BMW (China) Automotive Trading Ltd. is recalling 8,097 vehicles due to safety risks in airbag inflators. According to a statement from the State Administration for Market Regulation, on Monday, the BMW vehicles involve imported 1 Series, 2 Series, 3 Series, 4 Series and 5 Series. Others include X1, X3, X4, X 5, X 5 M, X6, and X6 Active Hybrid cars manufactured between February 17, 2005, and August 27, 2017. When the air bags of these cars are being inflated, the flawed gas generating agent could cause overpressure that may break up the inflators and pose safety hazards. The automaker…
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Nigeria’s State Security Services, SSS, produced eight of the 12 aides of Sunday Igboho at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Recall that the aides were arrested when operatives of the Service raided Igboho’s home on July 1. The aides, through their lawyer, Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi had sued on grounds that their fundamental human rights were being infringed on. The Justice Obiora Egwuatu had ordered that the Service produced the 12 aides on July 29, an order it failed to honour at last sitting. However, the Service produced eight of the 12 aides in court on August 2, 2021 when…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says Nigeria on Sunday recorded 407 new cases of COVID-19. The data is given even as resident doctors across the country resumed an indefinite, nationwide strike. The recent surge in new cases is seen as signaling the third wave of the pandemic, triggered by the Delta variant, which is believed to be deadlier. According to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), the federal government is expected to take delivery of about 4.8 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines as donation from the American government on Monday. Till date, Nigeria has recorded…
A professor of Quantity Surveying and Construction Administration with the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, has posited that Nigerian construction industry will continue to face project delivery problems because due diligence and objectivity are not followed in the selection of contractors for construction projects. Prof. Isaac Aje made the submission while delivering the 131st Inaugural lecture of FUTA with the topic: “Dynamics of Construction Contractors’ Selection: Ad hoc and Post hoc Analyses” on Tuesday July 27, 2021. According to him, “the practice of automatic selection of the lowest tenderer, which has become the norm in the industry, is risky…
Following a recommendation letter by the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to Police Service Commission on Saturday, the PSC on Sunday, suspended DCP Abba Kyari as a result of his indictment by the Federal Investigation Bureau, FBI, on US court’s trial of Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi. Kyari’s suspension was contained in the commission’s letter to the IGP with reference, PSC/POL/D/153/vol/V/138 to the Inspector General of Police dated Sunday, August 1st, 2021 and signed by Justice Clara Ogunbiyi and Commissioner 1 who signed on behalf of the Commission’s Chairman, Musiliu Smith, who is currently on leave. “Abba Kyari’s suspension…
“Each time I want to fight for African rights, I use only one hand because the other hand is busy trying to keep away Africans who are fighting me.” – Benjamin Burombo Today I want to talk about Nigerian democratic growth and good governance but with the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a springboard. This is necessary because, like it or not, the APC is currently the ruling party. Whatever affects a ruling party must affect governance. A stable ruling party led by those who have the interest of the country at heart will translate into having a responsive government…
Operatives of the Niger state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, mid last week, confiscated 125 bags of substance suspected to be cannabis. A source exclusively told ASHENEWS on Saturday that the operatives confiscated the substance at Mailefe, a village about 10km away from Kontagora. According to the source, a brother of one of the village heads in Kontagora Emirate of the state, is mentioned to be part of the illegal business of the substance. He further disclosed that the Coalition of Major Associations of Kontagora, declared its readiness to assist operatives of the agency in the…
The federal government has given assurance of its readiness to support every move that will bring about stability in the global oil market. This was reiterated at a visit by Dr Mohammad Barkindo, the Nigerian born Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Scribe, to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, in Abuja. They both expressed their readiness to work hand-in-hand to ensure stability of the global crude oil market. Sylva said that Nigeria, as one of the leading oil and gas producing nations in Africa, would continue to abide by the Declaration of Cooperation (DOC) which…
By Olive Ugochukwu In recent times, second hand underwear popularly called “Okirika” has become common in Nigerian cities and villages, as some people prefer them to new ones. Some buyers of second hand underwear said in Abuja that they preferred the second hand underwear because it’s cheaper and lasts longer, others said they rather stick to buying new underwear to avoid allergies and infections. Some of them said they patronise the second hand underwear not only because of its affordability but also for the durability. Mr Franklyn Obi said at the Goza weekly second hand market, that he had no…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says 30 out of 65 private airplanes verified so far are liable to pay required duties to the federal government. The Customs spokesperson, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in Abuja on Sunday. Attah explained that some of these airplanes came into the country by Temporary Importation agreement which allows them to bring the jets without payment because it was secured by bond. He said that thereafter many of them failed to turn up to pay on the expiration of the agreement which necessitated the verification. He stated that with this exercise, there would be…