizing on stakeholders’ cooperation. “As you are aware, the security issue needs more commitment from all stakeholders. We have two major problems of insecurity in the north with banditry and Boko Haram,” the governor elected on the…
The South-East Governors Forum has waded into the impasse between the Imo government and the state’s former governor, Sen. Rochas Okorocha. A squabble ensued between both sides’ supporters on Feb. 21 when Okorocha allegedly broke into the Royal Spring Palm Apartment, Owerri, sealed by the Imo government on Feb. 19. The situation was brought under control by the Imo Police Command, which later arrested the senator. Chairman of the forum, Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Francis Nwaze on Monday said that the forum was already handling the…
Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello has received 53 released bus passengers released by bandits on Sunday. The governor explained that their release followed series of dialogue, consultations and hard work. He said all necessary arrangements have been made to ensure they go through medical checkup and evaluation before they will be reunited with their loved ones. “We went through one week of dialogue, consultations, hard work and sleepless nights because we had to secure their release within the shortest possible time. “We have made all necessary arrangements to ensure that they go through a thorough medical therapy and evaluation and…