The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved $1.95billion for the construction of Kano-Dutse (Jigawa)- Katsina- Jibia–Maradi (in Niger Republic) rail line project. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Council Chamber, State House, Abuja. He said the council also approved N3 billion for the design, manufacture, supply, testing and commissioning of one railway crane of 150 ton capacity for emergency and recovery of rolling stocks. “The Council approved two memos for the Ministry of Transportation. The…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Twenty-three persons have been confirmed as a result of Wednesday morning tanker explosion, at Felele area of Lokoja, Kogi state. ChannelsTV reports the sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Idris Fika as confirming the figure of the bodies that have so fat been pulled from the wreckage. ChannelsTV further reports eyewitnesses as putting the figure at over 50 people. The Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello in a statement by his spokesperson, Onogwu Muhammed, expressed his condolence to the families of those affected by the occurrence. “It is very sad to learn of the tragic loss of…
Four years after her petitions against Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, over alleged illegal withdrawals of €11,765 Euro from her account, a bank customer, Mrs Gbemi Erinoso-Babalola, has expressed concern over the inability of the EFCC and CBN to investigate the matter. Erinoso-Babalola, a director at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), through her lawyer, Cornelius Nwapi of Midland Chambers, expressed her disappointment over the reluctance of the anti-graft agency and the CBN to probe the matter she lodged in 2017. Nwapi lodged the complaint in two separate letters written to the Area 3, Abuja Branch Manager of the GTB on…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal, has ordered the recovery of corpses of five people that drowned in River Zalzalu along Sokoto-Illela road as a result of an auto crash on Thursday, last week. Tambuwal also condoled the families of the deceased, praying to God to grant them Aljanna Firdaus. The victims were identified as Shuaibu Mai Maciji Isa, a snake charmer, along with his two apprentices, Mubarak Aminu, the driver of the vehicle and the motorcyclist who is yet to be identified. Tambuwal who was on his way to condole the people of Wurno the day the accident involving a motorcycle and…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called on protagonists of the proposed Oduduwa Republic, to stop using fake Islamic organisations to camouflage as Muslims. MURIC also called on Nigerians to be wary of fake Islamic groups masquerading as genuine and declaring support for the secessionists. This is contained in a statement by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akinola made available to Ashenewsonline on Wednesday. “The protagonists of the proposed Oduduwa Republic are desperate. Their desperation has reached a crescendo where they have resorted to dishonourable actions. This should jog the conscience of honest Nigerians. There is nothing wrong to have differences and disagreements.…
Mr Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the presenter of the 2020 Big Brother Naija Reality Show Season Five ‘Lockdown’, says a grand winner, will emerge through number of votes accrued to a housemate. Obi-Uchendu disclosed this on his official twitter page @Ebuka, where he wrote “How your favorite BBNAIJA housemate will ‘fly’ into the top spot on Sunday…But only if you vote”. The Big Brother Lockdown Season five which started on July 19, with 20 housemates is gradually coming to an end leaving only five housemates to jostle for the N85 million grand prize. The BBNaija season five would end on Sunday Sept.…
A tanker conveying petroleum product, on Wednesday, exploded in Felele area of Lokoja, Kogi state. Many people, including students of Kogi State Polytechnic and primary school pupils, are reportedly feared dead. Details later…
Adaja Damilare and Christiana Nsolo have carted home N1 million each as star prizes after emerging winners at the grand finale of Big Dream Nigeria Talent Show on Tuesday night. The reality show is geared toward discovering and developing young talents in acting and music. The youngsters were announced winners at the grand finale of the maiden edition of the show which held in Abuja. The duo beat 12 other budding talents who made it to the final day of the 5-week-long event to clinch the highly coveted grand prizes. Damilare, Ondo State –born model and upcoming singer, won the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 176 new cases of the COVID-19 infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. According to the agency, the new infection takes the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 57,437. The NCDC said that the new cases were reported from 14 states of the federation. It stated that Lagos reported the highest infection in the country with 73, Plateau (50), FCT (17), Rivers (8), Ondo (6), Niger (5), Ogun (5), Edo (3), Kaduna (3), Oyo (2), Bauchi (1), Bayelsa (1),…
PROTOCOLS Let me on behalf of the Government and good people of Nigeria, congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). I would like to assure you of Nigeria’s readiness to avail the United Nations all necessary cooperation needed for the fulfillment of your mandate. 2. I wish to also thank the General Assembly for the support accorded His Excellency, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande during his tenure as President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly. 3. We acknowledge the accomplishments of the Assembly under his able leadership, particularly his efforts…