The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has launched a Peace and Inclusive Security Initiative (PISI) to tackle insecurity, conflicts and violence in the country. The Chairman of NGF, Dr Kayode Fayemi, while launching the initiative in Abuja, said there was urgent need for consensual action on security governance. Fayemi, who is also the governor of Ekiti, said the launch of PISI heralded an important milestone for NGF as it seeks to build a more inclusive and collaborative platform to drive an urgent country-wide response to the security challenge Nigeria was facing. “One of the key areas where there is urgent need…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it detected a confirmed case of the SARS-CoV-2, known as the Delta variant in Nigeria. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this in an interview in Abuja. The deadly Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a variant of concern. WHO said that the Delta variant was ‘dangerous’ and continued to evolve and mutate, and thus requiring constant evaluation and careful adjustment of the public health response. Ihekweazu said the variant was detected in a traveller to Nigeria, following the routine travel test required of all international travelers and…
Political manoeuvres are currently at an advanced stage as the political class position themselves for power with the 2023 election. The political crisis in the country is however so severe that Nigeria may not reach that fatidic date in one piece. The problem, as we know, is that politicians are the most focused people on earth – get power only, and therefore spend little time on issues of collateral damage that might be caused by their own modes of engagement. The current demand is for power shift to the south and the northern forces are positioning themselves on the yes/no…
By Tina George, Minna Relief may have come the way of poor and vulnerable people in Niger state, as the state government is set to implement the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery Economic Stimulus, N-CARES. The project, which will be coordinated by FADAMA office, is meant to reduce the impact of the pandemic and improve food security in the state. Speaking to newsmen in Minna, the FADAMA coordinator, Dr Hassan Kontagora, disclosed that in the next few weeks, the beneficiaries will get the stimulus after they have been identified and selected. He said that beneficiaries would include the poor within the…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has dropped the promotion of CP, Ibrahim Magu, former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday, said the PSC also confirmed the acting appointments of three Deputy Inspectors General of Police. The Commission also approved the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. According to the statement, the decisions were taken at the 12th plenary meeting held on Tuesday and Wednesday and presided over by the chairman,…
Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has assured he would be freed soon. Speaking after his visit to Kanu, the lawyer said there was no strong allegations to convict him. “We’re in high spirit that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will soon come out of detention sooner than expected, and better too. It’s one thing for allegations to be made, it’s another thing to establish it. But I don’t think there’s anything strong enough to convict him. “There’s no cause for worry. His health is improving. Only that he has not been allowed access…
A 19-year-old student of Anchor University Lagos, Mary Enakireru has emerged the best graduating student for the 2019/2020 class at the institution’s maiden convocation. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph Afolayan, announced this at a news conference on the activities lined up for the institution’s maiden convocation, on Thursday in Lagos. According to Afolayan, the convocation ceremony holds on Friday, July 9, and ends with a special convocation service on Sunday at the Deeper Life Bible Church Headquarters in Gbagada, Lagos. The VC said that Enakireru from the Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Science Education, would…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the death of four members of same family as a result of food poisoning. This is contained in a news release signed by Mr Babawale Afolabi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NSCDC, Kwara Command. According to the statement, the deceased died in the early hours of Thursday as a result of poisonous food consumption. “We received information about the death of two children of Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar of Olori village, Banni community of Kwara North; Umar Mohammed 25 and Kadir Mohammed 18. “They started vomiting around 4 am on…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has engaged some commercial banks as agents to freeze and recover N1.8 trillion from accounts of Messrs MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN) and MultiChoice Africa (MCA). This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, Director, Communications and Liaison Department of FIRS in Abuja on Thursday. The FIRS explained that the decision to appoint the banks as agents and to freeze the accounts was as a result of the groups’ continued refusal to grant FIRS access to their servers for audit. The service said it discovered that the companies persistently breached all agreements…