Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk to publish details of the proposed payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The non-governmental organisation also wants the minister to provide details about the mechanisms and logistics for the payments, list of beneficiaries, how they have been selected, projected payments per state, and whether the payments will be made in cash, through Bank Verification Numbers or other means. SERAP’s request follows the announcement by the minister last week that the Federal Government would pay about…
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By Lai Mahmood, Ilorin The Alliance for Democracy (AD) 2019 governorship candidate in Oyo, Engr Oyèdélé Hakeem Alaó has charged governor Seyi Mákindé not to blame Sunday Igboho over what happened in Igangan and listen to voices of reasoning as insecurity in the state had reached a boiling point. In a statement made available in Ibadan by his spokesperson, Omotayo Iyanda, Àlàó noted that the composition of Amotekun was wrong from onset and that impacted negatively on the present state of security in the state. “If the recruitment into Amotekun has not sidelined our local warlords among the hunters association,…
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Monday, disclosed that four Nigerians had tested positive for the highly contagious United Kingdom (UK) COVID-19 strain. Ihekweazu, who disclosed the at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, in Abuja, stated that those that tested positive included three Nigerians who had travelled out of the country, while one was in-country, adding that it was not surprising to find the new strain in the country given the frequency of travel between the UK and Nigeria. “In the last week, we have had three reports of the UK variant…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD, has trained 120 youths in the area of health, communication, social media and community mobilization, some of who produced hand sanitizers and face masks as a way of curbing the spread of COVID-19. This is contained in a statement by the Campaigns and Communication Officer of the Centre for Information Technology and Development, Ali Sabo and made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday. According to the statement, the grant for the training was provided by International Institute of Education and MacArthur Foundation to engage the youth to help in propagating the knowledge on…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,430 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 122,996. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Monday. The country has so far tested 1,270,523 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020 in the country. The Nigeria’s public health institute sadly registered three additional coronavirus related deaths in the last 24 hours in the country. The NCDC stated that the new infections were reported from 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The agency, in its breakdown of the…
By Dr Attahiru Ahmad Sifawa Two days ago, there was widespread outcry on the social media over the unfortunate disconnection of the house of late President Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari from the national grid by the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company. Many people lamented the insensitivity of the company as well as the seeming neglect of the onetime number one family by the concerned authorities. It is a well-known fact that Federal government of Nigeria is responsible for the basic needs of past Presidents. Whether that also extends beyond their lifetime, by which authority and for how long, is not…
The federal government has released N40 billion for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for payment of earned allowances of academic and non academic staff. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who gave the update said the FG may also release N30 billion as revitalisation fund to universities by the end of January. TheNewsGuru reports that N20 of the N40 billion was voted for the payment of earned allowances of members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SANU), Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, and technologists. Although the non-academic staff have threatened strike over the sharing…
By Elizabeth Carr, Bauchi Bauchi State Police Command, have confirmed the kidnap, by gunmen of 25-year old Zulkifiru Mohammed and his friend, Iliyasu Suleiman. The spokesperson, DSP Ahmed Wakili confirmed the incident to ASHENEWS in a telephone Sunday evening According to him, the two were kidnapped after a foiled attempt to kidnap the Auditor General of Bauchi state, Alhaji Abdu Aliyu. He explained that the incident occurred Saturday evening when the Auditor General was on his way to his Kardam village in Tafawa Balewa local government area. “Although Abdu Usman Aliyu resides in Bauchi, he sometimes goes to the village…
A second impeachment trial of former U.S. president, Donald Trump is set to come a step closer. The U.S. House of Representatives prepares to forward the article of impeachment to the Senate. Carrying the charge of `incitement to sedition,’ the article is to be read before the second chamber of Congress at 7 p.m. on Monday evening (0000 GMT Tuesday). Trump is facing an unprecedented second impeachment trial based on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly storming of the Capitol by pro-Trump rioters on January 6. According to impeachment rules, the arrival of the indictment article at…
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration plans to renew travel restrictions on most non-citizens who have recently been in the European Union, Britain, Ireland, and Brazil, according to U.S. media reports. Along with extending travel restrictions the White House will impose restrictions on people who have been in South Africa, where a new variant of the coronavirus has caused concern among scientists, according to reports in CNN and NBC. The White House has already said that the administration plans to renew the travel restrictions, which former President Donald Trump ordered to end on Tuesday. “With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging…