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…
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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…
The Operators of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos say they are still quantifying the losses incurred by the two-week suspension of operations, occasioned by the violence that trailed the recent #EndSARS protests across the country. The Head of Corporate Communications of the organisation, Mr Mutiu Yekeen, stated this in an interview on Sunday in Lagos. “Like every other company that has been affected by these crises, we are still trying to quantify our losses as an organisation. We have not been able to operate for 14 days, and this has affected our business negatively. As an organisation, we…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state, has condoled the national body of the Jama’atul Izalatul Bidi’a Wa Ikamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS) over the death of the mother of its National Secretary, Sheikh Kabiru Gombe. A statement by his spokesperson, Muhammad Bello on Sunday said the governor, who condoled Sheikh Gombe on behalf of the government and people of Sokoto state, expressed his bereavement “by this great loss.” Accompanied by erstwhile Federal Legislators, Hon. Abdul-Rahman Kawu Sumaila and Hon. Isah Salihu Bashir, the governor was received in Gombe by the National President of JIBWIS, Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau and Sheikh Giro Argungu…
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has urged Administrators of local governments in the country, to relocate markets from the highways, noting that this will help the existing operational efforts of the FRSC towards enhancing the safety of the entire motoring population. He said, the call is in sustained efforts towards making the highways safer and eradicating all incidences of road traffic crashes and its attendant fatalities. According to the spokesperson of the Corps, Bisi Kazeem in a statement on Sunday, Oyeyemi made the call while decrying the recent road traffic crash caused by break…
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), has pleaded with youths to henceforth follow the path of civility, peace and rule-of-law in agitating for social justice and protection of their human rights. “Violence can never remove injustices. Only love, dialogue and peace can do that,’’ the Chairman of CLO in Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, said in Enugu on Sunday. According to Ezekwueme, lawlessness and brutality cannot be used to fight injustices in any clime. “CLO commiserates with families of all those who lost their lives during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protest and pray for eternal repose of their souls. “CLO…