By Musa Yaro, Calabar A governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River state, Senator John Owan Enoh has collapsed his moves aimed at seeking perceived misgivings through court. Bassey Otu had won the party’s ticket at the primary election. Dissatisfied, Enoh approached the Federal High Court which affirmed Otu as the authentic winner of the ticket. Further dissatisfied, he went to the Court of Appeal, which also affirmed Otu’s victory. ASHENEWS reports that while Enoh was planning to proceed to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgments of the lower and Appeal courts, the presidential candidate…
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The Kano State Hisbah Board says it has destroyed 25 trucks of beer and apprehended 2,260 suspected criminals in its operations from January to December. Dr. Harun Sani-Ibn, the Commander General of the Board, stated this when he briefed newsmen at the board’s headquarters on Thursday in Kano. He said that the trucks contained thousands of bottles of assorted beer, adding that more bottles would be wiped out before January. “Most of those arrested for the criminal offenses was handed over to security agencies for necessary action, and the underaged were reunited with their families. “In the year under review, in…
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has established six new zonal offices including Sokoto and five other states, making a total of 12 zonal operational offices. ASHENEWS reports that the new zonal offices, which will take off on January 1, 2023, will be operated by new zonal managers. NAN which was previously operating six zonal offices, decentralized to 12 for administrative convenience, effectiveness, and increased coverage, especially at the grassroots level. The new Akure Zone, which has Ondo, Ekiti, and Osun states, was carved out from the old Ibadan Zone while Owerri Zone, excised from the old Enugu Zone, now…
A Pakistan court freed a rapist after he married his victim in a settlement brokered by a council of elders in the northwest of the country, his lawyer said Wednesday. The decision has outraged rights activists, who say it legitimizes sexual violence against women in a country where a majority of rape goes unreported. Dawlat Khan, 25, was sentenced in May to life imprisonment by a lower court in Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for raping a deaf woman. He was released from prison on Monday after the Peshawar High Court accepted an out-of-court settlement agreed by the rape survivor’s family.…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says as of December 23, the country registered 49 confirmed cases of monkeypox (renamed by WHO as Mpox) cases. The centre made the announcement on its official website on Thursday, saying that this was a 9 per cent increase in the number of new confirmed cases when compared to the last report. Monkeypox was renamed Mpox to avoid the racist and stigmatising language used for the disease that originated in Africa. Mpox caused alarm when it spread worldwide earlier this year. While cases have reduced, experts warn this is not the…
ASHENEWS reports that an explosion has killed four people in Okene, home town of Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello. The explosion reportedly occurred a few meters from the Ohinoyi’s palace at Kuroko Street in Okene. This online platform further reports that the explosion occurred on the same day President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to arrive the state for a one day visit, the first since he assumed power. The president is expected to hold a town hall meeting in Okene and commission some projects in the Senatorial district before he moves to Lokoja to commission other projects. Details later… With…
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor is dead. Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma announced his death in a statement made available to newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday. The governor described late Obiozor, a former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States and Israel as “a renowned academic, an exceptional diplomat and statesman and a tenacious patriot” whose death is a big loss to Imo, the southeast and Nigeria in general. He prayed God to grant his soul eternal rest. “On behalf of the government and people of Imo state, I sorrowfully announce the passage of a great Son of…
Lagos state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has moved to secure the offices and facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the state. The action followed an order by the Commandant General (NSCDC ), CG Ahmed Abubakar Audi’s order made at the last CG’s Quarterly Conference to Zonal Commanders and State Commandants to stop attacks on INEC facilities across the country. Audu had stated that it it the Corps’ duty to provide security and protection for critical national assets and infrastructure belonging to the three tiers of government. The Lagos state Commandant, Edenabu…
Photo caption; L-R: Chief Mufutau Dauda, Baale of Magbon Segun / Chairman of Baale in Ibeju- Lekki, Bello Shakirat, One of the Beneficiaries from Community High school Lekki, Dangote Industries Limited, Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development, Devakumar Edwin, Ajangboju Moruff, Beneficiary From Community Senior High school Magon Segun, Hon. Tosin Osunnuga, Secretary Lekki LCDA, who represented the Chairman of LCDA, at the 2022 scholarship award to qualified secondary and tertiary students of the host communities youths of the Dangote Refinery and Fertiliser Projects Lekki Lagos, on 28th of December 2022. ASHENEWS reports that the Dangote Petroleum…
We didn’t get full disclosure on what exactly all these unidentified flying objects/aerial phenomena (UFOs/UAPs) are in 2022, but we did learn some pretty weird things about our neighbors in the universe. We went through a “UFO turning point” in 2022, according to Space. “The effort to detect, track and measure the UFO phenomenon in the field, in real time, has recently entered a new phase,” scientific director of the Center for UFO Studies in Chicago, Mark Rodeghier told the outlet. “The technology has gotten better, software tools have improved and the current interest in UFOs has attracted new, qualified…