By Tina George – Minna Every Wednesday and Thursday, Hindatu Nuhu and other staff of Old Airport Road Primary Healthcare Center, Minna would be seen going from house to house, knocking at doors and going in to speak to the occupants of the houses. In each house, they spend no more than 20 minutes before moving on to the others; this whole exercise sometimes takes about four to five hours each of these days. One may wonder why nurses would leave the comfort of their offices to go from one house to the other. These nurses are staff of the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Police in Niger said they had gunned down two suspected armed robbers in Madalla area of Suleja local government area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adamu Usman disclosed to news men in Minna on Friday. that on September 17 at at about 0220 hours, police operatives attached to ‘C’ division Madalla, in a response to a distress call, engaged some suspected armed robbers in a gun duel at New Gwarinpa via Zuma Rock, Suleja. He said that in the process, two of the gunmen sustained gunshot injuries and one of them died on the…
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos- Nigeria has urged journalists and other media professionals that will be on the field for the coverage and reportage of this Saturday’s Governorship election in Edo State not to forget about ensuring their personal safety. IPC Executive Director, Mr. Lanre Arogundade sounded this note of caution in the light of the emerging accusations and counter accusations by political actors and other players in the electoral process about possible violence. He noted that though the signing of the peace accord has allayed fears, violence in elections is often unpredictable, so staying safe should be a…
The Federal government, has directed all account holders in Nigeria to fill self-certification forms in line with the Income Tax Regulations 2019. In several tweets on Thursday, it directed that each account holder must submit the filled forms in their respective financial institutions. “This is to notify the general public that all account holders in Financial Institutions (Banks, Insurance Companies, etc) are required to obtain, complete, and submit Self – Certification Forms to their respective Financial Institutions. “Persons holding accounts in different financial institutions is required to complete & submit the form to each one of the institutions,” the tweets…
Japan’s Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the upcoming French Open with a hamstring injury. The 22-year-old had her left hamstring taped when she battled back against Victoria Azarenka in the U.S. Open final in New York on Saturday to win her third Grand Slam title. “Unfortunately, I won’t be able to play the French Open this year,” the world number three wrote on social media in a message she also posted in Japanese. “My hamstring is still sore so I won’t have time to prepare for the clay – these two tournaments came too close to each other for me…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 131 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 56,735. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. It said the new cases were confirmed in 18 states. The health agency said Lagos state recorded the highest number of infections with 45 cases, Kaduna and plateau followed with 17 each, 16 in FCT, and 6 cases each in Delta and Niger. Kwara recorded 5 cases, Oyo 3, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ekiti, Enugu, and Osun 2 each. Others were, Sokoto 2, Bauchi,…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, in Kano state, has arrested a 29-year-old housewife, Jamila Abubakar, over alleged murder of her stepson, Muhammad Bashir. Confirming the arrest on Thursday, Mr Shehu Umar, NAPTIP Zonal Commander in charge of Kano, disclosed that the suspect was apprehended on Thursday after she beat her seven-year-old stepson to death at Tarauni Kasuwa area of Kano metropolis. He recalled that the Agency had invited the suspect over alleged child abuse after the deceased was rescued from the suspect in the past few months. “We received information that the deceased rescued few…
A serving soldier in the Nigerian Army, a Lance Corporal, has committed suicide at his duty post in Buni Gari, Gujba local government area of Yobe state in North-East Nigeria. PRNigeria reports that the soldier, who left a suicide note behind for his wife, was alleged to have shot himself on the head and bled to death. While his body had been evacuated, the Nigerian Army has commenced an investigation into circumstances leading to the incident. By PRNigeria
Nigeria is in a dangerous position where too many of its citizens and collectives have concluded that things cannot continue the way they are without the country tipping over but the Buhari Administration is in denial. The Government must start with admitting where we are as a first step. There is increasing insecurity across the country and clearly the security agencies cannot, and more people are beginning to think, do not want to arrest it. Kidnapping for ransom is an acute concern across Nigeria. The northeast is witnessing a resurgence in Boko Haram activity, and thousands of people are internally…
The North Central Governors Forum has disowned the North Central Peoples Forum, NCPF, recently formed by some elders in the region. The Governors Forum, which held a virtual meeting on Monday to deliberate on the emergence of the NCPF, was presided by the Chairman of the Foum, and governor of Niger state, Abubakar Sani Bello. According to a statement personally signed by Sani-Bello, a copy of which was made available to Ashenewsonline on Thursday, the Forum exhaustively deliberated and arrived at the following decisions: ‘That members of the Governor’s Forum were never consulted collectively or individually by those behind the…