U.S. President Donald Trump has been symptom-free for 24 hours and his vital signs are in the normal range, his physician said on Wednesday. Trump was hospitalised for coronavirus complications over the weekend. The president subsequently made his first return to the Oval Office. The ceremonial Marine guard was stationed outside the building, a sign that the head of state was inside. In a video posted to Twitter later, Trump appeared outside the Oval Office to tout the cutting-edge medicine he was treated with. He said he “wasn’t feeling so hot” when he went to hospital, but “they gave me Regeneron…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 155 new COVID-19, infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The COVID-19 national death toll in the country remains 1,113 persons after four days without recording any death across the country. The agency said that eight states had reported 155 new infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 59,738. The NCDC also announced that 95 patients recovered from the infection and were discharged after testing negative to the virus. It said that Lagos State recorded the highest new infections…
World Trade Organization members selected two final candidates — Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee — to advance to the final round in the race to lead the Geneva-based trade body, according to people familiar with the matter. By advancing two women to the final round of the selection process, the WTO will likely have the first female director general in its 25-year history. Okonjo-Iweala served two stints as Nigeria’s finance minister and one term as foreign affairs minister. She has experience working at international international governance bodies as a former managing director of the World Bank and…
Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has challenged journalists to be in the forefront and champion the campaign against gender based violence, especially rape. The governor who was speaking at the North East Zonal meeting of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ held at Bauchi NUJ Press centre on Wednesday, said journalists as agenda setters should use their reportage to reduce the indices of rape cases and gender based violence in the society. “The country is currently facing a spike in rape cases among minor and other gender based violence and journalists have crucial role to play in fighting this ugly…
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) on Wednesday, announced the removal of an environmentalist, Nnimmo Bassey as its the trustee and board chairman over his alleged unacceptable leadership style. The Executive Director of ERA/FoEN , Godwin Ojo during its general assembly held in Benin, Edo state also decried the slow pace of work in the clean-up of Ogoniland by Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), adding that the pollution of the entire Niger Delta was causing serious environmental degradation in Nigeria. “The general assembly took cognisance of the lingering crisis among the trustees and management team of ERA/FoEN…
The Senate Committee on Anti Corruption and Financial Crimes says it wants to see a reformed and rebranded Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its fight against corruption, economic and financial crimes in the country. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren and made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Wednesday said the Chairman, Senator Suleiman Kwari stated this on Tuesday at the commencement of the 9th Senate Legislative Anti Corruption Strategy Implementation Session at the National Assembly, NASS, Complex. ‘’Ninety per cent of investigation should be done before arrest is effected” adding that “media hype must stop.…
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned Adegoke Johnson Adebayo, Ayodele Elijah Olubunmi Sunday and Adelowo Waheed Adewole, before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan for alleged N83,500,000 loan fraud. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren made available to ASHENEWSONLINE said the suspects, who are staff of Osun State Environmental Protection Commission, and president, secretary and treasurer of the Commission’s staff cooperative society, respectively, allegedly diverted the sum, obtained as loan for the cooperative members. The EFCC preferred a 10-count charge, bordering on conspiracy,…
The Chief of Party, North East Regional Initiative (NERI), Mr Olivier Girard, has announced the rounding up of its six years programme interventions in insurgency affected states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The programme, which involved interventions in education, health, women empowerment among others, is being funded by US Agency for International Development (USAID) and British Government. Announcing the rounding up at closing ceremony on Wednesday in Maiduguri, Girard said that within the past six years, NERI carried out 254 activities in Borno alone. “USAID has asked us to close down our programme in the Northeast. This was not an…
By Tina George, Minna Former governor of Niger state, Dr Mu’azu Aliyu has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s incentive package for teachers in Nigeria. In a statement he signed and made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Tuesday, Aliyu said that the gesture is heart-warming and would be a recognition of the role of the teachers as moulders of the character of individual citizens. “The package was a superb morale booster, a cause for joy and laughter as well as for pride to all teachers and lovers of the teaching profession.” The former governor urged state governments to ensure that the implementation of…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday congratulated the new Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Bamalli, urging him to focus on confidence-building efforts in his domain. Abubakar gave the advice in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, in Abuja. The former vice president expressed delight in the appointment of Bamalli, who succeeds the late Emir Shehu Idris, who reigned for 45 years before joining his ancestors in September. He described Bamalli as one of the youngest traditional rulers in recent years and a well traveled diplomat of ambassadorial pedigree.”Although the shoes of the late Emir are…