Niger state government says 17,000 communities have been submerged by flood. The Secretary to the state Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane disclosed this during an the on-spot assessment of the flood situation in Mokwa local government area of the state, according to a statement issued by the information officer in his office, Mr Tanko Lawal on Monday. He said that the local government areas affected include Mokwa, Lapai, Edati, Lavun, Shiroro, Munya and Wushishi. Matane also said that about 60,000 people in Mokwa local government had been affected by the floods which led to collapsed of houses and farmlands submerged. He…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced two deaths and 126 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. More than 502, 545 samples have been tested by the agency since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in February. It also said that the 126 new cases were recorded in 12 states, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 58,324. The NCDC stated that 72 patients had recovered and had been discharged in the last 24 hours, while the country recorded two coronavirus-related…
French champions Paris St-Germain (PSG) on Sunday earned their third successive Ligue 1 win, after their opening two defeats. Argentine striker Mauro Icardi scored twice to give them a 2-0 win at struggling Reims. The result lifted PSG to seventh place on nine points from five games, four behind leaders Rennes, while Reims stayed 19th on one point. Icardi fired the visitors ahead in the ninth minute with a crisp low shot into the far corner from 10 metres after a perfect assist by Kylian Mbappe. Reims goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic then kept the home side afloat with several fine saves.…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s second goal of the night rescued a 2-2 draw for Juventus away to AS Roma in Serie A on Sunday. This was after Jordan Veretout had twice put the capital club in front. Veretout and Ronaldo netted penalty kicks after both teams were penalised for handball, and the French midfielder then struck his second of the night in first half stoppage time. Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot was shown a second yellow card to leave his side a man down for the final third of the match. But a towering Ronaldo header earned a point for the Italian champions…
Donald Trump paid just 750 dollars in federal income tax in 2016, the year he won the U.S. presidential election, the New York Times wrote in an explosive investigative report late Sunday. The president, a self-proclaimed billionaire, paid the same amount in 2017, and nothing at all in 10 of the 15 previous years largely because he lost so much more money than he made, the paper reported. At a news conference held minutes after the newspaper published its report, Trump said it was “fake news” and claimed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) “does not treat me well.” “It will all…
Elizabeth Ajibade on Sunday clinched the gold medal in the Under-15 category at the fourth edition of the Asiwajuniwa Cycling tournament in Ibadan. Aishat Arogundade came second while Olawunmi Ogunsina came third. In the professional five laps category, Mutiu Azeez came first while Azeez Abass came second and Olalekan Asiribo emerged third. Speaking after the event, Ajibade ascribed the victory to hard work and her commitment to training. She said that she had been training rigorously for her to have a smooth victory when competitions come. “It wasn’t an easy competition as everyone came with the mindset of winning. I’m…
Lionel Messi was back in scoring business for FC Barcelona on Sunday, leading them to a resounding 4-0 win at home against Villarreal. It was a near-perfect La Liga opener for the Catalans under new coach Ronald Koeman. Teenage forward Ansu Fati was in inspirational form for Barca, combining with Jordi Alba to side-foot home first time into the net in the 15th minute. He then struck again four minutes later with another ice-cool finish. Fati, the 17-year-old in his second season in Barca’s first team after a stunning rise last year from the club’s youth set-up, then won the…
The Dangote Cement Plc, has said that 171 millionaires have emerged in its ongoing ‘Bag of Goodies Promo season 2’, across the country. The company made this known in a statement signed by Mr Anthony Chiejina, Group Head, Corporate Communications, Dangote Industries Limited on Sunday. The promo, which kicked off in July, is expected to produce 1,000 millionaires by November 5, 2020. According to the statement, the increase in the number of millionaires came as a result of new winners who were given star prizes at ceremonies held in Lagos, Enugu, Port Harcourt and Ibadan. Speaking at the presentation of…
The organised labour in the early hours of Monday (today), suspended its planned strike action scheduled to have held. This is after its meeting with the Federal Government. A communique read by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige a copy of which is obtained by Ashenewsonline, stressed that the decision to suspend the strike followed an agreement reached between the organised labour and the Federal government. According to the agreement, the new price of fuel will remain in place, while government will improve local refining capacity, rehabilitate Nigeria’s refineries and provide CNG mass transit buses across the…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, Academy has been re-certified and its accreditation renewed as a training service provider for various professionals in the banking industry for the next three years. A statement by Mr Sunday Oluyemi, the Director, Communication & Public Affairs of NDIC in Abuja on Sunday, said the recertification was done by the Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). Oluyemi quoted Mr. Saubana Ogunpola, the Head of the five-man CIBN accreditation team, as saying that the accreditation followed the exemplary performance of the academy since its initial accreditation in 2016. Ogunpola noted that there…