Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said that he neither conspired to witch-hunt not procured witnesses to testify against anybody before the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel. The panel is probing the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu. In a statement issued by his media aide, Dr Umar Gwandu and made available to Ashenewsonline on Monday, Malami said it is not responsibility to procure witnesses for the panel, nor did he conspire to witch-hunt anybody. Describing the claim as`a flimsy allegation’ made by one Victor Giwa, Esq that he connived with…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Ibrahim Faruk Since independence in 1960, successive Nigerian governments have initiated programmes and projects aimed at the youth. The government of President Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2007) launched the National Program for the Eradication of Poverty (NAPEP), which aimed to reduce poverty. The Federal Government of Nigeria under President Goodluck Jonathan also launched the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), which targeted the youth, women and cooperative groups and the N-Power/National Social Investment Program (NSIP) under President Muhammadu Buhari which seeks to harness Nigeria’s young demography through appropriate skill development efforts provides an opportunity to achieve inclusion and productivity within the…
By Tina George, Minna Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger state on Sunday, passed vote-of-confidence on all the state party officials elected at 2018 congress. The occasion was an expanded and critical stakeholders meeting held at Aloe Vera Hotel during the weekend in Minna. Members also resolved to uphold party supremacy, the reconciliation of aggrieved party executives and the National caretaker committee of the party to ensure constant stakeholder meetings at all levels as well as fairness and equity in political appointment in the state. Earlier, the state Chairman, Engr. Mohammad Imam said there were moves by…
A Plant Physiologist, Dr Olufunmilayo Idowu, has advised Nigerians to eat mushrooms because of its antioxidants content that could protect the human body against cancer. In an interview in Ibadan on Monday, Idowu of the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) said some species of mushrooms have selenium and ergothioneine, antioxidants good for the body. She said that Oyster mushrooms, the genus pleurotus, were reputed for their content ?of antioxidants, which scavenge for free radicals in the body and bind with the agents to prevent them from causing unnecessary cell division. The plant physiologist explained that the cell division could result…
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa-Balewa, Mr Yakubu Dogara has reacted to media reports about contesting presidential election in 2023. Reports in the social media have indicated that Dogara has Vice Presidential ambition, to run with Ahmed Tinubu in 2023. However, in a statement by his Spokesperson, Turaki Hassan made available to Ashenewsonline on Sunday, the former Speaker said he is more concerned about the present challenges of nationhood than any ambition. “It has come to our notice that stories and images are being circulated on social media to the effect that His Excellency, Rt. Hon…
Natives of Apo, Garki and Akpanjenya communities in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have called on the FCDA Development Control, to stop further demolition of their houses and instead, address the resettlement and compensation issues. Angered by last Saturday’s demolition of houses in Akpanjenya community in Apo Area of FCT, the residents asked the FCTA officials to set the record straight by publishing every document concerning the issue of the Akpanjenya resettlement. It could be recalled that over 134 houses were demolished in Akpajenya community on Saturday, Aug. 15, by Development Control, to pave way for the construction of a…
Four persons were killed in flash floods in Turkey’s northern Black Sea region and 11 others are missing, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, said on Sunday. The footage, from the northern province of Giresun, showed floodwaters caused by unusually heavy rainfall dragging buildings and vehicles along a road, leaving them buried in mud. Speaking to reporters in Giresun, Soylu said search and rescue operations were underway to find the missing. One of those killed was a soldier, he said. “So far, 133 citizens have been rescued,’’ Soylu said. “Our state will dress the wounds and stand with our citizens with all…
Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, has confirmed leakage of petrol from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Atlas Cove-Mosimi System 2B Pipeline at Isheri in Alimosho local government area. The acting head, Mrs Margret Adeseye, confirmed the development in a statement signed by Mr Jamiu Dosunmu, spokesperson for the fire service, after visiting the scene on Sunday. Adeseye said that the fire service received a distress call from residents of Peace Estate at about 5.41 a.m. after Petrocam Bus Stop, Isheri, adding that firemen from Ikotun Fire Station were swiftly mobilised to the scene. “On getting there, it was…
By Sylvester Thompson The World Economic Forum, in an article published on March 3 2018, listed threats to global food production as poor harvests, droughts, floods among others. It suggested that the best way to boost food security is by investing in new technologies. The Forum noted that smallholder farmers and rural dwellers normally rely on their personal networks for information to help them overcome weather crises, improved productivity, and limit crop losses. But these personal networks are not paying off as poor harvests and other variables, are still unsettling farmers. Experts stressed that the way out is for farmers…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 601 new cases of coronavirus. The highest daily cases in two months, the Centre through its official Twitter handle, @NCDCGov Saturday night, said Lagos recorded the highest number with 404, followed by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, with 37 and Oyo, 19. It gave the breakdown as follows: Lagos-404 FCT-37 Oyo-19 Ondo-14 Abia-13 Enugu-13 Kaduna-13 Edo-12 Kano-12 Kwara-11 Ebonyi-10 Nasarawa-7 Ogun-6 Osun-5 Delta-5 Niger-5 Plateau-4 Bayelsa-4 Katsina-3 Ekiti-2 Imo-2 According to NCDC, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria now stands at 51,905; discharged patients stand at 38,767 and…