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…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
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…
The Nigerian Young Farmers Network (NYFN) has appealed to the Federal Government to rescind a decision on the plan for partial importation of maize and other restricted crops. The National Coordinator of the network, Mr Promise Amahah said this on Tuesday while reacting to a leaked circular from the Nigeria Customs Service on the plan to allow some crops, initially banned for importation, to come into the country to strike a balance between food imports and local production capacities to meet anticipated shortfall. The coordinator stated that the resources for the importation would have been channelled towards empowering Nigerian farmers,…
Agriculture stakeholders in Africa, has said that building a resilient food system, intra-African trade and empowering smallholder farmers would drive an inclusive economic growth. The stakeholders made the submission at the first virtual summit of the 2020 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) organised by the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) which kicked-off on Tuesday in Kigali, Rwanda. AASR is an annual publication that has been published by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) since 2013. The annual publication has become a reference point for emerging topics on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Staple Crops (2013); Climate…
The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Electricity Board (LSEB), says it is providing solar power to 172 public secondary schools and 11 public health centres (PHCS). The Director-General of LSEB, Mr Mukhtaar Tijani, made this known during a news briefing on Tuesday in Ikeja. Tijani said that the increasing energy demand in the state due to expanded civilisation and increase in population had led to concerns over the limited energy resources. He said that the focus of the government was on a sustainable energy supply which entailed optimised use of energy to minimise pollution. According to him, the…