President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, presented the proposed 2021 appropriation bill of N13 trillion to the National Assembly, NASS. The President was accompanied only by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and a few ministers, while the others participated virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before presenting the proposed budget, Buhari gave a breakdown of the performance of the 2020 budget. Buhari, who said that the 2021 budget is tagged the budget of economic recovery and resilience, added that “the main thrust of the 2021 budget is to complete as many ongoing projects as possible”, while giving priority to the ones that most…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tbursday, sentenced an internet fraudster, Kehinde Adelakun, to nine months imprisonment. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren said Adelakun was arraigned Thursday by the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two-count charge bordering on possession of documents containing false pretext. He was arrested on August 21, 2020 around the Oniru axis of Lagos State by operatives of the EFCC for his involvement internet fraud. One of the count reads: “That you, Adelakun Kehinde Adewumi, sometime in…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has described chided Ogun governor, Dapo Abiodun for giving a bungalow and N5 million cash and appointing the winner of BBNaija, Moshood Olamilekan Agbeleshebioba as the Ambassador of the Youth in Ogun State. A statement by the president of MURIC, Prof Ishaq Akinola made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Thursday, also described Abiodun’s action as disappointing, disgusting, misplaced and myopic. “We are miffed by Governor Abiodun’s action. What does he think he is promoting? A whole governor is idolizing indecency and encouraging greed and materialism. It is disappointing, disgusting, misplaced and myopic. This is happening at…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has intercepted 179.090 kilograms of various hard drugs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) within the first week of October. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mr Lawan Hamisu, told news men in Abuja that the seizure was excluding the liquid based drugs such as Codeine. Hamisu said that the drugs seized comprised Cannabis sativa, Cocaine and Rophynol in a coordinated operation across the Territory. He said that the operatives of the command within the period also arrested 13 suspects and 5 users of hard drugs, adding that the suspects and users…
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…
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.…