Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II on Thursday reiterated his support for the Federal government’s removal of fuel subsidy, stressing that it was in the nation’s interest. He made the reiteration of the support at “The PlatformNG60” organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, anchored by Pastor Poju Oyemade. The Platform is non profit initiative by Covenant Christian Centre, which is aimed at empowering Nigerians with insights and skills needed for economic transformation and ensuring good governance. According to Sanusi, the reforms by the current government would give positive results…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Sokoto state government has inaugurated the distribution of palliatives donated by Coalition Against COVID-19 pandemic (CACOVID), as part of its effort to complement Federal and state governments’ commitment of cushioning the effects of the global pandemic on vulnerable persons in the state. Chairman of CACOVID committee, who is also the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mallam Saidu Umar assured that the committee, would discharge its responsibility diligently. Umar, who spoke in Binji and Silame local governments during the distribution of the palliative on Wednesday, said that Governor Aminu Tambuwal is committed to ensure that there will not be religious…
By Athena Aktipis, Joe Alcock Viruses walk a fine line between severity and transmissibility. If they are too virulent, they kill or incapacitate their hosts; this limits their ability to infect new hosts. Conversely, viruses that cause little harm may not be generating enough copies of themselves to be infectious. But SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, sidesteps this evolutionary trade-off. Symptoms often don’t appear until after infected people have been spreading the virus for several days. One study of SARS-CoV-2 estimated that the highest rate of viral shedding, and therefore transmissibility, was one to two days before the person infected begins to show…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN said the Federal Government is working round the clock to ensure that Nigerian legal system reflects nation’s existence in view of dynamism and contemporary realities. In a statement by the spokesperson of the Minister, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Thursday, Malami noted that Nigeria’s legislative and legal frameworks evolved and was developed from some inherited laws traced to period of colonialism. “Generally speaking, we are not only changing/amending the obsolete laws, but coming up with new ones that are dynamic, that can stand the…
Two persons were killed in a lone accident, which occurred at Awowo village on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Thursday. The spokesperson of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed the accident in Abeokuta. According to him, while six other passengers sustained various degrees of injuries,the accident occurred at about 11:53a.m. following loss of control by the driver who was on top speed. He disclosed that the eight passengers involved comprised of two males and six females, including the driver. He said one male and one female passenger died in the accident. “According to an eyewitness, the…
By Rachael Arukai, Dutse Hunger looms in Jigawa as unprecedented flood submerges hundreds of farmlands across the 27 local government areas of the state, leaving 41 persons dead and over 60,000 homeless. Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, has declared that while 41 persons who died were pulled out of collapse houses, over 7,000 houses were washed away in the ravaging flood that affected many parts of the state. According to the Executive Secretary of SEMA, Alhaji Yusuf Sani told ASHENEWSONLINE in an exclusive interview in Dutse, that the floods were caused by torrential rainfall and overflow of river Hadeija.…
Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Thursday advised nation’s separatists to support Nigeria’s unity and democracy for the good of all citizens as the nation marks her independence. A statement by the Director, Ms Idayat Hassan on Thursday said that the country in unity would overcome the challenges of nation building and congratulated fellow citizens on the milestone as an independent nation. She said that in spite of the myriad of challenges, which had hobbled the realisation of Nigeria’s very lofty potential, the CDD had a message of hope. “The Nigeria of our dreams is possible, notwithstanding the problems,…
The Federal Government has approved implementation of the New Visa Policy (NVP) and New Visa Fees. The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Mr Muhammad Babandede disclosed this in a statement by the Service Spokesman, Mr Sunday James on Thursday in Abuja. Babandede said that the implementation of the new visa fees and Nigeria Visa Policy (NVP) 2020 commenced on Thursday. “The service wishes to inform the general public and the international community of the new visa fees approved by the Minister of Interior, Mr Ra’uf Aregbesola, which is based on the principles of reciprocity. “The service is inviting stakeholders,…
By Rachael Arukai, Jigawa A Jigawa septuagenarians and political analyst, Mr Mohammed Milo has blamed politicians and Nigerian elites for the present state of the Nation at 60. Milo, who made the observation in an exclusive interview with ASHENEWSONLINE in Dutse on Wednesday, noted that no country can develop if the educational, health, road and electricity sector, were not working, while billions of Naira are spent on them. “Why should our roads be dilapidated, why should our educational sector be in such a bad state, and our healthcare system a complete failure and, to crown it all, our electricity system refuses…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 201 fresh Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, with one death recorded in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last 24 hours. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The health agency said that the new cases had brought the nation’s confirmed COVID-19 infections to 58,848. According to the NCDC, Lagos recorded the bulk of the new infections with 77 cases, while Rivers, Plateau and FCT had 37, 25 and 13 new cases respectively. Others included Kaduna and Ogun, 12 cases each, Adamawa, eight, Taraba, seven,…