By Tina George, Minna The Speaker of Niger state House of Assembly, Abdullahi Bawa Wuse, the Clerk and some members in the state Assembly have tested positive for COVID-19. This is coming after COVID-19 tests were conducted on the legislators following an incident where two other members tested positive the previous weeks. ASHENEWS reports that there is currently panic among members and staff of the Assembly over who had contacted the virus as all members and staff were actively in contact with each other this past week, following the budget screening of ministries, departments and agencies. This development was confirmed…
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The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have raided an hideout of some of late Gana’s militia gang members in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue killing two. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Sunday, said that troops also arrested one of the bandits. Enenche said the recent operation was in continuation of efforts to forestall banditry and other criminal activities in the North Central zone of the country. He also disclosed that three locally made rifles, 21 rounds of 7.62mm Special Ammunition as well as other items including a motorcycle…
Ahead of 2023 general elections, some Nigerian youth are regrouping under the banner of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), in a bid to seek alternative solution to their problems, including taking political power from the elites. The YPP is a social-democratic political party in Nigeria, created to challenge the two major parties, the ruling the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Charles Folayan, the leader of the youth, disclosed this in a statement made available on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the current political permutation among elites in the country was not in their…
The Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Alhaji Salihu Lukman has charged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to strive towards protecting its electoral advantages ahead of 2023 poll. He gave the charge in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “Often, many of us make the mistake of imagining that our responsibility is to rationalise decisions of our party and our leaders. “Yes, we need to justify and defend decisions of our party and our leaders to the best of our ability. “But at every opportunity, we must lead the advocacy to promote our party and our leaders. “Beyond that…
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two foreign universities towards enhancing quality of knowledge in the institution. Prof. Muhammad-Bello Uthman, Director, Centre for Islamic Legal Studies, (CILS), ABU, disclosed this during the 21st Annual Judges Conference in Zaria on Sunday. Uthman said that the universities were Al-Azhar University Cairo, Egypt and International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan. The theme of the Conference was “ Application of the doctrine of Hauzi (Prescription) in the Sharia and Area Courts; Challenges and Prospects.” He said the MoU was centred on research in Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh),…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has dismissed four senior Police officers and demoted two others, over cases of serious misconduct and acts unbecoming of public officers. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani on Sunday also said the Commission handed punishments of severe reprimand and reprimand to four others. The Commission took these decisions at its 10th plenary meeting presided over by the Chairman, Musiliu Smith on Friday. “A Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, was dismissed for discreditable conduct, dishonesty and act unbecoming of a public officer while a Superintendent of Police was also dismissed for conspiring…
The National Coordinator of the movement of the South East for President 2023, SEP 2023, Mr Emmanuel J.C. Ezugikpe has congratulated Chinwedu Ochulor and his running mate, Mr Chuks Amaike for winning the Saturday local government councils election in Abia state. ASHENEWS reports that Mr Ochulor Chinwendu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won with 18,323 votes against the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate who scored 210 votes, in Isialangwa North local government area of the state. While congratulating Mr Chinwedu, Ezugikpe said the victory was a result of selfless service and dedication to the people of the local government.…
The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 17 chairmanship candidates, as winners of the just concluded local government councils election in the state. Prof. Mkpa Mkpa, the Chairman of ABSIEC, announced the results on Sunday in Umuahia. Mkpa said that the Labour party won six councillorship seats, out of the ten in Ikwuano Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, while PDP cleared all councillorship seats in the remaining LGAs of the State. He commended the electorate for the peaceful conduct of the election. He further commended ABSIEC officials for their commitment to…
A combined team of security operatives on Saturday rescued 80 abducted pupils of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, an Islamic school in Mahuta, Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. This was made public in a statement issued on Sunday in Katsina by the Police Public Relations Officer in Katsina State, Gambo Isah. The statement said in part: “On 19/12/2020 about 2200hrs, a distress call was received by DPO Dandume that some Islamiyya students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta village, Dandume, Katsina state, numbering about 80, while on their way back from Maulud occasion celebrated at Unguwan-Alkasim, Dandume to Mahuta, were accosted by bandits.…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 920 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, with six deaths in 24 hours. The NCDC made the disclosure via its verified website on late on Friday. Since the outbreak of the disease last February, over 874,617 samples have been tested by the NCDC, out of which 77,933 turned out positive. The public health agency announced that the country had recorded six additional deaths in the past 24 hours. The NCDC also disclosed that 300 patients had been discharged after testing negative from the virus. It said that the new infections were reported…