By Rukayat Moisemhe Many, with the trend of appointments, particularly in the private sector in Nigeria, see women as shattering glass ceilings in their numbers. The past two years have seen Mrs Toki Mabogunje and Saratu Iya Aliyu emerge as Presidents of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the Nigerian Association for Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) respectively. More recently, women such as Dr Ije Jidenma, Dame Adebola Williams, Dr Chinyere Almona and Mrs Bisi Adeyemi have gone ahead to take on delectable, sensitive and economically important positions in their respective institutions. Jidenma is…
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By Abujah Racheal Nigeria has reported 206 additional cases of COVID-19, with total infections being 169,884 as of July 20, 2021. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official website handle on Wednesday morning. The new infections indicate an increase from the 146 cases announced a day earlier. It noted that there was no COVID-19 related death on Tuesday while the country’s total fatality stood at 2,128. The agency disclosed that 23 people who had recovered from the disease were discharged from isolation centres across the country. The NCDC added that till date, 164,733 recoveries…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Tuesday, pardoned 136 inmates as part of measures to decongest the correctional centres in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Kano. Anwar stated that the governor took the decision when he visited Goron-dutse Medium Correctional Centre on Tuesday. “You are Nigerians who deserved to be taken care of and that is why we are here today to celebrate with you this great Eid-el-Kabir, by pardoning some of you,” he said. “We are also here to see how you are feeling…
The Police in Jigawa said kidnappers have abducted a 38-year-old man in Kiyawa local government area of the state. The spokesperson of Jigawa Police Command, ASP Lawan Shiisu confirmed the incident to newsmen in Dutse on Wednesday. Shiisu said the suspects allegedly abducted the victim identified as Lawan Zakar at his residence at Dankoli quarters, on July 17. “On July 17, at about 5:50 a.m., one Aliyu Zakar of Dankoli quarters in Kiyawa LGA came to the police station and reported that: “On the same date at about 3 a.m., a gang of five criminals jumped into the house of…
An elder statesman, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, has again told the federal government to come up with a blueprint on true federalism, to address worrisome fault lines keeping Nigeria divided. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Onochie lamented that Nigeria would continue to wallow in problems until political leaders mustered courage to address endemic problems holding the country down. Former colonial masters, Britain amalgamated Nigeria in 1914, to give birth to Africa’s largest nation but 107 years down the line, the country has been engulfed in various problems, making the country not to realize its potential to the fullest. According…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, says the party would come up with a consensus and agreeable presidential candidate that will fly its flag in 2023 at appropriate time. Sen. John Akpanudoehede, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. The statement was in reaction to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, recent allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari had a self-succession plan. The APC scribe, however, stressed that the party would not allow individual ambitions to derail Buhari administration, ahead of the 2023 presidential poll. He said unlike the opposition…
Lead counsel to Sunday Igboho, Yomi Alliyu (SAN), has alleged that his client is being tortured having been chained in a Cotonou police cell in Benin Republic. The counsel, speaking to ChannelsTV Tuesday night, disclosed that Igboho would appear before a court in Benin by Wednesday (today), for an extradition order. Alliyu also debunked reports that Igboho had been released saying rather that, “Igboho is being treated like an animal in the cell based on an order from the above. “I got a call from a reliable source from the authorities in the Republic of Benin that Sunday Igboho has…
The Zamfara Police Command says it successfully rescued 100 kidnapped victims from bandits at Kabaro forest in Maru local government area (LGA) of the state. A statement by the spokesperson, SP Muhammad Shehu made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday, said the rescue was as a result of a collaboration between the command and the state Ministry for Security and Home Affairs. “Some recalcitrant bandits stormed Manawa village in Mutunji District of Dansadau Emirate in Maru LGA on June 8, and abducted 100 villagers including nursing mothers, males and children. “The victims who were in custody of their abductors for 42…
The media aide of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, Mr Olayomi Koiki has debunked media reports that his principal has been released by the government of Benin Republic. Media reports Tuesday evening indicated that Igboho and his wife, Ropo Adeyemo who were arrested in Cotonou Monday night, had been released and were on their way to Germany. However, Koiki confirmed in a terse statement on Tuesday that the report was untrue. “Please disregard the report. There is nothing as such” he said.
Sunday Igboho’s lawyer, Chief Yomi Aliu SAN, has given reasons why his client would not be extradited to Nigeria. According to Yomi in a statement on Tuesday, the existing treaty between Nigeria and Benin Republic on political offenders, would prohibited the later from extradition Igboho. “The Extradition Treaty of 1984 between Togo, Nigeria, Ghana and Republic of Benin excluded political fugitives. It also states that where the fugitive will not get justice because of discrimination and/or undue delay in prosecution the host country should not release the fugitive. “Now, Article 20 of African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights to…