“I love my country I no go lie. Na inside am I go live and die” – Wole Soyinka Yes, yesterday, our country Nigeria reached the veritable old age of 60, but the consensus in the land is that we are yet to mature. We wasted our youth and adult life so there is no surprise that at sixty we find very little to celebrate. We all recall that it was indeed during the 50th Anniversary Celebration that an explosion occurred just outside Eagle Square, the venue of the grand celebration. It was a strong message that what Nigeria needed…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Youths, under the auspices of ‘Breathe One Nigeria’, on Thursday night staged a recital forum for poetry, spoken-word and songs in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) to reflect on Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary. The selected youths, drawn from different backgrounds, took their turns to give “electrifying” performances, while others joined the forum virtually from across the country. The youths presented sensational recitations and songs that chronicled Nigeria’s ‘gains and pains’ since it gained independence from colonial rule in 1960. Dr. Moses Paul, convener of Breathe One Nigeria, said the event was to re-echo Nigeria’s need for unity, peace and progress, and to overtly…
Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached 59,001, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced 153 new infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The agency since the beginning of the outbreak in February in Nigeria, more than 509, 555 sample have been tested by the agency. It said that the total figure of patients recovered from the virus infections and discharged after testing negative to the virus increased from 50,358 to 50,452. The public health agency announced that the death toll from coronavirus in the country remains 1,112. According to the data…
Arsenal squeezed past Liverpool 5-4 on penalties to advance to the English Football League (EFL) Cup quarter-finals on Thursday after a goalless 90 minutes. With the Premier League champions making several changes to the team that beat Arsenal in the league 3-1 on Monday and their opponents also rotating, it was always unlikely to be a high-class encounter. Liverpool had the better chances and should have been awarded a 44th-minute penalty when Diogo Jota was brought down in the box. With the Premier League champions making several changes to the team that beat Arsenal in the league 3-1 on Monday…
The U.S president and first lady, Melinda Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and will begin quarantine Friday. The first couple were tested positive after one of the president’s most senior advisers, Hope Hicks, tested positive on Thursday. Trump made this known through his Twitter handle, @realDonaldTrump early Friday morning (Nigerian time). “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump tweeted. The Guardian reports that Hicks accompanied the president to the first presidential debate on Air Force One on Wednesday. Trump also confirmed on Fox…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has called for a national dialogue on the way forward for Nigeria. The forum Chairman, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state, made the call in his ‘Nigeria@ 60 Independence Anniversary’ message on Thursday in Abuja. Tambuwal said that the forum believed that through a national conversation, realistic and acceptable solutions could be found to the problems posing a threat to peaceful coexistence and national unity of the country. He said that the nation could not continue to remain helpless in the face of challenges confronting her people. “We cannot continue to plead indifference or…
Bauchi governor, Bala Mohammed has lamented the leading position of the state in the number of children not attending schools in spite of the positive efforts of government in the Education sector. Speaking during a town-hall meeting on Thursday, the governor said that the state had the highest number of out-of-school children of 1.4 million in the country. He reiterated his administration’s determination to improve the Education and Health sectors in the state. “Those out-of-school children are our children; they.may not go to school maybe because of poverty if their parents cannot afford it. “Today, we have built over 300…
The Steering committee of the Survival Fund and Guarantee Off-take on Thursday inaugurated the Artisan and Transport sector Track of the Survival Fund Scheme, The scheme will see 333,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country being given N30,000 support. Mrs Ibukun Awosika, a member of the Steering Committee, MSME Sustainability Group, said in Lagos that the sustainability plan was introduced by President Muhammadu Buhari on July 1. Awosika, also Chairperson, Board of Directors, First Bank of Nigeria, said that the operation grant was being given to reduce the effect of income loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic…
Kaduna Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain, Lawal Adamu Usman has use the youth to join politics actively, saying they are the engine of society. Lamenting that the older generation of Nigerian leaders who have clung to power since independence, have failed the younger generations and urged the youth to stand up against these type of leaders. “Demand that they show real commitment to reducing youth unemployment, insecurity and poverty,” Adamu, the PDP Senatorial candidate for Kaduna Central in the 2019 elections told the youth. He lamented that there are voices from some older generation Nigerian leaders who, after spectacularly failing to deal with…
By Rachael Arukai, Dutse As Nigeria celebrates its 60th independence anniversary, citizens have continued to express mixed reactions, with many positing that the country has nothing on record to celebrate her freedom from colonial rule. ASHENEWSONLINE spoke with a few citizens in Dutse, capital of Jigawa state. Former member representing Birniwa, Guri and Kirikasamma Federal constituency of Jigawa state in the House of Representatives, Mr Abba Adamu called for political revolution in order to produce leadership. He stressed that Nigeria needed people that will sincerely serve the people and help revamp the bartered economy, adding that the corrupt ones must…