The Desert Foxes of Algeria on Friday pipped Nigeria’s Super Eagles 1-0 in an international friendly in Austria as the African champions extended their unbeaten run to 19 consecutive wins. The match, played at the Wörthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt, saw Borussia Mönchengladbach star Ramy Bensebaini scoring the match’s only goal. The Algerians piled up pressure on the Nigerians, scoring after just six minutes when full-back Bensebaini followed up a rebound from a header off a corner-kick with the Eagles’ defence in disarray. Algeria continued to press forward as Nigeria struggled to settle into the match. The Super Eagles’ first real…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The legal officer of Environmental Rights Action, ERA, Mr Nosa Tokunbor has asked the former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Mr Nnimmo Bassey, not to convene any board staff meeting. Tokunbor, in a statement issued in Benin on Friday made available to ASHENEWSONLINE, said Bassey lacked the power to convene and address a meeting of the ERA Board Staff Meeting. According to him, the purported ERA/FoEN Board staff meeting being organized for staff of the organization by Bassey, is illegal, and of no effect whatsoever because, he added, he…
The Bauchi state government on Friday asked the Emir of Misau, Ahmed Suleiman to tender an apology for negligence of duty. Recall that the state governor, Bala Mohammed suspended the first class Emir and two other traditional rulers over land crisis between farmers and Fulani herders in the area. The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the governor, Mukhtar Gidago in a statement obtained by ASHENEWSONLINE on Friday, said the warning was contained in the government white paper from the report of the Administrative Committee of Inquiry, which looked into the land dispute between farmers and herders in Zadawa Ward…
By Obike Ukoh When President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the current board of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, on Thursday, June 27, 2019, he charged the members to be fair and just to all tiers of government. He urged the 31-man board with Chief Elias Mbam as Chairman, not to compromise the commission’s constitutional mandate for whatever reason. Mbam’s first tenure of five years ended in November 2015, and was re-appointed by Buhari in 2016, but his name was not immediately sent to the Senate for confirmation. He and other members of the commission were eventually sent to…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has approved the dismissal of 10 senior police officers and ordered the prosecution of six, while nine others were demoted. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani and made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Friday, said “the Commission also approved the punishment and severe reprimand for eight officers, reprimand for 10 and letter of warning for three other officers. Three officers were however exonerated. “The Commission took these decisions at its 9th Plenary Meeting which held in Abuja on Monday, 28th and Tuesday 29th September, 2020 and presided over by its Chairman, Musiliu…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on winning the 2020 Nobel Prize for Peace. The president’s congratulatory message was conveyed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday. Buhari described the award as a well-deserved honour for the frontline UN agency at the forefront of addressing hunger and promoting food security. The Nigerian leader appreciated the tireless work of the WFP in providing the needed succour to vulnerable and displaced persons in North-Eastern Nigeria. He also paid tribute to all brave humanitarian workers who lost their…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government will remain committed to address housing deficits in the country. Osinbajo disclosed this in an address on Friday in Abuja at the inauguration of the 2020 two-day (Oct. 9 and 10) National House fair, being organised by Bstan Homes ltd. Osinbajo, represented by the Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Dr Abubakar Aliyu, said the fair initiative is apt in terms of government plans to meet housing needs. He extolled the initiative to have been born out of foresight and patriotism coming at a time the nation is in…
The Platform provides a forum for debating issues affecting seed systems development in Africa The African Union Commission, AUC, has nominated the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, AATF, to lead the Commission’s Working Group on Research, Variety Development and Seed Production of the African Seed and Biotechnology Platform (ASB Platform). According to a statement by the headquarters of the Foundation and obtained by ASHENEWSONLINE on Friday, “The Platform is a strategic tool to coordinate the African Seed and Biotechnology Programme (ASBP) geared towards establishment of effective and efficient seed systems and enhanced application of biotechnologies and methodologies within the seed sector.…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has strongly condemned the reported killing of a policeman in Ughelli, Delta State. Etaga Stanley, a police corporal who is believed to be an indigene of Ughelli South and constituent of the Deputy President of the Senate, reportedly lost his life on Thursday during #EndSARS protests in Ughelli Town in circumstances that appear quite avoidable and cannot be encouraged by peace-loving people. It was also reported that another police officer, Sergeant Patrick Okuone, sustained injuries during the incident. Describing the incident as serious and unfortunate, the Deputy President of the Senate…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) led Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) on Thursday enlisted 45 farmers in Kogi state as cassava seed entrepreneurs (CSEs). The CSEs were drawn from across the state after a thorough screening process by the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the BASICS-II partner leading the development of CSEs in Nigeria. The plan is to help Kogi State boost its seed demand for cassava production, create a new stream of business opportunities, improve the livelihoods of farmers and contribute to the overall food security in the country. The coming on…