By Attahiru Gusau Troops of Operation Sahel Sanity, have killed 21 armed bandits and recovered AK47 magazine in their continued fight against bandits in the the North West states. A statement by the Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier-General Bernard Onyeuko said three soldiers were however killed. “On 24 September 2020, based on credible information on bandit attack in Unguwar Doka village of Faskari local government area of Katsina state, gallant troops of Operation Sahel Sanity, responded swiftly and immediately mobilized to the general area where they successfully cleared the village of the marauders to the admiration…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Abu Shekara Harmony with the traditional institutiin, for service to citizens and subjects is symbolised in the Administration of Governor Aminu Tambuwal in Sokoto state. And the most recent product of that is the installation, by Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, of 15 new District Heads last, which took place on Saturday. Of the number, one is the Head of the new District of Asara that was created after consultations between the government and the Sultanate Council, which Governor Tambuwal explained, was based on the Caliphate’s historical antecedents. He addressed the Adiya Clan, descendants of Sultan Atiku, son of Sheikh…
Youths, united under Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, on Friday rallied across the world to demand urgent action to halt catastrophic climate change, in their first global action during the COVID-19 pandemic. The organisers made references to wild weather wreaking havoc across the world, from fires ravaging the U.S. West, to abnormal heatwaves in the Siberian Arctic and record floods in China. They said the protests would remind politicians that while the world was focused on COVID-19, the climate crisis has not gone away. Demonstrations were planned in over 3,100 locations, with Australia, Japan and Fiji among the first to kick…
By Abu Shekara Named after a river that flows astride its landmass, Nigeria has an eventful history – a tale that reads like “The Tempest”, with all the trappings. If compressed to a two hour tale, the story of our country would be a true thriller and what’s more, it’s all true. What haven’t we gone through, what haven’t we seen? On our soil was the tumult of war; genuine, extreme nationalism and supreme sacrifice against the murderous, insatiable hunger of alien expansionist treasure hunters. There were the years of alien subjugation, when the citizens’ lives were far less worthy…
By Abu Shekara The Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Usra Hendra Harahap paid courtesy visit on Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, at the Government House on Thursday. During the visit, the deepening collaboration between that country and the state towards socioeconomic development was described by both parties as the continuation of interactions to consolidate a beneficial partnership. Tambuwal, last year, embarked on an official trip to Indonesia in the company of officials of relevant MDAs in the state’s socioeconomic sector. The visit to the Asian nation has far reaching positive implications for the advancement of Sokoto State socio-economically. Indonesia, which has…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto on Thursday inaugurated a high-powered committee to come up with a viable strategy to make dry season farming a robust scheme with a view to cushion the effects of flooding that ravaged many parts of the state. A statement by the spokesperson of Governor Tambuwal, Bello Muhammad said the committee is headed by the District Head of Kilgori, Dr Jabbi Kilgori and has three weeks to submit its report. Other members of the committee are the state Commissioners of Agriculture, Environment, Animal Health and Water Resources. Similarly, the General Manager of Sokoto Agricultural Development Program…
By Attahiru A. Gusau The National chairman of a non governmental organization, NGO, Patriot for the Advancement of Peace and Development, Dr Sani Shinkafi has raised an alarm that some politicians were to breach peace in Zamfara state. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the state capital on Thursday, Dr Shinkafi appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari, to act fast towards ensuring peaceful coexistence in the state. Shinkafi noted that Buhari is a president of Nigeria and not only working for All Progressive Congress, APC, or any other political party. According to him, the situation of insecurity in the state was getting bad, while…
Last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State was a positive development for electoral democracy in Nigeria. This is despite the fact that in the build-up to the election, there was a lot of desperation displayed by politicians engaged in “do or die” politics, inflammatory campaigns and pre-election violence. There was palpable fear that the atmosphere would degenerate into systematic disregard for the rules and procedures of the electoral process set out in law and regulations thereby affecting the outcome. The conduct of the campaign was bad tempered with outlandish claims by the leading parties that they would deliver massive majority…
The Director General, Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu has confirmed that 30 adults were injured, 23 buildings and 15 vehicles were also destroyed by the Iju-Ishaga tanker explosion. According to Oke-Osanyintolu, after putting out the fire at about 6:00pm on Thursday in Lagos, the post disaster assessment regarding Iju-Ishaga is as follows: two Residential buildings, one Church, one Event Centre, four Commercial buildings, a market consisting of 15 shanty shops, 11 Cars, two Mini trucks, one bus, one Heavy duty Truck were destroyed. Oke-Osanyintolu said that this brought the total number of properties destroyed to 23 buildings and…
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has given reasons why he did not appear before the Justice Ayo Salami panel, that is probing the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. A statement by his spokesperson, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu made available to Ashenewsonline Thursday evening, said the provision of the Constitution and extant laws only empower the Attorney General to serve supervisory role and further explained that his non-appearance at the panel was purely Constitutional and not based on any ulterior motive and that his action had taken over his…