The Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, secured the conviction of two Lebanese, Chamseddine Waell Mohammed and Dina Jihad Khali, who both pleaded guilty to separate one count charge of money laundering preferred against them by the Commission. According to a statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Dele Oyewale made available to Ashenewsonline, the offences run contrary to Section 2 (3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 2 (5) of the same Act. It added that both defendants were sentenced to two years imprisonment…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Brazil says it has approved Johnson & Johnson’s experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus for the final stage of clinical trials This makes the fourth vaccine to receive widespread testing in the hard-hit country. AFP reports that US pharmaceutical company’s subsidiary, Janssen will test the vaccine on 7,000 volunteers across seven states in Brazil, part of a group of up to 60,000 worldwide, health regulator Anvisa said in a statement. It said the test would be a randomized, controlled, double-blind Phase 3 trial, or large-scale testing on humans — the last step before regulatory approval. “Another vaccine study has been…
Germany says it recorded 1,707 new COVID-19 cases, the highest number since late April this year. AFP reports that the latest increase takes the total number of infections in the country to 228,621 since the beginning of the pandemic and a total death toll to 9,253. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the public health agency that compiles the COVID-19 number in Germany, has put the seven-day cumulative COVID-19 incidence rate at 9.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. On August 12, it stood at 7.0, AFP further reports. “This development is very concerning and increasing in dynamic. A further worsening of the…
The Economic Community of West Africa States’, ECOWAS, Authority of Heads of State and Government, is currently holding an Extraordinary Session, to discuss the military coup in Mali. The virtual session, which is being attended by President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the ECOWAS counties, was convened following the military overthrow of government by rebel troops in that country on Tuesday. Ashenewsonline earlier reported that Colonel Goita had declared himself as head of the junta. The rebel forces Tuesday afternoon, arrested President Ibrahim Keita of Mali and his Prime Minister, Boubou Cisse to a military base on the outskirts…
The Inspector general of Police, IGP, Muhammad Adamu has revealed that there is international connection to banditry in the Northern region of Nigeria. The IGP, who spoke at a town-hall meeting on peace and security, in Zuru local government in Kebbi on Wednesday emphasised that there is several element of foreign nationals in bandit activities in the region. According to him, investigation reveals that most of the bandits in the country were foreigners and members of the Islamic State of West Africa, ISWAP. “We have realised that most of the banditry has an international dimension. The bandits come from outside…
By Tina George, Minna The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has shut seven petrol stations in Niger for using faulty pumps metering in dispensing fuel to unsuspecting customers. Assistant Director Department of Weight and Measures, Ibrahim Isa told Ashenewsonline on Thursday in Minna that owners of the stations would be prosecuted for the offence. According to him, the inspected stations were located in Minna, Chanchaga, Bosso, Bida, Suleja and Gurara local government areas. “Those shut down include: Pinnacle filling Station, Minna road Suleja; Mhammmed Lalo filling station, Izom; Halidu Gegu filling station, Suleja and NIPCO Round about, Suleja. Others are…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says 29 states have received funding from the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) project to strengthen their public health response to COVID-19. The forum announced this in a communiqué signed by the forum Chairman and Governor of Ekiti , Dr Kayode Fayemi on Thursday in Abuja, after the forum’s 15th teleconference meeting held on Wednesday. The communiqué stated that governors at the meeting deliberated on issues affecting the country, particularly the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It noted that testing remained the number one priority for the government, adding that 32 states in the…
Following a coup staged by the Malian Rebel troops on Tuesday, an Army Colonel, Assimi Goita has declared himself head of the “National Committee for the salvation of the People.” Five soldiers, including Goita had announced the formation of the committee after the ouster of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Goita’s declaration of self as head of the junta, is sequel to a meeting with top civil servants on Wednesday.
Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes across California, on Wednesday, as nearly two-dozen wildfires continued to blaze amid a record-breaking heatwave in parts of the western United States. Firefighters were battling 367 known fires throughout the state on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted, with 23 of them major blazes. “CA (California) has experienced 10,849 lightning strikes in the last 72 hours and World Record heat temperatures,’’ he wrote. The volatile mix of intense heat and lightning storms have contributed to the fires, which led Newsom to declare a state-wide emergency on Tuesday. Evacuations were ordered in several counties…
By Gami Tadanyigbe Over Two hundred members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday, decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The APC decampees were received at the Kuje Area Council Government House in Kuje. They handed over their APC membership cards, brooms and posters in replacement for those of the PDP. Mohammed Gambo, the APC leader of the decampees, said they were discomforted by the approach of the APC to its policies which encourages thuggery and violence against innocent people. According to him, they have decided to join the PDP to contribute to…