The Police Command in Osun, on Thursday said two Chinese miners kidnapped at a gold mining site at Okepa/Itikan Village, Ifewara, Atakunmosa-West local government area of Osun on Monday, had been rescued. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, said the kidnapped persons were rescued at about 9 p.m. on Wednesday. “The Police Command in Osun have rescued the two Chinese miners, Zhao Jian, 33 and Wen, 50, who were kidnapped on April 5, at a gold mining site in Ifewara, Osun. “It will be recalled that the state Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, drafted a combined reinforcement of…
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Dr Titus Okunrounmu, former Director, Budgeting Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says Nigeria’s economy can grow by between seven per cent and 10 per cent annually if the necessary measures are put in place. Okunrounmu made the projection in an interview on Thursday in Ota, Ogun. The former CBN director was reacting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projection that Nigeria economy would grow by 2.5 per cent in 2021. Recall that the IMF on Tuesday revised the projected growth of Nigeria’s economy in 2021 to 2.5 per cent, from its earlier projection of 1.5 per cent announced in…
Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state, says bandits terrorising Nigeria have lost their rights to life under the constitution and must be wiped out. El-rufai made this known during a town hall meeting on national security organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture held in Kaduna with theme: “Setting Benchmark for Enhanced and National Unity in Nigeria”. “The bandits are at war with Nigeria and there is no other way to approach the current insurgency but for security forces to take the war to the bandits and recover forests where they are occupying. “The security agencies mostly react to…
The Society for Planet and Prosperity, SPP, a Nigerian non-governmental organization devoted to advancing action to enhance environmentally sustainable economic growth in Africa, is partnering with the European Climate Foundation (ECF) and the Climate Change and Development Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike (CCD-AEFUNAI), to convene a High-Level Dialogue on Promoting Green and Resilient Recovery in Nigeria and the rest of West Africa. A statement by the Project Officer of Society for Planet and Prosperity, issued in Wednesday said, “the event will bring together though-leaders, including policy makers, parliamentarians, diplomats, and international development partners, to discuss the multi-faceted impact of Covid-19 on…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide, has denied that it condemned the appointment of the new Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba. This is contained in a statement by the The Director General Strategic Planning and Implementations, Amb. Obizoba Tony and made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday. “Our attention has been drawn to an online media report that certain person purportedly speaking for Ohanaeze Ndigbo reacted on behalf of the group with condemnation of the appointment Tuesday April 6, 2021 of Alhaji Usman Alkali Baba, by President Muhammadu Buhari, as the new Acting Inspector General of Police. “We make bold…
Nigeria’s former military head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar says it is worrisome that volume of proliferation of all manner of weapons, estimated at six million and heightened insecurity in the country and led to over 80,000 deaths and close to three million Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs. The Chairman of the National Peace Committee, NPC, said this at a dialogue session of the committee with key stakeholders at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Abubakar, Nigeria’s challenges were multifaceted, including Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, increasing poverty, the calls for the balkanization of the country from different quarters,…
A labour and civil society coalition group, Alliance for the Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond, ASCAB, led by human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, says President Mohammadu Buhari’s frequent medical trips to the United Kingdom (UK), has assaulted Nigeria’s National Health Act and is promoting health systems neglect by his administration. A statement signed by Falana on Wednesday, observed that it was contradictory for billions of Naira to be allocated to the health sector and other huge amount credited to the Presidential Clinic in Aso Rock while president Buhari embarks on foreign trips for medical care. Similarly, Falana stated…
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has described the news report that he instituted legal action against the citizenship or otherwise of the former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as stale and false. This is contained in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu made available to newsmen on Wednesday. According to the statement, “the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has never filled any case before any court in the country challenging the citizenship of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. “The matter in contention was part…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus, Mr Boss Mustapha, says President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the PTF and set up the Presidential Steering Committee, PSC. Speaking at the national briefing of the PTF in Abuja on Monday, he said the dissolution followed the expiration of the terms of task force. “You will recall that when His Excellency, Mr. President received the end-of-year report of the PTF on December 22, 2020, he authorized the extension of the mandate of the body for three months. “Following the expiration of the extension…
The Acting Inspector General of Police IGP, Mr Usman Baba has disclosed how he will change the narrative in policing Nigeria against threats of insecurity. Baba, speaking at the taking over ceremony from outgone IGP Muhammad Adamu, also promised to provide professional and responsible leadership for the Police on Wednesday. “I am inspired by the fact that, from my extensive years in service, I can confidently say that Nigeria police is endowed with some of the finest, courageous and patriotic officers. “I am also encouraged by the fact that the outgoing I-G laid a solid foundation and entrenched a culture…