Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) are moving to remove the president, Sunday Asefon over alleged unlawful tenure elongation, SaharaReporters has reported. The members are accusing him of inability to protect the general interest of all Nigerian students at home and abroad. Asefon was elected on December 4, 2020, for a one-year tenure at the NANS convention in Abuja at the age of 45 and was supposed to hand over in December 2021. The students have accused him of failing to conduct another convention or hand over in line with the association’s constitution. Speaking to SaharaReporters, an…
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The recent condemnation of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the Muslim-Muslim by a National Assembly (NASS) member and Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Ishaku Abbo is generating reactions, including from members of the party. Abbo had described APC’s act as disrespectful to the Christians community as well as the card-carrying members of the party. He was recently quoted during a Church sermon and meeting of the Northern APC Christian forum, as saying that anyone in the party that is supporting the Muslim-Muslim ticket is a “potential Boko Haram member.” Reacting to Abbo, an APC stakeholder…
First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) workers under the aegis of Employee Giving and Volunteering Scheme on Saturday, donated surgical equipment for free Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) repairs in Sokoto state. The support was part of the Start Performing Acts of Random Kindness (SPARK) initiative by the workers. Adamu Gambo, Group Head, Northwest II Group of FBN said the 2022 SPARK amplification event targeted fistula patients at Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital, Sokoto. Gambo said that the initiative involved the staff donating money and creating time to execute noble engagements in the society. “The initiative focuses on creating and reinforcing attitudes…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his unequivocal condemnation of the attacks against non-indigenes and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South East. The president, in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu on Saturday in Abuja, promised all possible action in conducting a speedy investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. The president’s reaction came amidst reports of the slaying of six Nigerien citizens and the brutal killing of a number of policemen at their duty posts, He urged community and religious leaders to “speak more forcefully against the killings, stand up and defend the ethos of our cultural…
The Action Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that Nigeria is better off with a political party that has answers to its current challenges, adding that it is poised to deliver the country. The party said this in a communiqué issued at the end of its Board of Trustee (BoT), National Working Committee (NWC) and eminent elders retreat on Saturday in Abuja. The theme of the retreat was: “Creating ADC Strategic Pathway to Victory in the National and Sub-National Levels for 2023 General Election”. The communiqué which was read by Ms Mabel Oboh, ADC Diversity and Inclusion Secretary, said the retreat…
The Director General of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Campaign, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman has assured Nigerians that the party is poised to close ethnic and religious divides as well as work to pull down the pillars of fascism erected by past leaders. He stated this in his speech delivered to accept his appointment as the party’s campaign DG on Saturday. According to Suleiman, the ADC will mobilize the most populous and greatest Nigerian asset, its youth, to step up in a manner never seen in our political history of the country. “…to close the unnecessary ethnic and religious divides and work…
The 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi has said that he will continue to speak and air his views to defend and rebuild Nigeria. Sanusi, who is also the current Khalifah, Tijaniyat Movement of Nigeria, said this in Abuja on Saturday at a stage play titled “Emir Sanusi: Truth in Time.” The play was written by Prof. Ahmed Yerima, a professor of Drama at the Redeemer University and produced by Executive Chairman, Duke of Somolu Productions, Mr Joseph Edgar. The 14th emir said he has what it takes to contribute to nation building because of his long history of service to…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi A Public Health consultant with Gombe State University, Dr Ibrahim Rabiu has noted that female genital schistosomiasis is an emerging public health problem that affects women and girls endemic areas. He was speaking at the 2022 annual general meeting annual general meeting and scientific conference organised by the Bauchi branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) held at the Specialist Hospital, Bauchi. Dr Rabiu described female genital schistosomiasis as a disease condition where eggs laid by adult parasite migrate and become trapped in the genital organs such as ovaries fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix and vagina. According…
A Texas jury ordered US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Friday to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages for falsely claiming that the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook elementary shooting was a “hoax.” The verdict came a day after the same jury awarded a couple whose child died at Sandy Hook $4.1 million in compensatory damages for the emotional stress caused by Jones broadcasting falsehoods for years on his InfoWars online and radio talk shows. The huge sum ordered from Jones, who for years gathered a sizable following for his often outlandish conspiracy claims, vindicated the lawsuits against him by families…
Participants at the Army War College Nigeria (AWCN) Course 6/2021 embarked on a seven-day Geo-Strategic Study Tour to the Republics of South Africa and Egypt on Saturday. Spokesman for the college, Maj. Mohammed Maidawa, made this known in a statement he issued in Abuja. Maidawa stated that the tour was an important component of the National Security and Organisation of Defence Module of the course and constituted a vital part of the training programme. He said the tour was designed to expose participants to the geo- strategic environment. It would also afford them the opportunity to appreciate the link between…