A Civil Society Organisation, Yiaga Africa, has called on the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), to accept the outcome of the Oct. 10 gubernatorial election in Ondo State. Mr Eyitayo Jegede contested under the umbrella of the PDP, while Agboola Ajayi contested on the platform of the ZLP. Both men were defeated by Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 292,830 votes to Jegede’s 195,751 votes and Ajayi’s 60,051 votes. Addressing a post-election press conference on Sunday in Akure, Mr Nwagwu, the Co-Chair of Yiaga Africa, also urged…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Coalition of Northern Groups on Sunday paid a courtesy call on the new Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. Spokesperson of the CNG Abdul-Azeez Suleiman who led the delegation of national, state and local government executives, said they were in Zaria in solidarity with the people and the new Emir. “We also drew attention of the Emir to the bleeding in most communities of the Zazzau Emirate particularly Giwa, Igabi and Birnin Gwari. “We pointed to the disturbing reports of hours of bandit attacks on Kidandan in Giwa resulting the killing of dozens of villagers and severely wounding…
The University of Mkar in Benue has confirmed the death of its two lecturers, Mr Joshua Leva and Mr Moses Tarnongo, in a motor accident on October 10 at a village near Gbatse in Ushongo local government area of the state. The institution’s Registrar, Rev. Emmanuel Astor, who confirmed the deaths in text messages on Sunday in Makurdi, said one of the lecturers, Tarnongo, also lost his wife and three children during the incident. The accident occurred near Gbatse village in Ushongo local government area of the state, and the two deceased lecturers were from the department of Mass Communication…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 111 new COVID-19 infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The public health agency said the 111 new cases were reported from 11 states, bringing Nigeria’s total number of confirmed cases to 60,103. So far, the agency said it has conducted about 551,362 COVID-19 tests since the first confirmed case was announced in the country. It said in the last 24 hours, 97 patients treated have recovered and have been discharged. The NCDC also reported two new deaths which have ended the seven…
The sight of Nigerian currency notes and coins of yester-years on Sunday in Bauchi, ignited nostalgic feelings of ‘glorious past’ among some residents of Bauchi metropolis. The old monies were displayed during a religious activity organised by Tijanniya Islamic sect of Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi. The event, which spanned three days, saw traders from various states of the Federation seizing the opportunity to display their wares for sale. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the man who displayed the currency said he had been a businessman for the past many years and had kept those currencies for posterity. The man, who said…
A Professor of Petroleum Economics, Wumi Iledare says it will be difficult for Nigeria to fund 2021 budget of N13.08 trillion with oil revenue, going by the development in the global oil market. The 2021 appropriation bill presented on October 8, by President Muhammadu Buhari to the joint session of the National Assembly, NASS, for passage, was predicated on crude oil benchmark price of $40 per barrel at 1.86 million daily oil output. But Iledare in an interview in Abuja on Sunday said, “Don’t expect the budget to be funded by revenue from oil or hydrocarbons extraction. “That is impossible…
There’s often a misconception that artificial intelligence (AI) is only applicable to businesses in the B2C space. It’s thought that since B2C companies have more customers, they have more data to leverage to make AI impactful. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. AI is as relevant to a B2B company as it is to a B2C company. It’s important for every B2B company to evaluate the ways AI can help them produce better products, provide better services, and improve business processes. Here are just a few of the ways some B2B companies are using artificial intelligence today. Better Products One of…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, says the conduct of Policemen on electoral duties at the governorship election in Ondo state was above average. According to the interim report communicated to ASHENEWSONLINE in a statement by the Spokesperson of the PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ike on Sunday, “the Commission’s team visited 12 local government areas in the three Senatorial districts of the state, covering 77 polling units. “The team received a total of 51 telephone calls from its advertised dedicated lines with complaints basically on attempts to induce voters. “There was reasonable distribution of Policemen at the various polling units ranging from…
GhanaWeb, Ghana’s biggest news platform and Tonaton.com, Ghana’s biggest online marketplace have signed an exclusive cooperative partnership agreement to lead and improve Ghana’s online marketplace with engaging content. This partnership follows nearly two years of commercial cooperation between both companies resulting in a positive synergy that strengthened the customer experience journey of their visitors. GhanaWeb and Tonaton.com agreed to integrate their content and offering respectively to allow their visitors to orient themselves in specific categories of interest on GhanaWeb to eventually buy and sell items or apply for jobs simultaneously on Tonaton.com. Popular classifieds such as Electronics, Property, Vehicles and…
Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has beaten his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede and re-elected as governor of Ondo state. He won 15 of the 18 local governments by scoring 292,830 votes, while Jegede and Mr Agboola Ajayi of the Zenith Labour Party came second and third in the election with 195,791 and 69,127 votes, respectively. The Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Idowu Olayinka, returned Akeredolu as the governor-elect on Sunday. “Having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes, I hereby declare Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu…