Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed on Friday, pardoned 153 inmates with minor offences, serving various jail terms at different correctional facilities in the state. Speaking during the executive pardon ceremony, the governor said the action was carried out after due consultations with the state Council on the Prerogative of Mercy. According to him, each of the 153 inmates would be given the sum of N50,000, totaling N7.6 million as capital, to help them start up small businesses at their various communities. “We are providing each and every freed inmate the sum of N50,000 to start a small business with a…
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Miss Evelyn Chigozie, a Nigerian Beauty pageant Queen 3, has moved to promote the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through her pet project. The queen, who is also the current Miss Africa United Nations, a contest which she won sometimes in May at the 10th edition of the UN pageant, identified her pet project as “SDGs family and business showcase”, in Abuja on Friday. Chigozie while unveiling her pet project said that the cardinal objective of the SDGs showcase was to domesticate the UN SDGs, uphold profound family and ethical cultural values. Others are to recognise and encourage corporate…
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the party’s National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu to assure members that he would resign his position after the 2023 general elections. The BoT acting Chairman, Sen. Adophus Wabara, disclosed this in a communiqué after the board’s reconciliation committee submitted its report to the BOT members on Friday in Abuja. Wabara, who read the communiqué, called on the Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to review his appointments of members of the Campaign Council and other advisory appointments to make it all inclusive. The board also called on all PDP…
The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) has donated laptops and money to 90 female technicians and Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs) to make them financially independent. The Director General of NCWD, Dr Asabe Vilita-Basir made this known at the closing ceremony of 5-Day Information Communication Technology (ICT) training in Abuja, indicating that the equipment and skills would expose them to global economy practices. Vilita-Basir said, “The training is aimed at exposing the participants to various Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) applications, tools and techniques with significant impact on the lives of participants. “This will allow them to enhance their…
A Nigerian NGO, Civil Society Legislative Centre (CISLAC) has called for effective implementation of anti-corruption commitments by Nigeria to help the country address its economic challenges. CISLAC Executive Director, Auwal Rafsanjani made the call in a position paper at a media interaction at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. Rafsanjani said implementing the commitments would help to address corruption in the oil and gas sector. According to him, corruption in the sector is expressed in several ways, including oil theft and all other forms of sabotage within the trade value chain – fuel subsidy and other unproductive incentives.…
A Medicine and Surgery final year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), Mr Usman Abubakar-Rimi, who ventured into food selling business due to prolonged ASUU strike, has died. Abubakar-Rimi opened a food outlet and Indomie joint in the Diplomat area in Sokoto. The medical student died on Wednesday after a brief illness. The death was confirmed on Saturday by the Chairman of 21st Century Enterprenuer Hub, Umar Idris, a close associate of the deceased. Idris said the deceased had been buried according to Islamic rites in his hometown, Rimi, in Rimi local government area of Katsina state. He described…
ASHENEWS reports that if the death traps called ‘Anambra roads’ (as shown on this picture) are rated 15th in Nigeria, by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), it is better imagined what the 1st to 14th lives threatening will look like. The Anambra state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi has rated Anambra roads as 15th death traps in the country. He disclosed this at the flag off of the 2022 Ember Months Safety Campaign, organised in Awka themed, “Speeding, Overloading and Unsafe Tyres to Arrive Alive”. “In Nigeria, data from the National Bureau…
The Nigerian government has ordered the reopening of Dangote’s Obajana Cement factory in Kogi state and allow for legal resolution of the dispute. ASHENEWS recalls that vigilantes, Acting on the orders of the Kogi state government penultimate week, stormed the factory, shot some staff and closed the factory over alleged tax and ownership issues. However, in a bid to resolve the matter, the presidency summoned both parties to a meeting attended by the President of the Dangote Group, Dangote, Governors Yahaya Bello (Kogi) and Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa) on Friday after which the Federal government ordered the reopening of the factory.…
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola on Friday nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Senator Aishatu Binani as the party’s governorship candidate for Adamawa state. With the nullification, Nuhu Ribadu who came second during the primary and had dragged Binani, the APC, and INEC before the high court, seeking the nullification of the primary election conducted on 27th May 2022, has also lost He sought the court’s disqualification of Senator Binani over alleged vote buying and list of illegal delegates from Lamurde local government area of the state. Ribadu argued that the primary election witnessed over-voting as a…
Kebbi High Court has set up an administrative panel to investigate allegations of alleged misconduct against two Chief Magistrates. One of the magistrates, Mustapha Umar-Maccido was alleged to have absconded from duty while other Umar Salihu-Kokami was said to have slapped a lawyer and two other persons. This is contained in a statement by the Chief Registrar, Kebbi High Court, Hussaini Abdullahi-Zuru issued in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. He said that Umar-Maccido would proceed on suspension while Salihu-Kokami has been moved to Headquarters. “Chief Magistrate Mustapha Umar-Maccido was reasonably suspected to have absconded from his duty post, Chief Magistrates Court,…