Before Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal took over the mantle of leadership in Sokoto state in 2015, his predecessors had sunk an initial whooping N3.8 billion into the independent power project (IPP). The target then, specifically in November 2008, was that the project would provide 24-hour electricity to the state. After 11 years and despite gulping more than N4 billion, the project which was scheduled to generate 38 megawatts of electricity within six months of completion by the United States-based energy company, Vulcan Capital Energy, stalled as the power plant couldn’t generate any electricity because of fuelling challenges. Back then, experts…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has dismissed claims by the Coalition of North East Elders for Peace and Development, that there is a worsening security situation in the region and other parts of the country. In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, BMO said that it is amusing that a group from the North East could make claims that are not supported by facts. “We are amused to see an assertion by a hitherto unknown group headed by one Zanna Goni, and which some media outfits tagged as North East elders, flaying President Muhammadu…
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has enacted to report that he and his family were under surveillance by the U.S’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, over alleged financial fraud. Paul Ibe, Atiku’s Spokesperson in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to Ashenewsonline, said his principal’s attention was drawn to recycled and regurgitated lies about him. According to the statement, the same lies were reeled out before the last presidential election, which he proved wrong. “For the avoidance of doubt, Atiku Abubakar is not under any U.S. watch list, neither has he been charged, or will ever be charged…
An suspected internet fraudster on the list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Mr Felix Osilama Okpoh, has reported himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. A statement by the Spokesperson of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren made available to Ashenewsonline on Tuesday, said Okpoh is one of those allegedly on the watch list of the FBI, for his involvement in a $6m internet fraud. Alongside Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson, Okpoh had been declared wanted by the FBI sometime in 2019 for their alleged involvement in a Business Email…
Former governor of the Central Bank Governor, CBN, Muhammad Sanusi II, has emphasised the need for Nigeria to take economic diversification more seriously in order to experience growth and development. As guest speaker at the ongoing Kaduna Investment Summit, Sanusi observed that Nigeria’s over-reliance on oil had made it unproductive. “We were growing but we did not diversify and that explains the huge levels of poverty in the country, it explains the huge levels of inequality in the country, it explains the vulnerability of the economy to shocks, it also explains the relatively slow pace of growth because when Malaysia…
The Federal government, has described the film industry as the second largest employer of labour in Nigeria that must be supported. A statement by the spokesperson of the BPE, Amina Othman made available to Ashenewsonline on Tuesday, noted that the industry contributed N83 billion to the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, in 2018. The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed announced this in Abuja on Monday, at the inauguration of the Steering Committee on the Commercialisation of the Nigerian Film Corporation, NFC. He noted that the country’s film industry had the potential to make Nigeria the entertainment capital of Africa, adding…
By Abdul-Rauf Musa On assumption of office as Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff on July 13, 2015, following his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari, Sadique Abubakar met a nation at the throng of a precarious situation mired by myriad security challenges occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents and other violent non-state actors. As a thorough-bred professional, Abubakar’s first step was to reposition the NAF into becoming a highly disciplined professional force with advanced knowledge to effectively combat current and future security challenges and confront the ever-changing nature of contemporary warfare. One of his key drivers as the Chief…
Prof. Kabir Bala, Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, ABU Zaria, said the huge agricultural complex of the university could aggressively transform Nigeria’s economy by making the country a net exporter of agricultural products. A statement issued on Tuesday by Auwalu Umar, Acting Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the university, said the vice-chancellor made the remarks during the field day for a newly established demonstration farm at Faculty of Agriculture. The Vice-Chancellor said the complex had all it took to play such role, if relevant researches were conducted for good harvest. He said apart from the fully fledged faculty of Agriculture, the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 195 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. According to the agency, the new infection takes the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 57,437. The health agency sadly reported two new deaths raising the death toll in the country to 1,100. It also reported that 105 patients who had been treated and had also recovered from the infection were discharged across the country. The NCDC said that Enugu State recorded the highest number…
The General Manager of People’s FM in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Mr. Hayford Lawson has emphasised the role of media in promoting dignity in service. He said during a media sensitization visit by Comrade Mrs Timinepere Jombo Idoko, who is vying for the position of Deputy National President in the forthcoming Triennial Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, slated to hold in Minna, Niger State. Receiving Idoko, Mr Lawson, pledged his support to her aspiration to vie for the post of Deputy National President, assuring her of the station’s full media support. He commended her commitment to…