The African Union said on Monday that it has suspended Burkina Faso from all its activities in response to last week’s military coup, until constitutional order is restored. Burkina Faso had already been suspended from the West African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States, though ECOWAS stopped short of imposing sanctions after the Jan. 24 coup that deposed President Roch Kabore. An ECOWAS delegation on Monday met with Kabore and found him “in good spirits”, said Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Ghana’s foreign minister and head of the mission to Ouagadougou. The ousted president looks well, has access to…
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The International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC), has announced that its 19th International Triennial Symposium will hold between November 21 and 25, 2022. This is contained in a statement by the president, Professor Sanni Lateef made available to ASHENEWS on Monday. According to him, the symposium will be co-hosted by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, AATF and the government of Kenya. “We are pleased to announce that the 19th International Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC) will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21st to 25th November 2022. “The symposium will be co-hosted by…
The Sokoto state command of the Nigeria Police have killed 23, arrested 57 other suspected bandits and recovered cache of weapons. This was disclosed by the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (Operations), Zaki Ahmed while addressing newsmen at the command headquarters on Monday. According to him, the arrest followed Operation Sahara Storm which raided bandits camps in Illela, Rabah and Goronyo local government areas of the state. “Weapons recovered include 32 AK-47 rifles; two Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launcher; one rocket launcher; 1,412 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition; 1,200 round of AA live ammunition; four locally made pistols; one Barreta pistol;…
The Northern Emancipation Network (NEN) has tackled the Peoples Democratic Party PDP over its remarks on the cancellation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s flight to Zamfara due to poor weather condition. In a sharp reaction, NEN National Secretary Suleiman Abbah said the remark by the PDP amounts to a careless attempt to make political capital at the expense of the suffering people of Zamfara state. “It is callous for a major political party after failing to adequately play the role of constructive opposition expected of it since its defeat seven years ago to resort to such desperate measures as trivializing matters…
A former Senator from Yobe South, Adamu Garba has said that Nigeria’s next president will neither come from the northern part of the country nor from the south. He made the comment on his Facebook account. “The next president of this country will not come from the northern part of the country or the southern part of the country but the next president will come from the federal republic of Nigeria,” he stated. According to Garba, the South-North dichotomy created by the elite to divide and Nigerians, will no longer happen. “The North-South thing was created by the elites to…
Sen. Victor Lar has described former Borno governor, Sen. Modu Sheriff as the best candidate for the national chairmanship position of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Lar spoke in telephone interview on Sunday in Jalingo, ahead of the February 26, National Convention of the party. He said that Sheriff’s vast experience in politics as a former governor, legislator and party leader placed him in a vantage position to prepare the party for the unique challenges ahead of the 2023 elections. “The APC will face a peculiar challenge in 2023 because President Muhammadu Buhari, who is known to have galvanised over…
Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed is advocating for the northern part of Nigeria to retain power in 2023. Although the dominant political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have not zoned the presidency to any region, there have been agitations that the South be given the ticket. But Governor Mohammed, who said he is aware of the agitation, insisted that the North-East should be given the presidential slot for the sake of equity and justice. “We are aware of the agitation of the southern part of the country because of the tenure of…
Since the year 2020 when this column debuted, none of my previous articles elicited a large number of reactions from readers than the piece of El-Rufa’i Vs ABU Zaria published two weeks. At the time, I am writing this rejoinder over the weeken, there were 151 shares of the online version of the article on the Facebook of Blueprint alone. This is in addition to 100s if not 1000s others shared on different social media platforms. I am not surprised considering the gravity of the issue and the Institution involved; ABU Zaria, the largest and the most diverse university in…
Anambra state governor, Willie Obiano has received Embraer 195-E2 aircraft with the first set of passengers at the Anambra International Airport, in Umueri. This followed approval by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for the operation of Boeing 737-700 aircraft or its equivalent at the Anambra International Airport, in Umueri,. The aircraft landed with 124 passengers from Lagos and the governor welcomed the passengers, including the pilot, with a handshake. The aircraft, from Air Peace Airline, one of the frontline carriers in Nigeria landed safely, from Lagos at Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport, Umueri. According to the governor, this…
The National Association of North Central Students (NANCS) on Saturday in Keffi, Nasarawa, elected new officers that would pilot the affairs of the group for the next one year. The new executives emerged at the Fifth National Convention of the association held at the Keffi Legislative Chamber. Addressing newsmen shortly after he was declared the President-Elect, Joseph Ogwuche called for the rapid development of schools in the North Central. According to him, enhanced educational infrastructure will make students to be more useful citizens to themselves and to humanity. Ogwuche, a 200-level undergraduate of the University of Jos, pledged to accord…