The Nigerian Navy shipped military hardware and contingent to Guinea Bissau on Saturday on peace keeping mission on the auspices of ECOWAS. Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Adm. Yakubu Wambai said that the expectations of the Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea Bissau would yield many positives. The military wares such as trucks, cars, and tankers were among equipment shipped on NNS KADA. Guinea Bissau has experienced four coups since independence from Portugal in 1974 and is currently in turmoil. “Nigeria’s effort towards peace-keeping and peace enforcement in Guinea Bissau becomes germane while the Armed Forces of Nigeria’s…
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Team Nigeria on Saturday won four additional medals in the morning session of day nine of the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Team Nigeria won four medals in the athletics and para-athletics events. Njideka Iyiazi won gold in the women’s F56/57 Shot put with a throw of 10.03m Ugochi Alam won a bronze with a throw of 9.38m in the same event. Team Nigeria has now won two gold and one bronze medals in para- athletics. In the athletic event,Team Nigeria dominated the Women’s F55-57 shot put event. Eucharia Iyiazi won gold, while Ugochi Alam won bronze.…
The Kogi state government on Saturday pleaded with Nigerian government to resuscitate the Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Kingsley Fanwo observed that the company’s site was fast becoming a den of criminals, He made the plea in a statement issued in Lokoja following series of criminal activities reported in Ajaokuta local government area in a short space of time. The most recent, Fanwo, noted were the gruesome murder of three police officers and five vigilantes, the kidnapping of three children on Wednesday and killing of six persons, including two expatriates and two police…
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said that the presidency was working towards stabilising the educational system to get parents retaining their children to learn in the country’s tertiary institutions. Shehu said this on the sideline of the 11th Graduation Ceremony of Glisten International Academy, in Abuja on Saturday. The theme of the ceremony is “Exponential Visibility: Breaking the Glass Ceiling. The special assistant whose son is also graduating from the school, advised the students to make good use of their studies “For the graduating students, I want to say that they…
The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) is offering its first Arabic online course on introducing the concept of transforming conventional banks to operate in accordance with Islamic Shari’ah by presenting all the practical and applied aspects of the transformation process. This course is the first of its kind designed for capacity building in order to bring theory and practice together with the authoring and video lectures in transforming the conventional banks into operation in Islamic principles and Shari’ah compliance. The course which is open to all interested professionals and Islamic financial specialists from 15th August 2022, is uniquely designed to provide the…
As part of its ongoing efforts to check the rising incidence of foreign exchange speculation which has brought pressure on the value of the Naira, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa on Friday, met with representatives of Bureau de Change Operators in the Federal Capital Territory. Bawa said he called the meeting to fashion out a collaborative stakeholders response to brazen foreign exchange speculation especially at the parallel market which is hurting the country’s monetary policy by instigating a run on the value of the Naira. The operators who thanked the EFCC for…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised the South West security outfit, Amotekun, to respect the fundamental human rights of Northern travelers who were arrested on Tuesday. MURIC in a statement by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola emailed to ASHENEWS on Saturday, also asked the authorities of Amotekun to observe professional decorum in the matter and to allow the rule of law to prevail, while advising Southwest governors to strengthen Amotekun and improve the welfare of its operatives. “About 140 Northerners comprising of men, women and children were arrested in Ibadan by the South West security outfit popularly known as…
The Commissioner of Police in Imo Mohammed Barde has confirmed that four police officers died during attack on Agwa Division Police Office in Oguta local government by gunmen. The CP confirmed this in a press statement issued by the command’s spokesperson CSP Michael Abattam on Saturday. Agwa Police Division came under serious attack by gunmen and killed four police officers on Friday evening. The gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Eastern Security Network (ESN), attacked the station with explosive device, also freed some detainees in the station. Although the CP said officers at the station and other tactical…
Niger state governor and Chairman North Central States Governor’s Forum (NCSGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has underscored the compelling and expedient reason to reply to an orchestrated Online Social Media report against the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement issued in Minna, said the report, written by one John Adams, is aimed to discredit and make unwary yet unsuspecting members of the APC and the public believe that the party is divided and in crisis in the state. The online report, which appeared on Opera News, and captioned ‘Niger…
The National Coalition Group (NCG) has inaugurated new national executives to oversee the youth wing of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential campaign team to fruition come 2023. The new national executives were sworn in by Mr Francis Shoga, a representative of the NCG Board of Trustees (BOT) at the Tinubu campaign office in Wuse2 Abuja, on Friday. Shoga urged the newly elected executives who are drawn from all walks of life, to use their wealth of experince to strategize programmes and events that will not only educate, enlighten Nigerians on why APC presidential flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…