By Christine Ochogo I. For the second day in a row, Jerry Oyoo, a western Kenyan farmer from Nyagowa village, Karachuonyo Constituency has just returned home with a sack of maize from his farm in Kimira wetland. “This is a huge waste of time, energy and money,” Mr Oyoo tells me sounding as if he needs some psycho-social support. “I spent Ksh 5000 (USD50) to pay for the tractor man to till my land. I spent a further Ksh 3000 (USD30) to pay farm labourers for the first weeding plus a further Ksh 2500 (USD25) for the second weeding, and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called on the governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi to respect the rule of law and the decision of the appeal court on the installation of the Alawo of Awo, Oba Azeez Sulaiman Aladejuyigbe. MURIC described the governor’s attempt to review the decision of the court as unlawful, illegal, illegitimate, unconstitutional, extra-judicial, undemocratic and a rape on the rule of law. The group’s position was made known in a press statement issued on Tuesday, 15th September, 2020 by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. “We are calling on Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State to dissolve…
By Tina George, Minna The Niger state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on the state government to honour its agreement and employ teachers of Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK in its schools. Speaking during the Christian Teachers Forum in Minna, the state chairman, Rev. Mathias Echioda pointed out that the association in the state will not relent on its call for the state government to leave up to its promise to recruit CRK teachers. Observing that the state government was reneging on its agreement, Echioda maintained that teaching CRK in Niger schools remained paramount to Christian faithful, and a matter…
Professor Woke Soyinka, has thrown his weight in support of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who posited that Nigeria is more divided under President Muhammadu Buhari, and that the country is “on the very edge of total collapse.” “Today, Nigeria is fast drifting to a failed and badly divided state; economically our country is becoming a basket case and poverty capital of the world, and socially, we are firming up as an unwholesome and insecure country. “And these manifestations are the products of recent mismanagement of diversity and socio-economic development of our country,” Obasanjo had said. The Presidency…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has commended the move by the government of United States, for issuing visa restrictions on persons with history of electoral-related violence. The move, according to the Executive Director, Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani in a statement made available to Ashenewsonline on Tuesday, is primarily to restore fairness, credibility and transparency in Nigeria’s electoral processes. “We recognised the remarkable development as restoration of fast-eroding democratic principles and core values in the nation’s electoral processes, dominated by decades of unchecked violence, vote buying and ballot lootings. “We express total support for the new policy,…
The Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, Mohammed Sani Musa, has disbursed 1,800 bags of fertilizers to farmers in his constituency. The Senator stated that the fertilizers were being distributed to the nine local government areas that make up the constituency to boost agricultural activities. Making the distribution, the lawmaker who was represented by Alhaji Baba Sule Bissala, said the fertilizers will enable the farmers have adequate input for their farms, especially as most of them have been affected by COVID-19 pandemic. He noted that the farm produce in Niger East senatorial district, have the ability to feed…
Niger state government, has announced the closure of some roads to articulated vehicles, to pave the way for speedy repairs being carried out across the state. A statement by the Spokesperson to governor Abubakar Sani-Bello, Mary Noel-Berje made available to Ashenewsonline on Tuesday, said all roads, including Minna-Bida, had been barricaded to stop heavy trucks from accessing the roads. “The closure of the roads is coming after the state government announced the close down of all its roads to articulated vehicles some weeks back. “The Minna-Bida road, which has witnessed incessant breakdown of articulated vehicles on the road, has caused untold…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, has denied reports of alleged bandits attacks on Abuja-Kaduna train KA4 between Asham and Kubwa on Monday afternoon. NRC ‘s Managing Director, Mr Fidet Okhiria, who made the denial in a statement on Tuesday, said the reports were false. According to him, there are always hoodlums who usually throw heavy stones at the moving train along Abuja-Kaduna route. “There was no bandit attack on the train; it’s just a rumour otherwise, they will have seen bullet all over the train. ”It was hoodlums who threw stones at the train and because the Police got one suspect, at…
Specialist risk consultancy Control Risks and independent global advisory NKC African Economics, the Africa-focused subsidiary of Oxford Economics, have today launched the fifth edition of the Africa Risk-Reward Index. The 2020 Africa Risk-Reward Index and graphics can be downloaded here: https://bit.ly/3hwa13P The index offers a comparative snapshot of market opportunities and risks across the continent. It provides a grounded, longer-term outlook of key trends shaping the investment landscape in major African economies, which should inform the strategies of organisations looking to invest in or grow their business in Africa. Investors seeking to minimise risks and maximise rewards are cautioned not to focus…
Abductors of two sharia court judges in Zamfara state, who were kidnapped on September 12, 2020 have demanded for N20 million as ransom before they can be released. Ashenewsonline reported here that the two judges, Mallam Sabiu Abdullahi and Mallam Shafi’i Jangebe, were abducted on their way from Niger Republic where they attend lectures. However, Malam Hassan, a family source of one of the kidnapped judges, told Ashenewsonline Tuesday morning that the kidnappers called Monday evening and demanded for N20 million as ransom. “They called us yesterday evening to demand for N10 million for each of the two kidnapped but we told…