ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state government has allayed fears that it will displace some farmers with the introduction of farm estates in all the 25 local government areas of the state.
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ASHENEWS reports that the National Association of Shiroro Students (NASS) has announced that the association has appointed Peace Isah, as the first female president in the history of the association.
ASHENEWS reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 1,274 parcels of cocaine and colorado in Lagos.
The destabilizization agenda of the North can be traced back to the failed coup attempts of the First Republic. Lieutenant Colonel Bukar Suka Dimka, a northerner from Plateau state, initiated the northern chapter of the plot by assassinating the then Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed. Another northern military officer, Gideon Okar from Benue, further revealed the agenda by announcing the purported excision of Northern Nigeria from the rest of the country.
As reporters and analysts, we must inform, based on trends, and where possible, raise the alarm, hoping that those in authority will heed. In 2018, six years ago, that was what I did. And so, this is just a rehash of my article “Insecurity, the North under siege” written on this page on 24 December 2018.
ASHENEWS reports that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is investigating a viral post which claimed that a woman was using polytene- laced oil to fry plantain chips.
ASHENEWS reports that the Kaduna State Ministry of Health has embarked on integrated mobile community outreaches in hard-to-reach communities and urban slums across the state.
Malaria continues to be a significant public health challenge in Nigeria, with millions of cases reported annually. It is an acute fever illness caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Though it can be a cause of death, it is preventable and curable.
Forty-three years ago, on the 15th of January 1966 to be precise, a certain Major Chukwuma Nzeagwu addressed Nigerians through Radio Kaduna announcing martial law and the takeover of power by the Supreme Council of the Revolution. Their aim, he said, was to establish a strong, united and prosperous nation free of corruption and internal strife. Our method of achieving this is purely military”. By the end of the day, a significant part of the political class in the North and the West had been wiped out and the military had taken over the political system. In his column in Daily Times (3/2/1966), the late Tai Solarin blasted the civilian political class for destroying Nigerian politics through their twin evil practices of corruption and election rigging. He confidently boasted that Now we have been saved and we want to stay saved. Today, we are all wiser and almost nobody believes the military can save any country.
ASHENEWS reports that a nonprofit organization, AVAC has launched the ‘Translation Index’, a resource created for journalists and advocates, to help bridge the gap between scientific research and community understanding.