The Police Command in Enugu State says it has re-arrested and charged to court two suspects on the alleged defilement of a seven-year old within Enugu metropolis. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said this in a statement in Enugu made available to newsmen. Ndukwe said that the suspects, who were still under investigation, included a 25-year-old native of Akwa Ibom state as well as the grandmother of the victim, who was an accomplice to the crime. He said that the suspects were on June 22, charged to court and remanded in Enugu Custodial Centre pending further hearing…
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The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that famine was already present in four countries but with millions more people are at risk, underscoring the need for urgent funding and humanitarian access to reach those in need. Analysis by the UN agency on Tuesday revealed that 41 million people in 43 countries were teetering on the very edge of famine, up from 27 million two years ago. “I am heartbroken at what we’re facing in 2021. We now have four countries where famine-like conditions are present,” WFP chief David Beasley told its Executive Board on Monday, according to a press…
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has again urged regional leaders to focus on vaccine production and access for the African continent as the COVID-19 epidemic continues to take lives and hurt economies and livelihoods. Adesina made the call before the Bank Group’s 2021 Annual meetings, scheduled to open on Wednesday. The meeting is expected to end on June 25. “Africa needs solutions to help it navigate through the very challenging times posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. “But the rebound will depend on access to vaccines.” The AfDB president said the bank would support the…
The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Mr Wamkele Mene says 38 countries have now deposited their instrument of ratification of the agreement establishing the AfCFTA. Mene, who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, said that it was at the initial stages of AfCFTA implementation. The 55-member states of the Africa Union (AU) established the AfCFTA to create a single continent-wide market for goods and services and to promote the movement of capital and natural persons. He said though ratifying an international instrument involved a lot of processes but governments were encouraged…
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio says the final report of forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be ready by the end of July. Akpabio, who fielded questions from State House correspondents on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the final report would be submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari for implementation. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had in February 2020 approved the appointment of a lead consultant for the forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The minister said that action had been expedited on the process of constitution of the board of…
…Say petitions to mislead Senate rooted neither in law nor equity Legal practitioners from Yusuf Danfako & Co have written to Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan in support of Lauretta Onochie’s nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari as a National Commissioner for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The letter addressed to the Senate President is titled, “Legal issues in support of president Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Lauretta Onochie as a national commissioner of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).” According to the letter, “We have observed with dismay, the the ferocious and atrocious attempt s at misleading this august body by some…
Former governor of Zamfara and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state Abdul’aziz Yari has commiserated with the family of an All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Bello Gamji. The former governor in a statement he personally signed and made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday expressed deep shock over the loss. “I was deeply shocked and saddened by the news of the passing away of my immediate lieutenant and close associate who served under different capacities during my tenure as Executive Governor of Zamfara state, Hon. Bello Dankande Gamji, (Walin Bakura) who died yesterday after a…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) says more than half of Nigerian people are not unconnected to Internet. CITAD’s observation is coming as the nation’s telecommunication regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) begins to review its licensing processes and conditions after nearly 20 years. The Executive Director of the Centre, Mr Y. Z. Yau in a statement made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday, said the telecommunication sector is highly dynamic such that its regulatory framework has to be equally dynamic, to respond to changes in technological development. “At the beginning of this year, only about 43% of Nigerians…
A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday sentenced the former Chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Petroleum Subsidy, Farouk Lawan to seven years in prison. Lawan was found guilty of count one, two, and three charges, which bother on corruptly asking for and obtaining bribe from Mr Femi Otedola, in order to exonerate Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited from the list of companies in the fuel subsidy scam. Count one stated that the former Chairman, ad-hoc committee on monitoring of fuel subsidy regime corruptly asked the Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited,…
The Police Command in Ekiti confirmed that seven people lost their lives, while many other passengers sustained injuries in an auto accident along Ilumoba-Aisegba road in Ekiti on Tuesday. A statement by Mr Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson in Ado-Ekiti, said the incident, which occurred at about 6:00a.m., involved two vehicles on a collision. He gave the identities of the vehicles as a Luxurious bus, marked BDG-47-WT and one Hummer bus with registration number ABC-82-XH. Abutu said the impact of the crash led to the instant death of the seven passengers, including the Hummer bus driver, while several others in…