The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has narrated how he nearly died in ambush by the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East, if not for his deputy, Lt. General Lamidi Adeosun, who saved his life. Buratai was speaking in Kuta, Osun state while commissioning a bridge, constructed by the Nigeria Army Engineering Construct Regiment, Ede and named after him. The Chief of Army Staff said he he met with Adeosun, an indigene of Asamu in Osun when he was newly appointed. “When I had the first ambush, he was with me in the vehicle, by my side.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says that the death toll for the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria had jumped to 1,083. Announcing this on its official twitter handle, @NCDCgov Monday night, the Centre also said that 132 new infections were confirmed. The public health agency stated that the new cases now bring the number of confirmed infections in the country to 56,388. It noted that 185 people had been treated and had recovered from the virus, bringing the nation’s number of recovery to 44,337. According to the agency, Lagos State had the highest number of recorded cases on Monday with…
The Borno Government has confirmed the death of the Emir of Biu, Mai-Umar Mustafa-Aliyu, who passed on in the early hours of Tuesday. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Alhaji Babakura Abba-Jato, confirmed the death in a statement in Maiduguri. Abba-Jatau said “Inna Lillahi wa innah ilayhi rajiun, his royal highness the emir of Biu, Mai Umar Mustafa Aliyu has answered the call of Allah Subuhanahu wa Taa La. “The late Emir was appointed in June 1989. He died this morning at the age of 80. He will be laid to rest in Biu at 2pm today according…
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians involved in the run up to the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. Disclosing this in a statement on Monday, the spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, Morgan Ortagus said the move also targets individuals it accused of working to undermine the November 2019 governorship polls in Kogi and Bayelsa. Ortagus said those affected were working to “undermine the Nigerian democratic process or for organising election-related violence”. “The Department of State emphasises that the actions announced today are specific to certain individuals and not directed at the Nigerian…
The President of the Senate, Mr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Monday, led a high-powered delegation to condole Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, on the death of his daughter, Sadiya. Lawan said that they were in Sokoto to condole Senator Wamakko on the loss of Sadiya and prayed the Almighty Allah to grant her Aljannat Firdaus. He described Wamakko as a leader not only in Sokoto or the North alone, but to the entire country, especially in the All Progressives Congress, APC. “Senator Wamakko is a trusted and reliable leader of the APC. He is a core nationalist and a patriot. “Wamakko…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has said that the state government will construct three dams in the areas worst hit by the flood. This, he said is as a result of the perennial flood that has ravaged parts of the state. Ashenewsonline reports that many parts of Sokoto state have been hard hit by frequent flood that has submerged communities and farmlands. Worried by the development, Tambuwal while symphatizing with the people of Silame, Kebbe and Tambuwal local government areas of the state, over the flood disaster that affected the areas, assured that the construction of the dams in the areas…
The Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested two lecturers of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa named: Abdulahi Opashola and Adebisi Ademola and 28 others over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud. A statement by the spokeperson of the Commission, Mr Dele Oyewole made available to Ashenewsonline on Monday gave the names of the other suspects as: Kingsley Essien; Tobiloba Adenuga; Tope Ayodele; Rasheed Mujib; Oladipo Opeyemi; Saadu Muktar; Oladejo Hammed; Hammed Tope; Ameachi Umenyi, Salauden Adam and Afolabi Gafar. Others are: Oladimeji Timi; Remilekun Adeolu; Audu John;…
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, says it has mobilised coalition of civil society groups to join the organised labour to protest against the recent hike in petrol pump price and electricity tariff. The CNPP in a statement issued by the Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu and made available to Ashwnewsonline on Monday, said it had resolved alongside civil society organisations, to back the Trade Union Congress, TUC, and Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, in the struggle for the reversal of the increments. “It is high time we told the Nigerian government that we have ran out of patience after five years…
The Special Offences Court, sitting in Lagos and presided by Justice Mojisola Dada, has sentenced a fake crude oil merchant, Adesanya Olufemi, to 21 year imprisonment, for defrauding a lady, Oluwatoyin Akinwole, the sum of N33, 617.000.00. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the Commission, Mr Dele Oyewale and made available to Ashenewsonline on Monday, said Olufemi was arraigned by the Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside one Awojobi Ganiu, on December 11, 2018 on four-count charges bordering on stealing and obtaining money by false pretense to the tune of N33, 617.000.00.…
The Director General, National Biotechnology Development Agency, NABDA, Professor Alex Akpa says the time is here for Nigerian scientists to authenticate claims by people who said they have developed herbal treatment for COVID-19. Speaking on the committee on COVID-19 herbal remedies and natural compounds inaugurated by Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology on Monday, Akpa said the inauguration was a welcomed development. “The committee is very important and germane and couldn’t have come at a better time because we have received many claims in the country both formally and informally. “Therefore, considering the negative impact the pandemic has…