Plateau state topped the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 296 new infections in the country. The NCDC on its official twitter handle, @NCDCgov on Tuesday, stated that Plateau state recorded 183 new cases, bringing the new total number of confirmed cases in the country to 55,456. According to the NCDC, 103 people who have been treated and recovered from the infection were discharged on Tuesday, raising the total number of recoveries to 43,334. The NCDC said that six new fatalities also raised the death toll to 1,067 in the country. It stated that the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Four people have reportedly been killed in a cult clash in Onueke Ezza South local government area of Ebonyi. The Nation reports that the Commissioner for Internal Security, Border Peace and Conflict Resolution, Stanley Okoro Emegha on Tuesday, inaugurated a local vigilance team to checkmate the activities of cult groups. He called on members of the vigilante group to take their job seriously, adding that the state would not tolerate further cult clashes in the local government area or any other part of the state.
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have issued warning to security agencies over alleged continued detention of its member, Mazi Ofornedu Okoafor. In a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group warned that the Enugu State Police Commissioner and other security agents would “pay heavy price” should anything happen to Okoafor while in police detention. IPOB alleged that men of the Enugu Police Command and soldiers had picked Okoafor and his grandfather on August 23rd, 2020 while receiving treatment at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. “We the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) condemn in…
The governor of Benue, Mr Samuel Ortom has confirmed that the most wanted criminal, Terwase Akwaza, alias Gana, was killed by soldiers of Operation Whirl Stroke on the outskirts of Gboko. Disclosing the killing at a news briefing in Makurdi on Tuesday, the governor however told news men that Gana had surrendered to the Amnesty programme and was being escorted to Makurdi, when the troops arrested him at a security check point on the outskirts of Gboko. Ortom, who disclosed to journalists that Gana was in company of the Chairman of Katsina -Ala local government council and some of his…
The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a banker, Ezeagbor Chijioke and two others: Anthony Chidiebere Nneji and Ibenegbu Chukwudi Francis, before Justice Muhammad Muhammad of the Sokoto State High Court, on four -count charges bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N1,000,000.00. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Dele Oyewale made available to Ashenewsonline on Tuesday, said “trouble for the trio started when the Commission received intelligence against them for alleged conspiracy to defraud one Olajide Adeshina Muhammad Misbahudeen, to the tune of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, re-arraigned Malabu Oil & Gas Limited, Aliyu Abubakar and six others before Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Dele Oyewale made available to Ashenewsonline said the rearrainment is on 67 amended charges, bordering on money laundering to the tune of $875,740,000. The other six defendants are: A Group Construction Company Limited; Rocky Top Resources Limited; Megatech Engineering Limited; Novel Properties and Development Company Limited, Imperial Union Limited and Carlin International Nigeria Limited. EFCC Counsel, Bala Sanga told the…
The Zone 4 Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, comprised of Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa, has warned that traffic offenders that had been arrested and fined, but who were yet to pay their fines, should do so or risk rearrest. A statement by the Acting Zonal Public Education Officer, Mr Terry Hoomlon, made available to Ashenewsonline on Tuesday, the Zonal Commanding Officer, ACM Kayode Olagunju, warned that offenders already declared wanted after exceeding the seven-day grace period, would be re-arrested. According to him, operatives of the corps in a special operation tagged “Operation Tracker” slated for Sept. 11…
Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th goal for Portugal in their Nations League clash away to Sweden on Tuesday. The goal scored by Ronaldo meant he joined Iran’s Ali Daei as the only male player to score 100 goals or more in international soccer. Having been denied on a number of occasions by Sweden keeper Robin Olsen, the 35-year-old attacker made no mistake when presented with a free kick just before halftime. He took a short run-up and unleashed a powerful dipping effort that flew in just under the crossbar and beyond Olsen’s despairing fingertips. Ronaldo’s first senior goal for Portugal…
Nine Consultative Groups for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centres have Launched an initiative that will help to deliver agronomic solutions to drive sustainable productivity growth under climate change for smallholder farmers. Tagged: “Excellence in Agronomy” (EiA) Initiative, was launched at the opening of the 2020 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) held virtually on Tuesday. CGIAR centres involved in EiA include Africa Rice, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Potato Center and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Others are World Agroforestry Center, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),…
In its effort to ensure that the spread of the HIV virus is drastically reduced, the Federal Government has approved the inclusion of ”Wondfo HIV I and II rapid test kits for use in the country. The National Coordinator, National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NASCP) Dr Akudo Ikpeazu, made the this known while presenting the evaluation report on the kit, on Tuesday in Abuja. “The Wondfo rapid test kit, could be used as a confirmatory test because of its high specification of 99.4 per cent,” she said. The coordinator said that in 2019, the Federal Ministry of Health( FMOH) approved the conduct…