ECOWAS leaders in Nigeria on Sunday, began deliberations on crucial sub-regional and continental matters, including reports on political crises in Mali and Guinea Conakry. The meeting, hosted by President Muhammadu Buhari, has President of Ghana and Chairman of ECOWAS Authority, Nana Akufo-Addo in attendance. Others are President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema and President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic. Also in attendance are President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau, President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone and President Jose Maria Neves of Cape Verde. President Jose Maria Neves of Cape Verde is participating in the…
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…2 Nigeriens nabbed in Delta, 1million Tramadol capsules seized in Ondo, 453.673kg others in Anambra, Kogi Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Ghanaian and two Nigerians at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Akanu Ibiam international Airport, Enugu, respectively for trafficking a total of 9.953 kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine. The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi in a statement made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, said “one of the suspects, Uzoh Ndubuisi Johnson was arrested on Wednesday 8th December 2021 at about 5.30pm during an inward screening of Ethiopian Airlines passengers at…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening hosted leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to a pre-Conference dinner at the Presidential Villa, ahead of the 60th Session of the bloc. Mr Sunday Aghaeze, Personal Assistant to the President (Photography) confirmed this in pictorial reports of the event. Those who attended the dinner included President of Ghana and Chairman of ECOWAS Authority, Nana Akufo-Addo; President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe; and President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic. Others were President Macky Sall of Senegal; President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone; and President…
Terrorists in fresh attack on Gatawa village in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state on Friday, kidnapped the chief imam, Aminu Garba and 10 other persons during a congregational prayer. They also blocked Sabon Birni-Gatawa road, shot three persons and kidnapped seven others on Saturday. The member, representing Sabon Birni South constituency in the state assembly, Sa’idu Ibrahim confirmed the attack, adding that the injured persons were currently receiving treatment at the Sokoto Othopeadic hospital in Wamakko. He said another woman who was shot at Dama village got her leg amputated because it could not be fixed. The…
Our current situation of a glaring failure of the rule of law must disturb any Nigerian who has come of age. The average citizen today lives in fear. When you retire into your house, you pray to God to deliver you from evil marauders who have removed peace from the calmness of the night. When the sun rises, you again rely on God to protect you from those who have become the law unto themselves. In Nigeria today, the rule of law has taken flight. Charlatans carrying guns that are daily becoming accessible to any riff-raff who wants to own…
By Festus Adedayo Does Bisi Akande know that, whether on issues of security, economy, social or political, butcherbirds have taken over Nigeria? Does he know that under Buhari, Nigerians groan daily? If he knew, why shower butcherbirds with eulogies if you are not one? As former governor of Osun State and pioneer Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, got ready to launch his autobiography in Lagos last Friday, a day before the launch, one very unAfrican event occurred in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. Christophe Joseph-Marie Dabiré, the West African country’s Prime Minister, presented his letter…
Terrorists have killed one Pastor Dauda Bature who was in charge of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) parish in the Narayi area of Chikun local government area of Kaduna state, ChannelsTV has reported. Abducted by the terrorists on November 8, Bature was killed despite the payment of an unspecified amount of money to his captors as a ransom for his release. Police authorities in Kaduna were yet to react to the killing, but a top member of the church confirmed the death of the clergyman to ChannelsTV on Saturday. The source explained that the bandits kidnapped Bature on November…
Rev. Jonathan Nicole, President, Shippers Association of Lagos, says maritime sector issues made Nigeria to lose a bid to secure a seat in the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council. Nicole made the disclosure in an interview in Lagos on Saturday. He urged the federal government to urgently resolve the issues which, he said, gave the sector a bad name. Nigeria on Friday lost election into Category C of the IMO, after years of failed efforts to rejoin the elitist group of maritime nations since it lost re-election bid in 2011. The new members of Category C are Bahamas, Belgium, Chile,…
The new variant Omicron is responsible for the resurgence of COVID-19 confirmed cases in South Africa, the country’s Health Minister, Joe Phaahla has said. He also pointed out that preliminary evidence suggested that there may be an increased risk of reinfection with this variant. Phaahla told a digital press briefing on Friday that the new variant Omicron was responsible for the resurgence of COVID-19 cases. “Recent genomic sequencing results revealed that Omicron was the dominant variant among samples sequenced during November 2021 – 70 percent (250/358) as of yesterday,” he said. Weekly cases in Gauteng province have increased by 415…
Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to exchange roan antelopes and female black rhinoceros in a move aimed at boosting reproduction of the two species. Tanzanian President Samia Hassan said at the State House that Tanzania would offer Kenya 20 roan antelopes at a request by the visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. After talks between the two leaders, Hassan said that Tanzania would deliver the 20 roan antelopes to Kenya before Christmas. “Tanzania has currently about 4,000 roan antelopes while Kenya has only 12 of the specie. “President Kenyatta has also accepted our request for black female rhinoceros that will be…