The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has alleged that the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is carrying out large scale hoarding of rice through purchase of the item from northern markets. A statement by the chairman of the Kano state chapter of the organisation, Hassan Sani Indabawa and made available to ASHENEWS on Friday, also called on Nigerian authorities to look into alleged CAN’s involvement in the massive purchase and hoarding of paddy rice across the country. Read the statement below: “Series of investigations conducted by MURIC has revealed a disturbing trend of massive purchase of paddy rice across the rice…
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The Diaspora Directorate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says the party will record landslide victory in the 2023 poll, because it has massive support from Nigerians. Mr Ade Omole, Director, Diaspora Directorate, APC Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said this when he spoke on Sunday in Abuja. Omole said that the massive support being enjoyed by the party was a pointer to its victory in the 2023 general election. He said that the presidential candidate of the party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has track records of unprecedented accomplishments during his days as Lagos State governor…
A group in the southeast says it would ensure that Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) secures 99 per cent of votes cast in the geo-political zone in 2023. National Coordinator, Southeast for President 2023 Movement, Rev. Okechukwu Obioha made the declaration on Sunday in Enugu at the Obi-Datti support groups conference organised by the Alliance For a New Nigeria (AFANN). Obioha said the group would not give rival political parties the opportunity they had at the 2015 and 2019 general elections where they scored between 5 per cent and 20 per cent of votes cast…
The Flamingos of Nigeria on Sunday won their first-ever FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup bronze medals in Mumbai by beating Germany in 3-2 penalty kicks. Both teams had started the competition against each other, with the Germans coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa. But, this time around, in spite of coming back from three goals down, they failed to clinch a winning goal and could not succeed at the shooting range. The Europeans, who lost through a late goal to Cup-holders Spain in Wednesday’s second semi-final, started the brighter…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 38-year old village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga local government area of Sokoto state, Abubakar Ibrahim with 3kgs of cannabis sativa and 4,000 tablets of exol-5. ASHENEWS reports that the operatives also arrested 10 other suspects in various operations across seven states and recovered 991,320 pills of pharmaceutical opioids, 1,251kgs of cannabis and khat as well as 46.637 kilograms of meth, cocaine and heroin. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi made available to newsmen. Read the statement below:…
The UK-supported Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) programme has inducted the Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government, Umma Ahmed and five others as PLANE Reading Ambassadors in the state. ASHENEWS reports that others are a traditional title holder (Dan Iyan Makere), Mr Kamilu Sale; Laduwa Umar, a community mobiliser; Mr Mukhtar Baloni, the Chairman, Kaduna North Council and Jibril Magaji were inaugurated as PLANE Reading Ambassadors for Kaduna North LGA Kaduna South LGA, respectively. The State Team Lead in the state, Ms Diana Agabi made this known in Kaduna on Thursday, on the sidelines of the inauguration…
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu says he supports the the apex bank’s proposed redesigning of the Naira. He also said that it is troubling for 80 percent of bank notes to be outside the bank. ASHENEWS reports that the Political Economist who threw his support behind the CBN in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, however recommended a 90-day window for implementation. “I fully support the Central Bank of Nigeria in redesigning of the Naira. If 80 per cent of bank notes in circulation are outside the banks, that is troubling. “The…
The Cross River Police Command has confirmed that one of its personnel, Sgt. Peter Ikwen was killed on Saturday by terrorists at Edgerton Street, Calabar. The Police spokesperson in the state, SP Irene Ugbo confirmed the incident in a telephone interview. “I have just gathered that a police sergeant was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the early hours of today (Saturday) and his rifle was taken away by the assailants,” she said. She said that that investigation has begun with a view to unraveling those behind the act which, she described, as condemnable.
The Chairman of APGA in Abia, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere says the Ukwa-la-Ngwa ethnic nationality in the state has suffered untold neglect for the past 20 years under the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ehiemere disclosed this in a statement issued in Umuahia and made available to newsmen on Friday.. The statement was issued against the backdrop of the alleged plot by the ruling-PDP to “poach” APGA’s House of Assembly candidates from Ukwa-la-Ngwa. He stated that APGA received the intelligence about a plot by PDP to use its candidates to sabotage the chances of APGA’s Governorship Candidate, Prof. Greg Ibe. He, therefore,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reacted to the claim by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad that her ministry was not informed of the development, insisting that it followed the laid down rules in its proposed bid to redesign N200, N500, and N1,000 denominations of the country’s currencies. The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday, announced had obtained President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval to redesigned some naira notes in the denomination of N200, N500 and N1000. Zainab, while defending her ministry’s 2023 budget before the Senate Committee on Finance in Abuja on Friday, however…