ASHENEWS – MAY 14, 2022: The Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT) has condemned the recently reported extra-judicial killing of a female student, Deborah Samuel at Sheu Shagari College of Education Sokoto. According to the Chief Missioner of the society, Imam Abdul Azeez Onike, to understand the anathema of the sad incident of extra-judicial punishment meted out to a lady in Sokoto recently, which resulted in her death, let us look at the following narration which depicts and represents the expected reaction of any follower of our Noble Prophet Muhammad (saws): Anas b. Malik reported: “While we were in the mosque with Allah’s…
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ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: Bishop of Sokoto diocese, Matthew Kukah has debunked news reports on social media that his residence has been set on fire in Sokoto state. On Saturday, some rioters had taken over major roads in Sokoto over the arrest of the suspected killers of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education. Some social media users have shared different posts, including videos and pictures, allegedly from the unrest in the state. The Catholic Broadcast Commission Nigeria, on its Facebook page with over 90,000 followers, made a post earlier in the day that Kukah’s…
ASHENEWS – MAY 14, 2022: Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) reconciliation achieved in the state was attributable to God. There had been political hullabaloo between former governor Abdulaziz Yari, Senator Kabiru Marafa and governor Muhammad, which was recently resolved by the national headquarters of the party. Speaking with journalists at the Sultan Abubakar III International Airport in Sokoto in a brief interview on Sunday, the governor said, “It was not my making but God’s. “Today, we are one united family working towards the success of the party in 2023. “With this reconciliation,…
ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has disclosed that nine presidential aspirants from the All Progressives Congress (APC) were set to step down and support the presidential ambition of the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan. Kalu stated this in Abuja on Saturday that an influential presidential aspirant from the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is also planning to join the APC. Kalu, though did not list their names, was the first to drop his presidential ambition in support of Lawan on the grounds of failure of APC to zone…
ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: Sokoto state government has declared 24-hour curfew over protests that have rocked the state capital. Earlier today, Muslim youth took to the streets protesting and demanding the release of two students arrested in connection of the killing of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education over alleged blasphemy. However, the state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal declared a 24-hour curfew with immediate effect. Read the statement below: Fellow citizens of Sokoto state! Following the sad incident that happened at the Shehu Shagari College of Education on Thursday and sequel to the developments within (Sokoto)…
ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has raised concerns over the pervading insecurity across the country, which might affect the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu expressed the concerns at the second quarterly meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Abuja on Friday. Though admitting that the present situation was enough to cause worry, he also expressed confidence that the threats would be brought under control to allow for elections. With the elections billed to hold in about nine months from now, the INEC chairman…
…Send UTMERESULT (one word) to 55019 to have your results By Fadhlillah Abdallah ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A statement by the Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Saturday said that candidates could check their result by simply texting UTMERESULT to 55019 with the same phone number used in registration. “To check the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, all a candidate needs to do is to simply send UTMERESULT to 55019 using the same phone number that…
ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: Zamfara state command have arrested two suspected killers of former Zamfara State gubernatorial aspirant and owner of Famak British Schools, Mr Sagir Hamidu. Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement on Friday, disclosed the suspects as: 22-year-old Sani Usman and 23-year-old Mohammed Tijjani – both from Pai Konkore, Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory. The duo were apprehended in connection with a case of kidnapping and armed robbery along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. Adejobi explained that the suspects were arrested along with 21 others by the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) for culpable homicide,…
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu has warned that 32 states and 233 local government areas, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are at a high risk of flooding during the 2022. Adamu made the disclosure at the presentation of the 2022 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency in Abuja. The theme of the outlook is, “Flood management and food Security” targeted towards flood early warning, and forecasting in order to minimise the adverse effects of flood on lives. “Some 233 local government areas in 32 states of the federation and the FCT fall…
ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: Former Vice President of Nigeria, Abubakar Atiku, on Friday said that every tweet in his official social media handles must get his approval before publication. Atiku, one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, said this when he paid a consultative visit to Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo at the Government House, Benin. Atiku had earlier reacted to the killing of Miss Deborah Samuel who was accused of blasphemy. The post was soon taken down, generating a lot of social media backlash. According to Atiku, “Every tweet has to get my expressed approval but…