The trial of 14 people over the deadly 2015 attack on France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine was suspended for at least a week after three defendants tested positive for the new coronavirus. The news agency AFP reported early on Monday. The trial had already been suspended until Tuesday after the main suspect, Ali Riza Polat, tested positive at the weekend to allow the remaining defendants being held in detention to be tested. Another two defendants tested positive while two were considered close contacts, presiding judge Regis de Jorna wrote to lawyers involved in the case on Sunday, AFP reported. “In view…
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Another oil leak, the third in six months, has discharged a yet-to-be-ascertained volume of crude oil polluting the Okpoama community and its environs in Brass local government area of Bayelsa. The leak reportedly occurred on Oct. 28 on the 50-year-old Ogoda-Brass crude pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) near the oil firm’s crude export terminal. Chief Inikio Sele-D, Chairman of Okpoama Kingdom Chiefs’ Council, had earlier said that two oil leaks were reported on May 12 and on Oct 8. Mr Tarinyo Akono, former Chairman of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 111 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total now infections now 62,964. The NCDC made this known via its verified Website on Sunday. The centre also reported two deaths, bringing the total to 1,146 recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The agency said Lagos reported 49 new infections, 30 in the FCT, 11 in Rivers and 10 in Plateau. Others are Ogun-four, Kaduna and Oyo-three each Osun-one. The agency said out of the 62,964 confirmed cases, 58,790 have been discharged. The agency also said that since the beginning of the…
The Minister of Youth and Sport Development, Mr Sunday Dare has appealed to the youth to embrace dialogue in order to move the country forward. Dare said this on Sunday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the National Youth Day celebration with the theme ” Invest in the Youth, Secure Our Future”. He said that with what the country had witnessed in the past three weeks, there could be no better time than now to celebrate the youth and validate their contributions to national economic development. According to him, the celebration is an opportunity to reflect, take stock and…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has opined that the United States quick action in rescuing its citizen taken hostage on the Niger/Nigerian border, has confirmed the incompetence of President Muhammadu Buhari. This is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan posted on its website on Sunday. Read the full statement below: The swift operation by the United States to rescue her citizen held hostage by bandits on Nigerian soil has further confirmed that the Buhari Presidency can neither secure the territorial integrity of our nation nor arrest the wave of insecurity ravaging our country under…
The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos State says Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu remains undaunted and chould not be distracted from delivering on his social contract with the people. The APC Publicity Secretary in Lagos, Seye Oladejo, said this while reacting to calls by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Sanwo-Olu to consider resignation in view of what PDP called “the collapse of good governance in the state, particularly in the last 10 days”. Oladejo said the PDP call is an invitation to anarchy, saying “the call for resignation remains the wish of a frustrated opposition battling its permanent…
Arsenal ended their five-year wait for a Premier League away win against Manchester United with a second-half Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty giving them a 1-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Gunners had not enjoyed such a win in 29 games since their victory at Manchester in January 2015. The result leaves United still without a win at Old Trafford in the Premier League this season and it was a disappointing performance from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side. It was disappointing after their impressive display in the 5-0 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League in midweek. The decisive moment…
A group of online media organisations, has launched the Digital Publishers of Nigeria, DPN. Aimed at practicing patriotic and solutions-based journalism in Africa’s most populous country, DPN also at its maiden meeting held virtually on Sunday, elected publisher of Royal News, Alhaji Abdulazeez Arowona as its pioneer President for two years. An indigene of Ilorin, Kwra state, Arowona was elected based on his pedigree, exposure and overall experience in all spheres of life. Three other members of the association, publisher of The DEFENDER newspaper, Alhaji Bashir Adefaka; publisher of AshNews, Abdallah el-Kurebe; and CEO/E-in-C of City Hill News, Mallam Marufh…
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved an emergency assistance relief package of $440,000 to fund ongoing humanitarian and emergency relief efforts in areas recently hit by floods in South Sudan and Sudan. The package, from the Bank’s Special Relief Fund, will be split nearly equally between the two countries and will be used to purchase food items and water, and to cover the implementation costs to be incurred by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The funding is part of a multinational emergency response to provide relief to flood victims in both countries, where torrential rains have…
The American Chemical Society, ACS, and the international student chapter of Sokoto State University, SSU, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry of the University on Saturday, trained 100 chemistry teachers. A statement by the Spokesperson of the university, Zayyanu Shehu made available to AsheNews, said those trained on chemical laboratory safety, include teachers of secondary schools, academic staff of tertiary institutions, technologists and students. Speaking during the workshop, the Faculty Adviser, Sokoto State University, American Chemical Society Chapter, Dr. Thompson Izuagie said the one-day free workshop drew its participants from Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states. According to him, “the…