Photography has grown to become one of the most important and accessible way of capturing and sharing memories over the decades. Memories that are made every day whether it is fun and special family moments or documenting important world events. Occasionally we should take time to go back to our photographs and think about how we can organize, protect, and share our memories better. It used to be that we were able to capture one moment at a time and share it on piece of paper as a photograph. Part of the excitement was being able to hold a slice…
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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has threatened Rivers governor Nyesom Wike will not escape the judgment of God and people over the killings in Obigbo area of the state. He issued the threat in a statement he personally signed on Monday. “Everybody that has a hand in the ongoing Obigbo genocide must know that vengeance is coming, it’s not a matter of if but when. And when it does come, apologists of Wike and the army must remember what happened at Obigbo. “There were riots and disturbances all over Nigeria. Nigerian army and police…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has condemned the attacks on Muslims in Igboland and called for a halt to the burning of mosques in the South East and South South. The organization in a statement by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akonila on Monday, also appealed to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to protect Muslims as well as their corporate and individual properties in the region. MURIC claimed that two mosques were set ablaze by the Igbo in Enugu on Saturday, 31st October, 2020, adding that the Islamic School, Afikpo, Ebonyi State has also received threats of impending invasion. “It…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the Consolidated Federal Capital Territory Courts Sentencing Guidelines and Practice, will accelerate decongestion of Correctional Centres nationwide. According to a statement by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, made available to AsheNews on Monday, the Minister made the remark at the signing of the Consolidated Federal Capital Territory Courts (Custodial and Non – Custodial Sentencing) Practice Directions, 2020. He said introduction of non-custodial sentences by the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 and more recently, the provision of a clear legislative and…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja Zone, on Monday called on the Federal Government for the implementation of extant agreements for the development of educational sector in the country. Prof. Theophilus Lagi, Abuja Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, made the call at a news conference on Monday in Gwagwalada, Abuja, to press home the Union’s demands. The Abuja Zone comprises of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, Federal University, Lafia, and University of Abuja. Lagi called for renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, payment and mainstreaming of earned academic allowances into salaries,…
Kaduna Electric has announced the implementation of the revised Service Based Tariff with effect from November 1. This is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the comoany, Abdulazeez Abdullahi on Monday. “Prepaid customers will be the first to experience the revised tariff when they vend from Sunday, November 1, 2020, while the revised tariff will reflect in the bills for customers on the postpaid platform when they receive their bill for the month of November. “The approved revised SBT only affects customers on Bands A, B, and C. Band A customers will enjoy a 10% reduction on the…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal, has been bestowed with the award of ‘The Golden Doyen of Nigerian Youths’ by the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN). The governor, at the maiden celebration of the 2020 African National Youth Day organized by the NYCN in collaboration with the state government, which held at Sultan Institute of Qur’an and General Studies, also said that the Sokoto state government would commence youths enterpreurship programme across the state by December 2020. According to him, the programme will be executed by his office and shall run for a pilot period of three months, after which it will…
The Sokoto state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has chided the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, on comments by its Chairman, Isa Achida over governor Aminu Tambuwal’s proposed 342 housing units. AsheNews recalls that Tambuwal had, in commemoration of the number (342) that got him the coveted seat of Governor of Sokoto, proposed to build same number housing units for the people of the state. However, Achida in an article in a national daily claimed that Tambuwal has never completed any project he ever started. In a statement by the Spokesperson of the PDP, Abdullahi Hausawa and made available…
By Tina George, Minna The workers of Kabanti Private Security took on Monday, protested at the Jumai Babangida Aliyu Maternal and Newborn Hospital in Minna over unpaid salaries refusing to return to work until after they are paid. They carried different placards with inscriptions: “Pay us well, we are husbands,” “We are humans, we have children, we fall sick”, “We are hungry, we need to feed our children, pay us our salaries”, etc. The security guards claimed that they are being owed salaries of over seven months while the hospital management claims it is six months. The plight of the…
Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) says it recorded no less than 200 cases of meter bypass and 54 cases of transformer vandalism in six months. The JEDC Head, Corporate Communications, Dr Adakole Elijah, who disclosed this in an interview in Gombe on Monday, said 30 cases of transformer oil theft were also recorded during the period. Elijah said that the act of vandalism was threatening socio-economic activities in the Jos franchise, adding that energy users and JEDC were being affected negatively. “We do not have cases of meter theft in Gombe but we have lots of cases of transformer vandalism,…