Ask for a President beleaguered from all sides, and I’ll show you Muhammadu Buhari, the ramrod straight man from Daura, in Katsina State, who turns 78 today. In the build up to the 2015 presidential election, we used to say everything had been thrown at him as projectiles, except the kitchen sink. Permit me to update that expression. Today, everything possible has been thrown at President Buhari, including the kitchen sink. Anything. Everything. Fake news. Hate speech. Lies. False propaganda. Evil thoughts. Malediction. Odium. Opprobrium. Ogbunigwe. Ogulutu. Surface to air missiles. All offensive weapons. But the man trudges on. Calmly,…
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A lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Adefisoye has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adefisoye was a member of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, before his defection. According to the letter dated December 10, read at the floor of the House on Wednesday, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, Mr Adefisoye stated that he dumped the SDP because of the irreconcilable leadership crisis within his party. “I write to inform the Honourable Speaker of my resignation as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). “My decision to quit the SDP was informed by the irreconcilable…
The President of the South East for President movement, Mr Emmanuel Eguzikpe has called on members across the country to ensure team work in the pursuit of zoning presidency to the South East in 2023. Speaking with ASHENEWS in an interview on Thursday, he said it is only through team work that sensitising Nigerians would be easier. Eguzikpe said Nigerians had realized that oneness in unity would make the country a stronger nation devoid on rancour, adding that the South East Elders’ condemnation of secession agitators is a sign that everyone in that zone wants unity. “Each and everyone of us…
The Sokoto state Security Council, at its 17th meeting on Wednesday, ordered the immediate closure of 16 boarding schools along international borders. The decision followed a brief by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Dr Bello Guiwa on security threats in the affected areas. The affected schools include Government Girls Model Secondary School, Illela; Sultan Muhammadu Tambari Arabic Secondary School, Illela; Gamji Girls College, Rabah; Government Secondary School, Gada; Government Secondary School, Gandi and Government Secondary School, Goronyo. Others are Government Secondary School, Isa; Government Secondary School, Sabon Birnin Gobir; Boarding Primary School, Isa; Boarding Primary School, Balle and…
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N601.110 billion for the November 2020 revenue to the Federal, States and Local Government Councils and agencies. This was announced in a statement after the FAAC meeting held at the Federal Ministry of Finance headquarters, Abuja and chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed. The amount of N601.110 billion comprised statutory revenue of N436.457 billion; Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N156.786 billion and augmentation of N7.867 billion from the Forex Equalisation revenue. According to the statement, while the gross statutory revenue of N436.457…
The entire national leadership of the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has arrived in Katsina town, to join other members from Jigawa, Kano and Katsina for the take off of indefinite protests, aimed at compelling action to rescue the hundreds of students abducted fast, alive and safe. The exercise, harsh tagged #BringBackOurBoys, the CNG Spokesperson, Abdulazeez Suleiman on Wednesday, said will kick off in Katsina on Thursday and will proceed to Daura to register the current concerns with Mr President. Led by its Board of Trustees Chairman, Nastura Ashir Shariff, the CNG is already in touch with parents of the…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), joined by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, approved the reopening of four land borders. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed disclosed this after the council’s virtual FEC meeting. According to her restriction on the importation of commodities, like rice and other products were still in enforce. The borders directed to be opened include Seme in the Southwest; Illela in the Northwest; Mfun in the South South and Maigatari in the Northwest.
A socio-political group, South East for President, SEP, has called on all political parties, especially the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone the slot for the Presidency in 2023 to the South East geopolitical zone. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Emmanuel Eguzikpe made the called at a press conference, which held at Ekiti House in Abuja on Wednesday. “The people of the South East zone of the country are Nigerians. They are equally peace-loving and industrious. They have contributed meaningfully to the socio-economic as well as political development of this country. “As…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, alongside Nigerian ambassador to Chad, Zannah Bukar on Wednesday, met with President Idriss Debby of the Republic of Chad over the repatriation of thousands of Nigerian refugees, majority from Borno, who in batches, fled killings by Boko Haram since 2014. The meeting, which held at the presidential palace in N’Djamena, was also attended by Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Abakar Saleh Chahaimi. “I am here in Chad to see our people currently taking refuge at The Darsalam camp in Baga Sola. We met them yesterday. Our people are doing very well, the government of…
One of the leading researchers at the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Dr Folashade Olajuyigbe has won the 2020 International Research Grant from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Research Programme (ICGEB-CRP) in Italy. This is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the university, Mr Adebayo Adegbenro made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday. Olajuyigbe a prolific scholar, who won the 2017 Fulbright African Research Scholar Programme (ARSP) award for advanced research in the United States for the 2017/2018 academic year, was awarded the International grant that was keenly contested by applicants from 50 ICGEB member…