Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has taken drastic measures to curb the rising rate of insecurity in the state, Mr Donald Ojogo, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said on Friday in Akure Ojogo, in a statement made available to newsmen, said the measures include banning of unauthorised use of vehicles with tinted glass and restriction of activities of commercial motorcyclists to between 6am and 6pm. The commissioner, who expressed concern on the worrisome spike in crime rate in the state, warned that any commercial motorcyclists, otherwise known as okada riders, found flouting the directive shall have his motorcycle…
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Nigerian music star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has dropped his long-awaited album titled “A Better Time’’. The album which should have been released earlier but delayed by the recent #EndSARS protest was dropped on many music platforms in the early hours of Friday. The album has 17 song tracks such as “Fem, Jowo, Holy Ground, Heaven, Very Special, The Best, Shopping Spree, Sunlight, Tanana, Mebe, La La, So Crazy, Birthday Cake, I Got A Friend, Fade and On My Way’’. Davido featured top music celebrities like Nicki-Minaj, lil Baby, Chris Brown, Nas, Tiwa Savage, Mayourkun, Bella Shrmurda, Hit…
A new study, using new data and novel analytical approaches by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners, has underscored the size of the prize on offer from integrating action to save nature and combat climate change. In a statement issued by UNEP and mailed to AsheNews on Friday, the report, Strengthening synergies: How action to achieve post-2020 global biodiversity conservation targets can contribute to mitigating climate change, which was released on Friday, finds that “conserving 30 per cent of land in strategic locations, could safeguard 500 gigatonnes of carbon stored in vegetation and soils – around half the world’s vulnerable terrestrial carbon…
China has broken its silence on the U.S. elections by congratulating the President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, according to media reports. Bloomberg and Reuters attributed the reaction to China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, on Friday. “We respect the choice of the American people. We extend congratulations to Biden and Harris. “We understand the results of the U.S. election will be determined according to U.S. laws and procedures,” Reuters quoted Wenbin as saying. Until now, China was among a few notable countries who were yet to congratulate Biden since he was projected to have won the election on…
The plight of a Muslim girl, Sadiya Idris, who was stolen by a Kaduna pastor, Reverend Jonah Gangers, has been brought into limelight. Although the case is already in court, the Nigerian Islamic human rights organization, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called for a speedy trial and the arrest and prosecution of the accomplices of Rev. Gangers. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Prof. Ishaq Akinola and made available to AsheNews on Friday. “Sadiya Idris of Tudun Nupawa, Kaduna, was kidnapped in 2013 at the age of eleven by Reverend Jonah Gangers who resides in Barakallahu, Kaduna,…
Corps Commander Selina Williams, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Taraba on Friday said the state recorded 23 deaths from 121 road crashes in the third quarter of 2020. This is contained in a statement signed by Assistant Route Commander Okwodowa Paul, the Command’s Public Education Officer in Jalingo, in commemoration of the year 2020 African Road Safety Day and World Day of Remembrance. According to the corps commander, 121 road traffic crashes were recorded, 195 vehicles involved, 23 people killed, 338 people injured and total number of people involved was 361. Williams noted that speed violation,…
Kebbi State Government has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU), with a Multi-national Medical Company, Johnson and Johnson West Africa Limited, in furtherance of efforts to provide quality healthcare services to the people. The Agreement involves prostate cancer support and partnership, mental health support and partnership, as well as HIV. The Commissioner for Health, Honourable Ja’afar Muhammad, initialled the MOU on behalf of the State Government, while the Country Manager of the firm, Mr. Gabriel Ogunyemi, signed on behalf of the company. On the occasion, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, who presided the event, remarked that, he felt honoured to be…
Nigeria’s Chimamanda Adichie has been awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her novel ‘’Half of a Yellow Sun’’. The prize founder and director, Kate Mosse, disclosed this in a statement made available on Thursday in Abuja. The novel, which originally won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2007, was set in Nigeria during the Biafran War and dwelt on the end of colonialism, class, race and female empowerment and how love can complicate all of these things. Mosse said: ‘’I am thrilled that Half of a Yellow Sun has won the silver Winner of Winners. Our…
By Ahmed Attahiru Gusau Governor Bello Mohammed of Zamfara state on Thursday, signed four bills into law. The laws include: The law creating an official logo for the state government as a symbol of authority and the establishment of the Directorate for skills acquisition. Others are the law amending the Zakkat Board (2013), which includes collection, distribution and endowment and the law establishing the rural water supply and other matters connected therewith. The law creating official logo for the state government stipulates the regulation for its use and appropriate punishment for its abuse. Any official transaction of the government must…
Justice I. N. Oweibo, of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Thursday, convicted and sentenced five illegal oil dealers to one year imprisonment each with an option of fine of one hundred thousand naira. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren on Thursday gave their names as Seaman Abonima, Samuel Umoh, Ohoegbulem Vitalis Arikaibe, Adeoye Adegoke and Ali John Kiobowei. The convicts were arraigned today on a two-count charge bordering on illegal dealing in Petroleum products. They pleaded guilty when the charges were read to them. One of the count reads “That MV…