ASHENEWS reports that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted various quantities of cocaine and opioids, including tramadol, pentazocine injection, morphine sulphate, and ketamine injection, concealed in shoes, clothes, and other items destined for the United States, United Kingdom, and Cyprus in Lagos. Among the notable seizures, 250 grams of cocaine bound for Cyprus were hidden in the soles of custom-made shoes, while over five kilograms of opioids heading to the US and UK were found concealed in clothes and household items intended for shipment through courier firms in Lagos. Additionally, 440 grams of Loud, a…
Author: Abdoulaye Kay
One of the biggest problems confronting several major cities in the country today is the severity of youth redundancy and the resulting impact on the social setup. The situation is far more serious in cities where hitherto functioning factories which were engaging many capable youths into remunerative employment have largely now become comatose. Even if these factories are now restored to full production, they cannot entirely engage the teeming youths in the cities. Government employment opportunities may indeed have reached pliable limits. Meanwhile, schools have continued to produce more graduates with no capacity to engage in self-employment. Kano By Eng.…
Former Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Pius Anyim, had defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He defected alongside former Senator and PDP gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 general elections, Sen. Obinna Ogba and that of the Labour Party, Edward Nkwegu, and some of their supporters during the grand finale of the APC campaign for the Local Government Area (LGA) elections in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state on Saturday. Also some former members of the National and State Assemblies as well as former Local Government Area Chairmen among others, all…
ASHENEWS reports that Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has commenced the disbursement of N260 million as part of the second batch of a women empowerment initiative. This initiative targets beneficiaries across all 44 local government areas of the state, with 5,200 women receiving N50,000 each. In this monthly empowerment effort, 100 women from each of the 36 local government areas outside the metropolis, and 200 from each of the eight metropolitan local government areas, are selected to benefit. This was outlined in a statement by Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, the Governor’s spokesperson. Governor Yusuf, addressing the beneficiaries at the government…
Bandits have released the two abducted Kaduna journalists, Abdulgafar Alabelewe, and Abduraheem Aodu and their families, who were kidnapped last week Saturday. ASHENEWS recalls that the bandits on July 7, 2024, invaded Dahjonu community in the Millennium City of Chikun local government area of Kaduna state and abducted two journalists. One of the victims’ family members, Taofeeq Olayemi, had confirmed that the bandits invaded the area around 10.30 pm and shot indiscriminately before carrying out their act. Olayemi said the bandits kidnapped Alabelewe, his wife, and two of his children, while Aodu and his wife, who was also sick, were…
The palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi has been gutted by fire. The fire outbreak was suspected to have been ignited by suspected arsonists late on Friday night. ALSO READ [BREAKING] Court nullifies law dissolving 4 Kano Emirates According to sources, the fire destroyed a part of the palace at the Gidan Rumfa that the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, occupies. ALSO READ Kano emirate: We must scrutinize professional conduct of lawyers, judges – NBA “It was the palace at Kofar Kudu. You know the palace has an entrance from inside while the main entrance is from the…
Our debt-to-GDP ratio, which used to be far, far below 50, which used to be around 20 to 23, 25, is now close to 50%,” he said.
Bitcoin pumped to a near $60,000 following the announcement of the United States CPI yesterday but appears to have retraced from the surge at the time of the report. The total market capitalization of all crypto assets also dropped to a little over $2.2 trillion.
“The motive for profit must not overshadow the safety of lives. And we are going to take steps immediately to do a technical audit of all the schools, we are going to test their structural integrity to ensure that human beings can inhabit such buildings.”
Barely less than 24 hours after a school building collapsed on pupils in Plateau State, killing 22 and injuring 132, four people have been rescued after a section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed in Abuja on Saturday morning. Unconfirmed number of other people are trapped in the rubble. It is also 11 days after another building collapsed at Unity House, Area 11, Garki, in Abuja. ALSO READ Truth under fire: The multi-front assault on facts during the 2023 Nigerian election One person is still trapped in the rubble of the residential building located in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital…