The police in Bauchi have confirmed the death of four at a venue of the distribution of Zakat (almsgiving) by a Bauchi-based philanthropist, the Chairman of the AYM Shafa group of companies.
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With a root in palliatus, a Latin word, palliative is anything meant to palliate, i.e., relieve, decrease, ease, assuage, soothe, help, etc., a situation. That situation could be a disease, dispute, deprivation or anything that discomfits. While hospitals palliate diseases by administering medicinal palliatives, in our case, the word has taken a political meaning. Politicians now dole out whatever they feel the people want as a palliative, in most cases against poverty.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized more than 44,948.1 kilograms of illicit drugs, about 44.9 tonnes, in Lagos, Edo and Ondo states. According to the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, eight suspects were arrested while 11 vehicles were seized from the suspected drug barons. He said 14,310.8625kg of marijuana grown on 5.7 hectares of farms was destroyed in Ohosu-Ugbogui forest, Ovia South West Local Government Area of, Edo, on Tuesday. Babafemi added that 7, 687.8kg of the substance was destroyed in a warehouse in Ala forest near Akure in Ondo. He…
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) never said that drugs were being hawked on the streets of Benin like sachet water.
An Information Communication and Technology (ICT) expert, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, has said ICT is all-encompassing to address insecurity, agriculture and other sectoral challenges. Yilwatda said in Abuja on Sunday that geospatial data has the potential to provide locational information and solutions to address such challenges. According to him, conversations of criminals can be tracked, using advanced telecommunication systems. “We have digital mapping and we have bandits moving in their numbers. “To some extent, we have improved the quality of our maps and we should improve the resolutions of our imaginaries to detect movement of vehicles and criminal activities. “The telecommunication…
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu says that his administration is deploying detailed strategies to ensure the safety of school children across Nigeria.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that prices of beef, rice, beans, onion, white garri, yam, bread, and other food items increased in February 2024. It said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for February 2024 released in Abuja on Saturday. The report said that the average price of 1kg of boneless beef increased by 49.41 per cent from N2,445.96 recorded in February 2023 to N3,654.56 in February 2024. “On a month-on-month basis, 1kg of boneless beef increased by 10.22 percent in February from the N3,315.78 recorded in January 2024,’’ the report said. It said that…
ASHENEWS reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that 70 per cent of all tuberculosis cases in Africa have been diagnosed with patients currently receiving treatment.
Read about the challenges faced by students at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto due to water scarcity affecting their academic endeavors and overall well-being.
The Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) has called on federal, state and local governments to stop spending money on other sectors but channel resources to security and agricultural sector.