The Federal Government, has eased the nationwide movement placed as a result of the dreaded coronavirus. Announcing the development at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, PTF, on Thursday, its National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu said the curfew has been relaxed to now be from 12pm to 4am. “We are modifying the curfew to commence from 12 midnight to 4am nationwide, effective from 12:00 tonight. “This does not apply to people on essential services and international travellers that might be returning from abroad,” he said. He also stated that all limitations to land travels have been…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Tina George, Minna Suspected bandits have ambushed and killed 17 vigilantes in Dukku, Rijau local government area of Niger state. This is coming after less than 24 hours of similar attacks in Kagara town of Rafi local government area and Adagbyi village in Shiroro local government area of the state. Ashenewsonline gathered that the vigilantes were tried to neutralize some bandits following a tip-off, but the bandits over-powered and killed them. Two of the bandits were however reported to have been killed while exchanging gun fire with the vigilantes. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Muhammmad Sani Idris…
By Obike Ukoh When the 150-Member Committee on National Engineering Infrastructure, set up in 1991 by the Federal Government recommended the establishment of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), they were aware that engineering is the engine room of economic development. The membership of the committee comprised scientists, engineers, administrators, federal and state civil servants, economists, lawyers, bankers and industrialists among others. With the hindsight of history, they knew that it was engineering infrastructure that ignited the first industrial revolution in Europe and the United States from 1760 to 1840. The Federal Government concurred with the recommendations of…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has observed that Nigeria must prepare its citizens towards embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), in line with global realities. NITDA Director-General, Mr Kashifu Inuwa, said this while receiving Prof. Lawal Taura, Vice Chancellor, Sule Lamido University, Dutse, Jigawa and his team on an intervention visit in Abuja on Thursday. 4IR is the automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices, using modern smart technology like artificial Intelligence, cloud computing, robotics, among others. “With what is happening today and how COVID-19 is fast forwarding the industrial revolution, it has become imperative to increase our level…
Suspected bandits have stormed Adagbyi village in Galkogo District of Shiroro local government area of Niger state. The bandits, stormed the village at 3am on Thursday and abducted nine villagers. Although the Spokesperson of the Niger state Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun could not be reached to confirm the development, a source confirmed the attack. “At 3am this morning, bandits attacked Adagbyi village and abducted 15 people. As at this time, they have not made any demand for ransom. The people are now living in more fear,” the source said.
The Delta Government has approved the revised 2021 to 2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) for the state. The Information Commissioner, Mr Charles Aniagwu in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday, said that the approval was given by the State Executive Council on Wednesday. He disclosed that the council also gave a nod for a projection of N306.44 billion budget size for 2021. Aniagwu listed other projections in the budget to include 40 dollars per barrel oil benchmark, oil production volume of 1.86 million barrel per day and inflation rate of 11.9 per cent.…
The former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has petitioned the Attorney- General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, calling for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, to account for the money and properties recovered by the PRTT. Maina, in the petition made available to journalists on Wednesday, requested that a review of the criminal charges filed against him by the EFCC be made. “Our client’s prosecution by the EFCC came to a head principally due to his demand that the EFCC should account for the sums and property recovered by the PRTT, and kept…
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has recused himself from a suit challenging the qualification of Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC. Announcing his withdrawing from the case on Thursday as a result of a petition filed against him by one of the lawyers in the APC legal team, the judge questioned the lawyer’s attempt to dent his integrity and maliciously tarnish his image. “As Judges and lawyers in the temple of justice, it is our duty to protect the integrity of the court and that of the judiciary. “It…
Gunmen Wednesday night stormed Kagara town, attacked a bank and killed a total of five people. Ashenewsonline earlier reported here that the gunmen went in numbers and on motorbikes. A source told Ashenewsonline Thursday morning that the bandits stormed the town on 39 motorcycles with each carrying three people. According to him, they attacked a bank and killed two security guards before proceeding to the town, shooting sporadically. “Over 39 motorcycles with three bandits on each bike, well armed came in around 6:00pm, destroyed a Bank, killed two security guards in the premises and injured many people in the town.…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Wednesday nigh announced four deaths and 216 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the total infections in the country to 54,463. The Centre made this known on its official twitter handle, @NCDCgov. The health agency said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3 had continued to coordinate the national response activities across the country. It disclosed that the new infections were recorded in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC stated that of the 216 new cases, Plateau had the highest number with 59, followed by…