By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army says, its troops supported by Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have thwarted Boko Haram terrorists’ incursion into Damasak, Headquarters of Mobbar local government area of Borno, killing scores. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in as statement on Monday, said the success was recorded on April 10. Yerima said the troops engaged the terrorists with superior fire power both from the air and on the ground which compelled them to withdraw in disarray with several men and equipment casualty. He disclosed that two gallant soldiers paid the supreme price while…
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Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Roche, on Monday presented new data on its phase three trial of an antibody cocktail. The antibody cocktail is meant to reduce the risk of a symptomatic case of COVID-19, the company said in a statement. The Basel-headquartered company said that its latest data set showed that the subcutaneous administration of a cocktail of casirivimab and imdevimab reduced the risk of a symptomatic case by 81 per cent. “Among individuals, who still experienced symptomatic infections, those who received casirivimab and imdevimab were able to clear the virus faster and had much shorter symptom duration,’’ it stated. The…
Experts have called on the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) to utilise the N126 billion allocated for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the health budget judiciously, to build a resilient health system in the country. They made the call on Monday in Abuja, at the end of a three-day strategic advocacy retreat for the media organised by Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) and Partners for Health Journalists. The retreat had the theme: Nigeria’s commitment to the partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, (PMNCH), COVID-19 call to action. The federal government revised the 2020 budget in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with…
Governors of the South East states have resolved to maintain a joint security outfit for the code named Ebube Agu (Wonderful Tiger). The governors made the resolution in a communique during the first south east security summit held in Owerri on Sunday. The communique was presented by Chief Dave Umahi, Chairman of the South East Governors’ Conference and Ebonyi governor, The governor’s conference said the joint security outfit would have its headquarters in Enugu to coordinate the vigilance groups in the zone. They also resolved to set up a committee comprising security personnel, government officials and other relevant stakeholders to…
By Muhammad Nasir The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed the Muslim Ummah to look out for the crescent (moon) of Ramadan 1442AH from Monday. Abubakar gave the directive on Sunday in a statement issued by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto. “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah that Monday, April 12, which is equivalent to the 29th day of Sha’aban 1442AH shall be the day to look for the new moon of Ramadan 1442AH. “Muslim are, therefore, requested to start looking for the crescent moon on Monday and report…
Six years after his election as governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje has disclosed that he inherited liability to the tune of N54,408,259,628.05 billion from the administration of Rabi’u Kwankwaso, meant for the five-kilometre road projects across the 44 local government areas of the state. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba at a press conference after the state Executive Council Meeting held at the Government House on Saturday. He said the council received the report of the Technical Committee to assess the five kilometre road projects, all of which were awarded by the previous administration under…
The funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh will be held at Windsor on April 17, with no public access nor public procession beforehand, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said on Saturday. The event is to be a “ceremonial royal funeral”, rather than a state funeral, which “very much reflects the duke’s wishes”, a palace spokesman said. A national minute’s silence will be observed as the funeral begins at 15:00 BST at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor. Members of the public will not be allowed to attend as the proceedings have been scaled down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funeral will…
The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, says that Nigeria’s economic growth for 2021 will surpass the 2.5% projection by the International Monetary Fund, IMF. In a statement jointly signed by its chairman and secrefsry, Niyi Akinsiju and Cassidy Madueke and made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, BMO said this is because of the manner the President Muhammadu Buhari administration exceeded all expectations with the country’s speedy exit from recession. “It is gratifying that the IMF which had previously projected a 1.5% growth for the Nigerian economy has now been forced to eat the humble pie after the country exceeded all expectations…
By Bala Ibrahim There is no gainsaying, in the administrative architecture of the Nigeria Police, the office of the Force Secretary is the engine room that serves as the principal source of energy, from where the management of all activities relating to the work of policing the country are coordinated. It is therefore imperative, for effective and efficient performance, to have someone with a good sense of responsibility, good managerial abilities, and an acceptable, or accommodating acumen of harmonizing public and police affairs, to occupy the office of the Force Secretary. Those who know AIG Hafiz Inuwa, would attest to…
… applauds BUA Chairman As the Ramadan month of fasting approaches, the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG has called the Nigerian Consumer Protection Council to emulate the example set by the Kano State Anti Curruption Commission in order to checkmate the tendency for essential commodity price hike. The CNG while saluting the vow by Alhaji Abdussamad Isyaku Rabiu, Chairman BUA Groups to sanction any erring dealer that hike the prices of essential commodities allocated by BUA, also warned against the ungodly action by marketers which exposes worshippers and the general public to severe hardship. A statement by CNG’s Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez…