Alhaji Ibrahim Mallaha, Chairman of Zamfara chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has died on Sunday in Germany. This was confirmed in Gusau on Monday by Yusuf Idris, Director-General to Gov. Bello Matawalle on Media, Communications and Public Enlightenment. Idris said Mallaha died as a result of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Germany where he was on support machine over kidney related ailments. The deceased left behind four wives, many children, grand and great grand children. A major cotton farmer and contractor, Mallaha was the state Deputy Chairman of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) between 2003 and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), is set to inaugurate the Nigeria Agriculture Gender Network (NAGN). This is contained in a statement signed by the Knowledge Management and Communications Advisor, IFAD-Nigeria Programmes, Mrs Vera Onyilo on Monday in Abuja. The NAGN is a national network designed to enhance knowledge sharing, promote experience and information exchange among donor funded agriculture/rural development programmes in Nigeria in respect to women, youth and other vulnerable groups. Onyilo said that the aim of the network is to provide peer support structure, learning and experience…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the violent crime on South African farms poses not just a threat to the safety of the rural communities, but also to the nation’s food security. The president refuted the claim that violent crime on farms is part of an orchestrated campaign by blacks to drive white farmers off their land. Ramaphosa said in his weekly presidential newsletter that it’s wrong to think that farm attacks affect just a small part of the country’s population. He reminded South Africans that the farming community produces the food they eat, adding that “the farming community is…
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has charged the Legal Aid Council to ensure equal access to justice for all irrespective of means and that Constitutional rights of citizens are respected, protected and defended. A statement from Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice said Malami made the call in Kano on Monday while declaring open a 2-day Legal Aid Governing Board Retreat with the theme: “The Role of the Governing Board in the Corporate Governance: Providing Strategic…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) for his new national teaching policy which came into force last week, raiing the retirement age and service from 60 to 65 and from 35 to 40 respectively; established a special salary scale; provided rural allowance; increased science allowance; promised automatic admission and free tuition for children of teachers in their places of work; automatic recruitment for education graduates, etc. A statement by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akinola made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Monday, thanked Buhari for putting smiles on the faces of teachers in the country. MURIC described…
England international Fran Kirby made one goal and scored another as champions Chelsea eased to a 3-1 home win over title rivals Manchester City in the Women’s Super League on Sunday. Norway’s Maren Mjelde put the home side ahead with a penalty in the 36th minute, and Kirby set up striker Sam Kerr with an excellent first-time ball for the second in the 57th minute. Chloe Kelly pulled one back for City from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute but six minutes later Kirby latched on to a long ball for a breakaway goal that made it 3-1. The…
Bosnia and Herzegovina put the disappointment of European Championship play-off elimination behind them to hold the Netherlands to a goalless draw in their Nations League A Group 1 match on Sunday. The Bosnians had lost on penalty kicks to Northern Ireland on Thursday in the play-off semi-final. But they will be lifted by a dogged performance against the disappointing Dutch, particularly after starting without several key players. The result left the Dutch, who were runners-up in the inaugural Nations League, with four points from three games while Bosnia have two. New coach Frank de Boer is still awaiting a first…
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, condemns the unwarranted assault and attack by officers of the Nigeria police on Francis Ogbonna, a Cameraman with Arise Television, today, Sunday, October 11, 2020, in Abuja. According to reports, the police attacked and brutalized Ogbonna while interviewing protesters on an #EndSARS rally at Abuja. A video recording by the victim and his colleague, Ferdinard Duroha reveals that Ogbonna was attacked by police officers who beat him and in the process inflicted him with an injury, resulting in blood gushing out of his head. The police officers also damaged his camera. IPC Executive Director,…
A fire broke out on Mount Kilimanjaro on Sunday afternoon and authorities were trying to contain it, Tanzania’s National Parks service (TANAPA) said. The parks service posted a blurry photograph on its Twitter account of what appeared to be Mount Kilimanjaro with several pockets of flames burning on it, with the message: “A fire emerged on Mount Kilimanjaro this afternoon. Efforts in containing it (are) going on. More details to follow.” TANAPA official Pascal Shelutete told Reuters by phone on Sunday evening that he had no further details. Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest peak, at nearly 6,000 metres (20,000 ft)…
A former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to quash his indictment contained in the February 25, 2020 judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which convicted an ex-National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh on money laundering offences. Dasuki urged the court not only to set aside the findings which he said were repeated about 10 times against him in the judgment, but to also set aside the entire proceedings which, according to him, were conducted in breach of established procedures. Although he…