The Governor of Zamfara State is implementing what he calls a successful model for handling terrorism and banditry in the State. On 1st March, a long interview with him, carried out before the abduction of female students in the State, was published in Trust. He proclaimed: “Alhamdulillahi, since we started the peace accord, there have been tremendous successes achieved in rescuing people that were under captivity. Some foreign nationals were in captivity for over eight months but when I became governor, I rescued most of them without paying anything. This is an issue of understanding and diplomacy. It is not…
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The Kwara Fire Service says fire has destroyed a female hostel in Offa Grammar School, Offa local government of the state. Hakeem Adekunle, the Head of Media and Publicity of the Service, in a statement on Friday in Ilorin, said the inferno affected a 20-room female hostel. He said six rooms were completely burnt out of the 20 rooms in the affected building. “At about 4:25 p.m on Thursday, the State Fire Service was informed of a fire incident at Offa Grammar School, in Offa, Kwara State, by one Mr Taiye through a telephone call. “The outbreak involved a storey…
The National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) is seeking collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in anti-corruption war. The NBA National Publicity Secretary, Dr Rapulu Nduka, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Nduka said that NFIU sought the partnership during a courtesy visit to the NBA leadership on Wednesday. “NFIU team led by its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Modibbo Tukkur, highlighted the critical role of NBA and its members in fighting corruption,” he said. He noted that NFUI was in a position to request disclosure of sources of funds, investigate funds and checkmate money laundering and…
Nigeria’s core problem is the license to kill at will without accountability, the license to kidnap for ransom and increasingly the kidnappers are paid for their crimes and sometimes still kill their captives before or after collecting the ransom. The tragedy is that we are building up a vast number of killers without activating judicial accountability mechanisms. With license to kill, ideological terrorists such as Boko Haram, bandits, armed robbers, professional kidnappers and separatists are expanding their activities. Sadly, the killers include bona fide members of the armed forces, (I know what I am talking about as I served on…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 16 deaths and 877 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. It said that the 877 new infections were reported from 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The agency reported that Lagos state recorded the highest number of the day followed by Kaduna state. “Lagos-273, Kaduna-87, Rivers-58, Akwa Ibom-47, Ebonyi-47, Edo-46, Ogun-46, Abia-34, Imo-34, Kano-34, Oyo-26, Osun-22, and Gombe-20. “Others are Ekiti-19, Cross River-15, FCT-15, Plateau-11, Enugu-nine, Kebbi-eight, Borno-seven, Niger-six, Bayelsa-five, Nasarawa-four, and Kwara-two, while Katsina and Sokoto reported one case each,” it stated. According to the agency, 126,417 people have been released…
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N640.310 billion to the three tiers of government for January. Mr Hassan Dodo, the Director of Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said this was made known in a communique issued at the end of virtual conference of FAAC on Thursday. The committee in its communique explained that the amount shared by the Federal government, States and local government areas (LGAs) included cost of collection to different agencies involved. It noted that N640.310 billion shared included cost of collection to Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and…
A total of 32 corps members who served in Lagos State in the 2020 Batch ‘A’ will have their national service extended or repeated as punitive measures for misconduct. Mr Eddy Megwa, Lagos State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Mr Eddy Megwa, announced the punishments at the passing out parade of a total of 5,720 corps members across the state. According to him, some of the affected corps members were not available when needed, while some absconded out-rightly. He did not specify the number to repeat the national service or those whose service will be extended. Meanwhile, Megwa…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday approved Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the go ahead for the use of the vaccine at a news conference in Abuja. She said that the NAFDAC vaccine committee commenced expedited review immediately the agency received theOxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dossier from Serum Institute of India on Feb. 10. She explained that members of the committee worked assiduously to review the vaccine as planned, noting that the recommendation for the emergency use authorisation was based on…
Tukur Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff says military action alone can’t tackle security challenges in the country. Buratai, a non-career ambassadorial designate, said this when he appeared before Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs for screening on Thursday in Abuja. “This security challenge is something that started more than 30, or 40 years ago. “It had penetrated the communities. The terrorists have won the communities to their side. That is why you see a small hamlet keeping Boko Haram in those locations, so it is a complex issue. “So it requires the whole government approach to deal with this. “The…
The North-Central chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has called on the federal government not to engage in empty condemnation but work towards rescuing the abducted students of Government Science College Kagara. This is contained in a statement by the Zonal coordinator, Mohammed A. Mohammed and made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday. “The Niger State chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, is concerned about the recent escalation of attacks and abductions in Niger State and the dimension that they have taken. “CNG is worried that as usual, in response to these attacks, the federal and state…