The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Saturday, came tops on the medals table, to win the fourth edition of the just concluded One Service One Medal (OSOM) Games, in Abuja. The NSCDC hauled a total of 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze to emerge champions, while the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) won nine gold, 13 silver, seven bronze to finish second, and the Federal Fire Service (FFS) with four gold, two silver and four bronze medals clinched third place. Awwal Ibrahim, the NSCDC Director of Sports, expressed joy at his team’s victory, adding that discipline and…
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The Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria has explained that it is still waiting for the approval of Kaduna state government to reopen for academic activities. A statement by the Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the university, Auwalu Umar made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, informed students, parents and the general public that the institution was still waiting for the approval from the state government for the reopening of the Institution. According to Umar, “The state government sent a verification team to the University on Wednesday, 20th January, 2021 to specifically assess ABU’s compliance with COVID-19 preventive protocols. “The University indeed…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called for dialogue over tribal clashes in Oyo State and appealed to the Federal government to apply caution in handling the fragile situation. The group’s director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the appeal in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, “A tribal activist who gave quit notice to non-indigenes in Igangan, Oke Ogun area of Oyo State, allegedly led indigenes of the area to attack the latter on Jan. 22. “The incident allegedly resulted in the destruction of houses and vehicles. The Igangan incident must be condemned by all lovers of peace. “At the…
An auto crash has claimed lives of eight persons while many others sustained injuries on Saturday evening. The accident occured when an articulated truck lost control and ran into some shops at Akungba Akoko in Akoko South West local government area of Ondo State. The accident occurred directly opposite the Adekunle Ajasin University barely a month after a similar accident, but in which no life was lost. According to an eyewitness, the truck, which was coming from Ikare Akoko area in Akoko North East local government area of the state, lost control and ran into some rows of shops along…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday, recorded five deaths and 1,633 cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 120,602. The country has so far tested 1,241,230 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on February 27, 2020. The NCDC said total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria now stood at 120,602, with 95,901 recoveries recorded so far. It also confirmed additional five coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,502 in the country. The agency added that the additional 1,633 new COVID-19 infections were…
President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated for the restructuring of ECOWAS, saying that the organization needed to streamline its management to adjust to current realities. “A situation where ECOWAS has 23 statutory appointees, of which 13 are Commissioners for this Commission is totally unsustainable”, the president said in his presentation to the virtual 58th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, in Abuja, on Saturday. He stressed that there was need for a lean and compact leadership in ECOWAS, to enhance the efficiency and performance of the organization, adding that the restructuring would eliminate overlap…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onyebuchi Ememanka, on Saturday in Umuahia. The statement announced that the dissolution is with immediate effect, saying that “all those affected by this dissolution are to handover all government properties in their possession, together with their handover notes, to their respective permanent secretaries. However, not all members of the council are affected by the dissolution order. “The governor expressed his deep appreciation to the former office holders for their services to the people…
Governor Bello Mohammed of Zamfara on Saturday, visited communities recently attacked by bandits in Maru and Maradun emirates, to commiserate with the victims and assured them of security in the areas. The governor, who was in company of his cabinet and principal officers of his government, visited Asha Lafiya village in Maru local government area, Jan Bako village in Maradun local government area and Kauran Namda, headquarters of Kauran Namoda local government. Muhammad urged them “to be more resilient and determined in protecting your communities by exposing bad eggs amongst you, especially suspected informants and those banned Yan Sa Kai,…
The Coalition of Norther Groups, CNG, has described the quit notice issued by Ondo governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and the attack by some Yoruba youths on Fulani herdsmen in Oyo as a grand design to incapacitate the North economically. The group, in an interim response signed by its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman and made available to ASHENEWS on Saturday, said it would meet to come up with a definite position. According to Suleiman, the group which said expected the attack to have come from Ondo following governor Akeredolu’s quit notice, will first consider recalling northern communities that are resident in the South,…
The Borno government has confirmed the demised of a first class traditional ruler, the Shehu of Dikwa, Alhaji Muhammad Ibn-Masta El-Kanemi. The state Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Babakura Abba-Jato, said this in a statement on Saturday in Maiduguri. Abba-Jato said the first class traditional ruler, who was in his mid-70s, passed away in the early hour’s of Satuday in Abuja of yet to be disclosed ailment. “Born in 1946 the late Shehu was appointed as the Shehu of Dikwa after the creation of another emirate out of the then Dikwa emirate in 2008. “A season school administrator, civil servant and…