The Presidency has reacted to a video by the Abuja-Kaduna train attack terrorists in which they threatened to wreak havoc on the nation and abduct president Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai. In the video, the terrorists were seen flogging the victims and also threatening to turn the place where the victims are being held to “abattoir” if government failed to meet the terrorists’ demands. However, the Presidency in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu told Nigerians that President Buhari had provided moral, material and equipment support to…
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The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has expressed concern that terrorists had grown wings to the extent of threatening to “abduct the President and sitting governor proves the extent to which the country has lost out to the bandits.” The CNG was reacting to a video that has gone viral where the attackers of Abuja-Kaduna train were seen beating victims. A statement by the spokesperson of the group, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman and mailed to ASHENEWS on Sunday, also expressed worry that the country “has final come to terms with the reality that it has completely lost control of its forests, land…
By Ephraims Sheyin Emir Sanusi – Truth in Time, a Play on the 14th Emir of Kano produced by Duke of Shomolu Productions, is to be staged in Abuja and Lagos on August 6 and 7. According to Joseph Edgar, Executive Chairman, Duke of Shomolu Productions, the Play will be staged simultaneously in both cities at the same time. “All is set for the Play with tickets already being purchased in bulks. “We expect a total of 5,000 people – 2,500 in each of the venues. “From the massive interest we have received, we also expect that 500,000 to one…
The website of the ninth National Assembly (NASS) still have names of 12 deceased members, Justeventonline.com has reported. Four Senators and eight House of Representatives members have died since the inception of the ninth Assembly, with the death of a former lawmaker representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Bayo Osinowo, popularly known as Pepper, being the most recent. Others are the lawmaker representing Imo North, Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, who died on December 18, 2019; Senator Ignatius Longjan, who represented Plateau South and died on February 10, 2020; and Senator Rose Oko, who represented Cross River North but died on March…
A non-governmental organization, Women Initiative for Leadership Strategy and Innovation in Africa (Women Africa) has released a report on the state of gender-based violence response in Nigeria. The report which is developed with support from the European Union and United Nations Spotlight Initiative Programme through UNESCO is a mapping of critical response mechanisms across the 36 states and FCT in Nigeria. It provides comprehensive information on the current state of gender-based violence response in Nigeria with regards to available laws and policies, support system and structures, law enforcement, justice institutions, reporting channels and available coordination mechanisms. The Executive Director, Chinwe…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoleye Sowore has acted fast on the challenge of the Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP) that all presidential candidates should declare their assets. Sowore’s action is though the declaration should be done with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). SERAP had through its Twitter handle @SERAPNigeria on Saturday, urged presidential candidates of political parties in the 2023 election to publish the details of their assets as well as publicly reject vote buying. “Dear @PeterObi Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by…
The Chief Executive Officer of Duchess International Hospital, Dr Adetokunbo Shitta-Bey has disclosed that the hospital’s main priority is people’s access to affordable, world-class healthcare, with as little as N5,000 for consultation. Shitta-Bey spoke on Arise TV programme, ‘The Morning Show’ against the backdrop of the successful surgery on Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo on his leg at the hospital. According to the CEO, “the combination of affordability and world-class facilities would have been the significant factor that informed the decision of the Vice President to have his surgery performed at the Duchess International Hospital.” Shitta-Bey reiterated that the…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has reacted to comments made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar in respect of the Muslim-Muslim ticket under the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2007. Atiku in an interview with Arise TV on Friday claimed Tinubu wanted to be his running mate in 2007 but refused the Muslim-Muslim ticket in the interest of the country’s unity. “My fundamental disagreement and political departure with Asiwaju [Tinubu] since 2007 was due to the Muslim-Muslim ticket. Remember, I opted out of PDP because of zoning,…
BUA Cement Company has disclosed that the company will increase its cement export to neighbouring Niger republic and Burkina Faso to improve its foreign exchange earnings. Chairman of the Board of Directors of BUA Cement Plc, Abdul Samad Rabiu made the disclosure on Thursday while addressing the concerns of shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of BUA Cement held in Abuja. “We are in a unique position bordering the Niger Republic and what we currently earn from export will boost our foreign exchange base. “We are looking at increasing our exports to Burkina Faso once we commission our new 3…
The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergency. The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases. It came at the end of the second meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee on the virus. More than 16,000 cases have now been reported from 75 countries, said WHO director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. There had been five deaths so far as a result of the outbreak, he added. There are only two other such health emergencies at present – the coronavirus pandemic and the continuing effort…