The Adamawa council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned physical assault on its female member and staff of News Department, Adamawa Broadcasting corporation Yola, Mrs Nafeesa Vandi by her husband on Wednesday. The husband, Ibrahim Aliyu is a sacked staff of PHCN. A statement by the council chairman, Ishaka Donald Dedan on Wednesday, also described the assault as “heinous, unacceptable, wickedness and barbaric on a professional female practicing Journalist to a stupor by Aliyu. Battered Nafeesa According to the statement, “though the police has already swung into action to investigate and arrest the perpetrator of the domestic…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja, debunked reports of plots to remove Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, its National Chairman. Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary in a statement, said the report was being sponsored by opposition political parties. “The attention of the APC has been drawn to opposition-sponsored media reports on plots to remove the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu. “The reports are based on the imagination of its sponsors ostensibly unnerved by the remarkable achievements of Sen. Adamu since assuming office as the national chairman,” he said. Morka said the APC and its…
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) University of Lagos, says it has broken new grounds with its ability to disseminate research findings by adopting documentary making, It says it has demystified the traditional academic method of publishing such findings in journals. The Director of the centre, Prof. Muyiwa Falaiye spoke on the sidelines of the fifth anniversary celebration of the centre in Lagos on Wednesday. According to him, as the foremost institute of African and Diaspora Studies in Africa, the centre has in the past five years, also recorded other giant strides. He said it had done so…
A Civil Society Organisation, Connected Development (CODE), says observations from the just concluded Kenya election have revealed the need for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adjust its voting hours for 2023 poll. Mr Emmanuel Njoku, Director, Democracy and Governance, CODE said this at the official launch of CODE’s annual report that detailed its various interventions and effort to institutionalise accountability and transparency in governance across Africa. Njoku said that INEC’s review of voting hours was recommended because if not done, more than 30 million citizens could be disenfranchised in the 2023 General Elections. He said that this was…
Niger state governor, Abubakar Bello on Wednesday inaugurated the planting of 3,000 hybrid Shea trees aimed at increasing the number of Shea trees for economic transformation of the state. Bello, while inaugurating the project at the Beji Parkland in Kodo, Bosso local government area of the state, explained that the project was a pilot scheme in collaboration with the National Shea Products Association of Nigeria (NASPAN). He explained that the global Shea butter market had grown rapidly due to increased demand in making confectioneries, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products, amongst others. Bello said that the state with the highest number of…
By Abdulrazaq Bello, Gusau Suspected food poisoning has killed seven family members at Danbaza village of Maradun local government area of Zamfara state. ASHENEWS gathered that the family including two house wives and five children died after eating Dambu, a local food produced from cereal grains and steamed with spices. While four of the victims died immediately after eating the supposed contaminated food at dinner Wednesday night, the remaining three reportedly died at a health facility.
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has announced power supply disruption within the South-East due to strike by electricity workers. This is contained in a statement made available by the Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, on Wednesday in Enugu. “Following the industrial strike embarked upon by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), power stations operations across the franchise area of EEDC plc have been disrupted. “As a result of this, all our feeders are out of supply and this has affected supply to our esteemed customers in Abia, Anambra,…
The Northern Governors Forum has described Nigeria’s former military president, Ibrahim Babangida as an embodiment of patriotism. The chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau, Mr Simon Lalong eulogised Babangida in a congratulatory message on his 81st birthday. The statement was conveyed by his spokesperson, Dr Makut Macham on Wednesday in Jos. He described Gen. Babangida as a leader who had remained consistent in his desire for Nigeria to remain united, peaceful and progressive in spite its challenges, saying his service and honor to the country was remarkable. “The NGF appreciates Babangida’s visionary service to the nation and in particular,…
There was blackout across Lagos State on Wednesday following the nationwide strike by electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). Ikeja Electric Plc and Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) confirmed the development in separate public notices to their customers. The DisCos said the picketing of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) by the union members had plunged customers under their networks into darkness. “Due to the ongoing nationwide picketing of Transmission Stations by the NUEE, we are currently experiencing disruption of power supply as most stations within our network have been shut down. “Kindly…
About 350 out of the 560 Lebanese judges decided on Wednesday to stop working in protest against low pay amid the country’s steep financial crisis, local media reported. “It is the first time that the majority of judges in Lebanon have united on one issue: their livelihood,” the report said. It added that the step has been agreed upon by Judge Ghada Aoun, also Mount Lebanon’s prosecutor, and other top judges. The Central Bank of Lebanon issued a circular in July allowing the judges’ salaries to be paid at 8,000 Lebanese pounds per U.S. dollar instead of the current official…