Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a serving military personnel, Lance Corporal Ajayi Kayode and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in the Lekki axis of the state. This is contained in a statement by Dele Oyewale, Head, Media and Publicity of the Commission, made available to Ashenewsonline on Monday. “Kayode, with service number NAF18/34732, was arrested in his military attire during an early morning raid at 6B, Fatai Idowu Arobike, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, on Saturday, August 15, 2020, following intelligence received from concerned members of the public about…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions, Mr Munir Dan Agundi has affirmed that agriculture remains the best option for the development of Nigeria’s economy. Dan Agundi, who represents Kumbotso federal constituency in Kano State, made the assertion Monday, during the stakeholders inception meeting of the Kano Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP)/Sasakawa partnership, at the Center for Dryland Agriculture, Bayero University, Kano. A statement by Ameen Yassar, Project Communication Specialist, quoted the lawmaker as saying, “While other countries are seeking what to fall back to in these times of global economic recession, we (Nigeria) have nothing…
The Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), the publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, has bagged three Golden World Awards of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) 2020 for its PR campaigns in Nigeria. In a message to IMPR, the Member Services Manager of IPRA, Janice Hill, said the winning entries include the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) campaign on ‘Women of War’, which bagged Crisis Management Award Category; the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Campaign on partial border closure, to curtail smuggling of foreign rice, which bagged Public Affairs Award Category and the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) launching of Emergency Communication Centre,…
By Tina George, Minna The wives of local government council chairmen in Niger state are currently championing the course for exclusive breastfeeding in the state. The took the campaign for six months exclusive breastfeeding to their various local government councils, during the 2020 world breastfeeding week. The wife of Bosso council chairman, Mrs Hannatu Gomna, during the campaign in her area, said exclusive breastfeeding is one of the essential actions for infant development and survival. “Exclusive breastfeeding is the process of feeding infants child only breast milk, be it directly from the breast or compressed, except drops or syrups consisting…
Chinese scientists have identified a biomarker that can facilitate early detection and intervention of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) about five to seven years in advance. Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory, thinking skills and the ability to carry out simple tasks. Scientists from the Beijing-based Xuanwu Hospital of the Capital Medical University, have found that blood neuro-exosomal synaptic proteins, can be a promising biomarker for the disease. Xinhua reports Jia Jianping, Leader of the Research Team and a professor at Xuanwu Hospital, as saying that there is no effective drug that can cure Alzheimer’s disease.…
The Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, has declared as “illegal”, the registration of a factional All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, led by a certain Alhaji Umar Farouk, earlier registered with it. The Commission had inadvertently registered the factional association after a disagreement that led to his leaving the body led by Arc Kabir Ibrahim in 2016. The CAC, in a letter to dated June 22, 2020 signed by Leticia Modey on behalf of the Regiistrar- General, reads and addressed to AFAN, Kano branch, read in part: “A review of our records revealed that All Farmers Association of Nigeria Kano Chapter…
Free Community Foundation, an NGO, says it is training 100 youths on different skills acquisition in Kuje Area Council of the FCT. Mr Mark Agu, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the foundation, disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of the training in Kuje. Agu said the foundation was training the youths on Solar installation, fashion design, catering, bead making, cable installation, website and graphic design, video editing, CCTV installation and paint making. According to him, the aim and objective of the organisation was to empower and support entrepreneurial development, to ensure self employment and wealth creation for…
A day before the start of the Democratic national convention where Joe Biden is expected to be formally nominated presidential candidate, an NBC news and Wall Street Journal poll on Sunday shows Biden leading U.S. President Donald Trump by 9 points. Fifty-one per cent of polled voters said that they would vote for Biden over Trump, while only 41 per cent said that they would vote for Trump. Biden had an 11-point lead in the same poll conducted the month before. Half of the NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll was conducted after Senator Kamala Harris was announced as…
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), has disclosed that each state government would receive $2.5 million performance-based grants, for implementing tax relief programmes for individual taxpayers and businesses to mitigate COVID-19 impact. The forum disclosed this in a statement issued by the Head, Media and Public Affairs of NGF Secretariat, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, in Abuja on Sunday, after a virtual meeting jointly organised by the World Bank and the forum. The forum, however noted that only states that met the deadline and required conditions for the tax relief programme, would benefit from the incentive. The virtual meeting, according to the statement,…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered Commissioners of Police, CPs, in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to initiate appropriate actions against prohibited firearms. The Force Spokesperson Mr Frank Mba, in a statement on Sunday, said the order was part of preparations for the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo. It is also intended to curb the proliferation of prohibited firearms in the country. According to Mba, the idea is for the CPs to identify, isolate, disarm, arrest and prosecute any individual or group in possession of prohibited firearms “The directive…