Mr Igbekele Akinrinwa, The Chairman of Okitipupa local government council of Ondo state, said on Wednesday that the council lost assets and valuables worth N1.5 billion when hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protest. Akinrinwa said that he was totally devastated over the major havoc wreaked on social infrastructure and on properties of residents in the area. Hoodlums who hijacked the protest on Oct. 22 either destroyed properties or set them on fire. They set fire on the Okitipupa Council Secretariat, the Okitipupa Divisional Police Station and vandalised Magistrates’ and High Courts buildings and also those of INEC and the Okitipupa Oil…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has enjoined the Muslim Ummah in the State and the country at large, to emulate the virtues of the Prophet Muhammad in their conduct as they commemorate the birth of the great Prophet. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mary Noel-Berje on Wednesday, Sani Bello also congratulated Muslim faithful for witnessing this year’s Eid-el Maulud. The Governor who said Eid-el-Maulud is generally not a time for merry making but a period for sober reflection and devotion called on the Muslim Ummah to imbibe the spirit of love, patience and…
By Tina George, Minna There is massive youth turnout for the ongoing free business registration for small and medium businesses in Niger state. When ASHENEWS visited the venue of the registration located opposite the Newsline Newspaper in Tunga Minna, the youth were waiting to be called upon. Speaking ASHENEWS, the State Coordinator of the Programme in Niger state, Malam Mohammed Dodo said that the turn out is beyond expectation. According to him, when the programme began on the 19th October, there was a low response but recently, the turnout is more than they could handle in a day. “Right…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has appealed to members of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) to halt its planned attacks on oil facilities in the region. According to him, going ahead with their threat would create economic setback for the country and additional environmental degradation in the area. Senator Omo-Agege’s appeal came on the heels of recent threats by a coalition of nine militant groups in the Niger-Delta region expressing readiness to resume hostilities by attacking oil and gas facilities if Federal Government did not meet the demands of #EndSARS protesters across the country. After…
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, has condemned the detention of Mr. Tom Oga, the Publisher of Power Steering Magazine, who has been in police detention for 14 days without trial. IPC Executive Director, Lanre Arogundade in a statement on Wednesday, said, “The arrest and continuous detention of Oga without trial is a slap on the journalism profession and the rule of law. If anyone has any issues with certain published allegations, the appropriate place to seek redress is the law court”. Oga was arrested at about 5p.m on October 13, 2020 and has since been in detention, over an…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has entered self-quarantine after coming into contact with a person with COVID-19, his office said on Wednesday. Ramaphosa “has begun a period of self-quarantine following the positive COVID-19 diagnosis of a guest at a dinner attended by the President on Saturday, Oct. 24 ,’’ a statement issued by the presidency of South Africa read. Th presidency said that 35 guests attended the event in a Johannesburg hotel, which adhered stringently to COVID-19 protocols and directives on screening, social distancing and the wearing of masks. It added that Ramaphosa was showing no symptoms and will…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday as public holiday to mark Eid-el-Maulud Celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this is in a statement by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga, on Tuesday in Abuja. Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated the Muslim faithful both at home and abroad for witnessing the occasion. He enjoined the Muslims to imbibe the spirit of love, patience and perseverance which were the virtues of the Prophet Muhammad, adding that doing so would guarantee…
The ECOWAS Court has ordered the Republic of Senegal to pay 50 million CFA francs (about N8,3 billion) as compensation to a Belgian, Mrs Lays Ghislaine, for violation of her right to liberty while in detention in the country prior to her extradition five years ago. Delivering judgment, Justice Januaria Costa held the Republic of Senegal is liable for violation of Ghislaine’s right to liberty. The court however held that the State did not infringe on her right to dignity, the second plea made in the initiation application. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the media unit of the Court,…
Super Eagles defender Zaidu Sanusi featured for all 90 minutes as his FC Porto side beat Olympiakos Piraeus 2-0 in their UEFA Champions League Group C clash on Tuesday. Sanusi, who recently debuted for the Nigerian national team, put in a good shift to help the Portuguese side to their first win in the group phase of the Champions League. The match played at the Estadio do Dragao saw Fabio Vieira open scoring with an early goal for the hosts. The win was a first in the pool for FC Porto and moved them into second place after two rounds of…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has disclosed that his administration will construct 342 housing units at the proposed New Sokoto city, in commemoration of the figures that gave victory for his re-election as governor in March 2019. ASHENEWS recalls that through Tambuwal was ahead of his opponent, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu with 3,413 votes in all but one local government area of the state, the poll was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The returning officer, Professor Fatima Mukhtar called for a re-run “due to cancellation in 22 local government areas across 136 polling units with a…