Another boat accident occurred Friday night around Mile 2 area of Lagos, barely three days after the Ikorodu area incident that claimed two passengers. Mrs Sarat Braimah, Lagos Area Manager, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, said that 16 passengers onboard the ill-fated boat were missing. “At about 7.45 p.m., on July 8, the National Inland Waterways Authority and Lagos State Waterways Authority received a distress call of an incident on the waterways. “A W19 passenger Fibre boat carrying 16 people capsized along the Ojo area of the state. “The boat…
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The Police Command in Nasarawa state says it has recaptured one inmate that escaped during the recent attack on Kuje Meduim Security Correctional Centre by terrorists. The Police Commissioner, Adesina Soyemi, in a statement by the spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel made available to newsmen in Lafia on Saturday, said the fugitive was arrested by the police personnel of Keffi Division following intelligence. “On July 9, 2022 at about 1:30am, one Hassan Hassan ‘M’ whose name and picture was amongst the escapees with Boko Haram/Terrorism Case was recaptured by the Police operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command at Keffi. “The CP…
Elon Musk has decided he no longer wants to acquire Twitter, he told the company Friday. Although he signed a binding merger agreement, Musk said Twitter is in “breach” for allegedly refusing his information requests and making employee changes. The deal has been tumultuous almost since it was announced in April. Twitter is vowing to sue Elon Musk in order to force a close of his deal to acquire the company. “The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger…
Ukraine has claimed that Russia is now using its S-300 long-range surface-to-air missiles to attack land targets in Ukraine. The assertion, from the governor of the Mykolaiv Oblast, in southern Ukraine, suggests that Russia’s shortage of standoff weapons to attack land targets may well be worse than thought. The S-300 apparently does possess a little-known surface-to-surface capability, MSN reports. Using the Telegram instant messaging service, Vitaly Kim, the governor of Mykolaiv Oblast, introduced the claim about the S-300, without specifying which versions are being used. Russia operates both the S-300P series on 8×8 wheeled chassis and the S-300V that uses…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the death of former Japanese political leader Shinzo Abe, state-run media reported Saturday, with relations between the two Asian powers souring over Taiwan recently. Xi was quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency as telling Kishida, “I have reached important consensus” with Abe to build China-Japan ties that “meet the requirements of the new era.” Abe, a 67-year-old lawmaker who became Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, died on Friday after he was shot by a gunman in the western city of Nara while campaigning for Sunday’s House…
Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central States Governor’s Forum (NCSGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has felicitated with the Muslim Ummah in the state as they join their brothers and sisters all over the world to celebrate Eid-El-Kabir. In a Sallah goodwill message, the Governor urged Muslims to renew their commitment to the pursuit of peace and progress of the country noting that the society will be a better place to live in for everyone if there is relative social equilibrium. He enjoined the Ummah to imbibe the virtuous of obedience, tolerance, faith, perseverance and sacrifice as exemplified by Prophet Ibrahim…
The Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) has asked the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) to nominate two private depots in Lagos where their members could procure petrol at the regulated price. Mr Akin Akinrinade, Chairman, IPMAN, Lagos Satellite Depot Ejigbo, confirmed the development on Friday in Lagos. Akinrinade said the move was part of efforts by the Federal Government and the independent petroleum marketers to resolve the lingering fuel scarcity across Lagos State. He said: “They have asked us to nominate private depots where we can receive petrol in Lagos and we are looking at depots at…
African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has launched a report on the root cause of the farmers and herders crisis in the North Central area of Nigeria. Its coordinator, Dr Chido Onumah made this known at a roundtable on report of research on the farmers-herders crisis in North Central Nigeria organised by the centre . According to Onumah, the report is the outcome of a research conducted by Dr. Plangshak Musa Suchi and Dr Sallek Yaks Musa, both of the Department of Sociology, University of Jos, Nigeria. “For us in AFRICMIL, we have in the last five years…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Friday, picked Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed as vice presidential candidate of the party. ASHENEWS recalls that the Director General of Peter Obi Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe had submitted a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) withdrawing from the ‘placeholder’ position he had held prior to Baba-Ahmed’s nomination. Speaking on why he picked the 46 year old educationist and proprietor of Baze University, Obi said Baba-Ahmed was eminently qualified to bring his private sector and academic experiences to bear in the drive to rescue Nigeria from the primitive politics of ethnicity. He…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seem to be facing real trouble as Lagos, Ekiti, Ondo state governors, Jide Sanwo-Olu, Kayode Fayemi and Rotimi Akeredolu with other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited to woo Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt on Friday. ASHENEWS gathers from a source very to one of the governors that the move is to woo Wike and other aggrieved PDP members into the APC ahead of the 2023 general elections. ASHENEWS recalls that both Wike and the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and Wike debunked media reports penultimate week that they met…