A pan-Igbo sociopolitical pressure group, the South East Revival Group, SERG, has said that the Ndigbo should hold Southeast governors for not taking decisive actions to prevent the take over of Igbo forests by criminal elements. The group in a statement by its President and National Coordinator, Chief Willy Ezugwu said “Igbos should hold the South East governors responsible for the ongoing loss of lives and property in the region due to security challenges. “We recall that at the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the South East Revival Group had severally urged the South East governors to launch of a central…
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Pastor Tunde Bakare of Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, has said that Nigeria is not driven by President Muhammadu Buhari that he knows. The pastor who tweeted his Easter message through his handle @T_bakare, said Buhari’s legacy was being confined to the unsavoury side of history. “I am compelled to speak out because the state of the nation does not represent the Buhari I knew when we took that solemn journey towards rebuilding Nigeria. READ ALSO: Why governments serve propaganda, create imaginary enemies – Kukah “I am compelled to speak out at this point because, given the state of…
The Kaduna state government has refuted media reports that it had appointed intermediaries to negotiate with bandits, on its behalf. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, made the clarification in a statement on Sunday, in Kaduna. “The attention of the Kaduna state government, under the leadership of Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, has been drawn to reports in the media that it has appointed representatives to interface with bandits on its behalf. ”The state government hereby, clarifies firmly that such intermediaries have never been appointed,” he said.. Aruwan said the position of the Kaduna Government remained the same…
The Islamic Development Bank, IsDB, and the Lives and Livelihood Fund, LLF, have released N74 million in support to Kano government for the purchase of vaccines and other consumables for Mass Livestock Vaccination Campaign in the state. A statement by the Project Communication Specialist, Ameen Yassar made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, said the “fund was apportioned through the Islamic Solidarity Fund, ISFD, the poverty alleviation arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group, to the Kano Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, for the vaccination of cattle, sheep and goats against major diseases challenging their productivity and health.” Livestock health and productivity…
We ended the last day of March on a high note. No other than Sale Mamman, minister of state for power, heralded a piece of good news. He tweeted: “During today’s FEC, the @NigeriaGov approved the sum of N10.7 billion for the design, construction, manufacturing and supply of four power sub-stations in Damaturu, Potiskum, Biu and Maiduguri. These are part of our efforts to boost the power supply across the nation ASAP.” An electric substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of…
If a religious leader is afraid to say what is right, what else can his silence mean but that he has taken flight? Hiding behind a wall of silence is like taking flight at the approach of the wolf. – Pope St. Gregory the Great (540–604 AD) Easter Sunday is here again. But first, let us step back to Friday. Good Friday was a Kairos moment for the beleaguered followers of Jesus, a defining moment that separated truth from falsehood and light from darkness. At Golgotha, Jesus remained silent when the first thief taunted Him, and when bystanders scornfully asked…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah has observed that when governments face legitimacy crises, they manufacture consent by creating imaginary enemies and use religion, ethnicity, regionism to set citizens against each other. He stated this in his Easter Message to Nigerians titled, “Nigeria: Before Our Glory Departs” on Sunday. “When governments face legitimacy crises, they fall back on serving the sour broth of propaganda, half-truths, and outright lies. They manufacture consent by creating imaginary enemies, setting citizens against one another by deploying religion, ethnicity, region, and other platforms while appealing to the base emotions of patriotism. We forget…
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo is currently meeting behind closed-door with Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Desert Herald reports. The meeting is perceived to be over the security situation in the country, with particular relation to Fulani helmsmen criminality. “Gumi is said to be worried over recent happenings in the South West where northerners, especially the Fulanis and their possessions were attacked. “His visited Obasanjo as a critical stakeholder and respected elder statesman, to discuss and to brief him on his recent mission to Fulani bandits with the hope that government will understand the situation better and…
No fewer than 1,000 direct jobs are expected to be created from the Mechanic Village, being constructed in Sabongida community, Owan West local government area, of Edo. A group of western investors, led by Mr Christopher Ojo, who were the initiators of the project, said the mechanic village, upon completion, will be a one-stop shop for all forms of vehicle spare parts as well as repairs. Ojo said on Sunday that the project, expected to be completed in 2023, will take the pressure away from the local government councils, the highest employers of labour in the locality. He also noted…
Around 70 per cent of coronavirus patients tested at a Tokyo hospital in March carried a mutation known for reducing vaccine protection, Japanese public broadcaster, NHK said on Sunday. The E484K mutation, nicknamed ‘Eek’ by some scientists, was found in 10 out of the 14 people who tested positive for the virus at Tokyo Medical and Dental University Medical Hospital in March, the report said. For the two months through March 12, a total of 36 COVID patients carried the mutation, with none of them having recently travelled abroad or reporting contact with people who had, it said. Hospital officials…