President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad has expressed the hope that the task of defeating Boko Haram insurgency would now be less cumbersome as Nigeria introduces new security apparatus and changes in the leadership of the army. President Muhammadu Buhari had in January announced the appointment of new service chiefs. He decorated the new chiefs with their new ranks on Match 5. The new service chiefs included Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Navy Staff, Vice-Marshal Awwal Gambo, and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao. The Chadian…
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A telecommunication company in Nigeria, 9Mobile is providing free access to lecturers and students on the tertiary educational technology platform, MyClassConnect. MyClassConnect is a cloud-based single educational technology platform that facilitates both virtual and physical learning efficiency in higher institutions in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, 9mobile’s support will ensure that users can access the platform without incurring mobile data costs, a statement by the telecom company said on Saturday. The partnership with MyClassConnect is another avenue 9mobile is exploring to continue to provide innovative options for the academic community to continue teaching and learning while keeping safe during and after…
By Attah Steve, Abuja An ecosystem advocacy group, the National Ecosystem Advocates of Nigeria, NEAN, has called on the Federal government of Nigeria to intervene in the illegal killing and exportation of donkeys from the country by some Chinese. In a statement jointly signed by the group’s National Coordinator, Comrade Ben Iguabor and the National Secretary, Silas Modaccai and made available to ASHENEWS on Friday, the conservationists also expressed worry that forest guards from the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS) were being attacked, harassed, and maimed by the Chinese and their unpatriotic Nigerian collaborators. NEAN expressed concerns that if the…
By Cecilia Ologunagba and Justina Auta The founder of Queen Zara Foundation, Joyce Roberts, has urged Nigerians to go for regular hypertension screening and adopt a healthy life style, in order to reduce the risks of hypertension related diseases. Roberts, also the Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, who spoke on the sidelines of the foundation’s free medical outreach, on Saturday, in Abuja, also urged Nigerians to eat healthy and natural foods. According to her, the need to help and empower the disadvantaged in the country made her establish the foundation. “Our focus for this outreach is to encourage people…
By Victor Okoye Nigeria have qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, scheduled for Cameroon, ahead of their Match Day 5 fixture, after Sierra Leone’s goalless draw with Lesotho on Saturday. The Super Eagles, who played later in the day in Group L, qualified by virtue of the result of the earlier fixture. Lesotho hosted Sierra Leone in the earlier fixture at the Setsoto Stadium in Maseru, drawing 0-0. This meant table-toppers Nigeria with eight points have secured their 2021 AFCON ticket, while Benin Republic with seven points can also ensure qualification. But this will be if they…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that about 30 million people are adversely affected by a shrunken Lake Chad, which is now about 10 per cent of its original size. He spoke at State House while hosting the President of Chad, Idriss Deby, who paid him a one-day official visit in Abuja on Saturday. “It is imperative that there be water transfer to the Lake Chad from the Congo Basin, so that the people can resume their normal lives,” Buhari said. According to him, with inter-basin water transfer, farming, fishing, animal husbandry would resume, and curtail irregular migration of youths, who…
The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, has denied news report by an online platform that it “demanded 10% of the N159 billion Refund to Paris Club Contractors As Kickback”. This is contained in a statement titled, “Untrue, malicious and libelous allegation against Nigeria Governors Forum and its Chairman, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi,” signed by the spokesperson of the Forum, Abdulrazaque Barkindo and made available to ASHENEWS on Saturday. According to the Forum, the report was “intended to mislead the innocent reader and coax them into believing the lies…and leaving them unchallenged would be catastrophic, apart from also assuming a life of…
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday met behind closed doors with Chadian President, Field Marshal Idriss Deby Itno, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Chadian leader, who arrived at the Presidential Villa at about 12.15 p.m., was welcomed by Buhari at the forecourt of the villa. The two leaders would deliberate on sub-regional issues including security challenges occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram. Buhari and the Chadian leader last met face-to-face in June 2019 on the sidelines of the Ogainisation of Islamic Conference summit in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Buhari last visited N’Djamena, the Chadian capital, in April…
By Emmanuel Mogbede Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio, has refuted claim that the jailed INEC Electoral Officer, Prof. Peter Ogban was convicted for rigging election in favour of All Progressives Congress (APC). Akpabio, reacting to the claim by Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Aniete Ekong on Saturday, denied that Ogban was working towards rigging the election in his favour. Ekong described the claim as spurious, unfounded and malicious. Ogban, a professor of Soil Science at the University of Calabar was sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Akwa Ibom High Court…
By Rabiu Sani-Ali The Kano State Environmental Mobile Court on Saturday, ordered two factories to pay N1 million fine for violation of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state. The affected factories are GP Tank and JP Company. Chief Magistrate, Auwal Yusuf-Suleiman, gave the order during an inspection exercise at the Sharada Industrial Area in Kano metropolis. Yusuf-Suleiman said the factories were found guilty of operating within the stipulated of hours 7am to 10am of the sanitation exercise contrary to sections 61 and 104 of the National Environmental Laws. He, therefore, ordered each of the factories to pay N500,000…