Air strikes by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole, under the subsidiary Operation Hail Storm, have showered rockets on Boko Haram attack-lauching pads at Warshale. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Defense Headquarters, DHQ, Major General John Enenche on Friday said “the latest of these is the destruction of several Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) structures and neutralization of their fighters at Warshale in the Northern part of Borno State on 19 August 2020. “The mission was executed after credible intelligence reports and series of aerial surveillance missions established that the settlement was one of those being…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
This week, I am indulging myself and venturing into the strange world of REALITY TV. As we all know, once again, Big Brother Naija is the most exciting happening thing for the Nigerian youth today. I first got curious about it when in February, I saw a video that had gone viral about a “normal”, (of course I have no idea what normal means), respectable church going lady declaring her love to be on Big Brother – she did not fit the profile in my head. The profile in my head is that everybody I hear speaking about it says…
By Gami Tadanyigbe The Special Adviser to Zamfara State Governor on Rural Electrification and Telecommunication, Dr Ahmad Mohammed has called on the Federal and state governments to find lasting solutions to security challenges for the economic development of the country. Mohammed made the call during a doctorate award ceremony in Abuja, organised by Freedom University and Technology Seminary to commemorate the World Humanitarian Day. He advised the relevant authorities to come together and find lasting solutions to the wanton killings in the North East, Southern Kaduna and other parts of Nigeria. According to him, there can never be genuine development,…
By Gami Tadanyigbe The Good Governance Awareness Initiative and Sam Empowerment Foundation with support from Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has donated food items to 50 widows and most vulnerable in Jikwoi Community in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Onwukwe Kelechi, Founder of the Initiative, while presenting the items, said that the donation was out of the foundation’s sincere love to ameliorate the sufferings of vulnerable and the less-privileged. Kelechi said there is no gainsaying that the Covid-19 pandemic has created extreme hardship on every segment of society. According to her, one of the critical segment of the society that…
By Tina George, Minna The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters in Minna, Niger State. A statement by Dele Oyewale, Spokesperson of the Commission, made available to Ashenewsonmine on Friday said the suspects were arrested following intelligence volunteered to the Commission by concerned residents of the area. “The suspects were picked up by the operatives of the Commission at their hideouts in Room 202, Seftec Hotels, behind NNPC’s mega petrol filling station, Minna, Niger State, for their alleged involvement in a love scam and other internet related crimes. “The…
Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg on Friday, staged her latest climate strike in Berlin, protesting with dozens of other youngsters in front of the German capital’s famous Brandenburg Gate. Dpa reports that the protesters were seen sitting on the concrete in front of the city landmark, at a distance from each other in keeping with coronavirus rules. Thunberg was joined by German campaigner Luisa Neubauer, Anuna de-Wever and Adelaide Charlier from Belgium, pictures shared on the Swedish activist’s social media showed. The four young women were hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks on Thursday, during which they urged…
By Tina George, Minna One month after flood submerged some areas of Suleja local government area of Niger state, killing 14 people, destroying properties worth millions of Naira and left some people homeless, the victims have received relief materials from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The materials distributed are food and non-food items, including 551 bags of rice, 553 bags of beans, 553 bags of maize, 56 kegs of vegetable oil, 90 cartons of seasoning, 28 bags of salt, 46 cartons of tin tomatoes, 1,106 pieces of mattress and 1,106 pieces of mosquito net. Other are 1,106 pieces of…
Operatives of the Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four students of the University of Port Harcourt for their alleged involvement in Internet fraud. A statement by Dele Oyewale, Spokesperson of the Commission, made available to Ashenewsonline on Thursday said the quartet, who allegedly defrauded 15 victims of $111,500 are: Prince Hyacinth; Rex Emadifie Oghene, Odili Ifeayi and Uduak Samuel Williams. It said that they were picked up on Thursday, from their hideout at Chibiak Avenue, Elenpranwo, Ada George, Port Harcourt. “Upon their arrest, the following items were recovered: one Tecno Spark…
An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has exposed an alleged deal that after receiving N250 million, Dr. Donald Wokoma, a Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, allegedly failed to execute some contracts awarded to his firms in 2018. Economic Confidential reports that the EFCC Investigator made the disclosure while testifying before the Justice Isa Ayo Salami Presidential Investigative Panel on Thursday. The Economic Confidential gathered that Wokoma was a signatory to the bank accounts of the companies when he was Special Assistant to the Vice President on the National Economic Council (NEC). The Justice Ayo Salami…
By Michael Joseph and Toluwani Bamigboje Rape has a history that almost equalled the history of man’s creation. It is on record that the first recorded incidence of rape in the Bible was also in the Book of Genesis. Indeed biblically, rape was a constant feature among men and at a point it was taken as a thing of shame, not on the victim but on the family of the person raped. Culturally, it is an offence which stands on the same pedestal with the offence of murder, since a suspect accused of rape is expected to go into hiding…