The Rafin Sarki community of Fatika district in Giwa local government area of Kaduna state on Friday, buried the 11 members of the community killed by gunmen. ASHENEWS reported earlier Friday morning that bandits attacked the village on Thursday. Explaining the circumstances that led to the killings, a community leader who pleads anonymity for fear of attack, said the bandits attacked the community for refusing to accept to pay taxes imposed on farmers by the criminal gangs. The community came under intense bandit attacks Thursday with eleven people killed and several others critically wounded, 25 abducted and many displaced. A…
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The Edo State Commissioner for Youths and Gender Issues, Andrew Emwanta on Friday, said 39 perpetrators of Gender-Based Violence were convicted in the state within three years. Emwanta disclosed this at a rally to mark this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Benin. The commissioner led a rally of Civil Society Organisations and Women groups to the Edo State Secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ). Emwanta, who said that the convictions started since the launch of sexual offenders register in the state, also disclosed that about 255 related cases were ongoing in courts.…
“One false report that goes viral may have the potential of triggering a breakdown of law and order in a part or the whole of the country” The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged media practitioners to shun sensational reportage before, during and after the 2023 general elections. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, gave the charge in Gombe at a one-day capacity building workshop for journalists in the North-East. Okoye said the call was imperative in view of the fact that the conduct of elections had national security implications. “This implied…
An indigenous oil firm, First E & P which operates the Oil Mining Leases (OMLs) 83 and 85 in Joint Venture with NNPC has donated relief materials worth N170 million to some communities affected by the recent floods in Bayelsa. The relief materials were officially presented on behalf of the oil firm by Ayebatonye Basuo, Head of Social Performance, First E&P, at Danielle Jetty, Oxbow area in Yenagoa on Friday. The materials were received on behalf of the beneficiary communities by leaders of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps from across Bayelsa. The representatives of the Bayelsa government led by Mr…
Osun state governor, Gboyega Oyetola has signed the 2023 N138 billion appropriation bill into law. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan on Friday, said that the governor signed the bill into law on Thursday night. The state House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the appropriation bill. The total recurrent expenditure of the budget is N99.2 billion, while the capital expenditure is N39 billion. While signing the budget, Oyetola said that the 2022 budget as at the third quarter of the year, had recorded 83 per cent performance. He stated that with the passage and signing of the…
Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Friday, presented a budget proposal of N175.019 billion, tagged tagged “Budget of Consolidation”, to the state House of Assembly for 2023 fiscal year. Fintiri said that the proposed fiscal policy was made up of Recurrent Expenditure of N105.011 billion, representing 60 per cent of the total budget. He said that the balance of N70.007 billion is for Capital Development projects, representing 40 per cent of the total budget. According to him, government will continue to ensure that all ongoing projects, especially the ones started by his administration, are completed. “The highlights of the capital…
By Gami Tadanyigbe The Youth Model African Union, an African Youth platform, has commenced its 2nd Extraordinary Summit in Abuja, to role play the activities of African Union for building diplomatic and leadership skills in the region. The Convener of the union, Mr Igweshi Augustine, said the summit is aimed at convening youths from 55 member states of the African Union (AU) to simulate the processes and practices of the AU. The summit, which will last from November 24 to 26, is themed: “Fostering The Implementation of AU 2063 Agenda and AfCTA for African Development”. Augustine said the Youth Model…
The Osun Election Petitions Tribunal in Osogbo on Friday, ordered the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, to produce Sen. Ademola Adeleke’s results used during the 2018 governorship election in Osun. The document tagged: “INEC Form CF001” is being demanded by Counsel for the All Progressive Congress (APC), the Petitioners. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice Tertsea Kume gave the order in his ruling on the arguments and counter arguments by both the petitioners and the respondents’ counsel as regard the INEC Form CF001. Kume said it would amount to denying the petitioners their right to fair…
“APC’s mortal fear of mass rejection at the polls is directly behind its unnecessary tantrums against the electronic transmission of results” The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has said that the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) alleged rejection of electronic transmission of results through the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and INEC Election Result Viewing portal (IReV) confirms the ruling party and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu do not have genuine followership among Nigerians ahead of the 2023 elections. A statement by the spokesperson of Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organization, Kola Ologbondiyan said the “APC has realized that given its mass failures across the…
By Justina Auta The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) has empowered and awarded Grade three trade test certificate to 115 female artisans to promote gender inclusiveness in various male dominated fields. This was disclosed during the joint graduation ceremony of 2022 residential female artisanship Program and the regular vocational skills training in Abuja. Dr Asabe Vilita-Bashir, NCWD, Director General, said the training was to improve their livelihood and enable them contribute in male dominated skills. Vilita-Bashir said the women were trained on tiling and masonry, air-condition and refrigeration, generator repairs, electrical works, plumbing and piping. “These have long been…