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…
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ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: The Niger state Police Command, said it foiled bandits’ attack on Maraban Dan-Daudu village in Shiroro local government Area of the state, rescued 15 victims and arrested three suspected bandits. The spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun in a statement on Friday, said though 15 abducted victims were rescued, scores of bandits escaped into the forest with gun injuries. According to him, the incident occurred on May 12 at about 9.30 a.m. when armed bandits attempted to invade Maraban Dan-Daudu and Jiko villages via Gwada, Shiroro local government area. “Joint security team deployed to…
ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said he would stay on as minister and had withdrawn his presidential aspiration to contest in the 2023 general elections. In a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Friday, Ngige said he publicly declared his interest to contest for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on April 19 “This was following the constitutional provision that precludes our amiable incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari from seeking re-election to the office, as he would have completed his two terms in office…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah ASHENEWS – May 13, 2022: Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello on Friday received the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu assuring him that the state delegates would be given free hand to vote for their choice. He stated this when he received Tinubu who was in Minna to seek the support of the governor and the state’s delegates in the firth coming APC primary elections in Friday. The governor also commended Tinubu for his giant strides in transforming Lagos state when he served as governor. According to him, there would be no imposition…
ASHENEWS – May 13, 2022: Four Russian regional governors resigned on Tuesday as the country braces for the impact of economic sanctions. The heads of the Tomsk, Saratov, Kirov and Mari El regions announced their immediate departures from office, while the head of Ryazan region said he would not run for another term. Elections are scheduled to take place in all five regions in September. Though Russian regional governors are elected, they are politically subordinate to the Kremlin. Several of the outgoing governors represent regions where the ruling bloc United Russia took weak vote shares in parliamentary elections last year.…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the killing of a student, Deborah Samuel, over allegation of blasphemy. A statement by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Friday described the killing as outrageous, illegal and unlawful. Read the full statement below: “A female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, was on Thursday killed for allegedly blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The blaspheme statement was reportedly posted on a WhatsApp group. She was asked to withdraw the statement but she allegedly refused to do so. The school’s security…
ASHENEWS – May 13, 2022: China would prefer to take over neighboring Taiwan without military action but is working to get to a position where its military could prevail even if the United States intervenes, U.S. intelligence chiefs said on Tuesday. China views Taiwan, a democratically governed island, as its “sacred” territory and has never renounced the possible use of force to ensure eventual unification. The United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan but is its most important international supporter and arms supplier, making it a constant source of tension between Beijing and Washington. “It’s…
ASHENEWS – May 13, 2022: A human rights trainer with Cote d ‘Ivoire’s National Council of Human Rights (NCHR), Hassane Diane has said that ECOWAS integration will be impossible if judgment of the regional court is not enforced by member states. He said this while delivering a paper at the International Conference of ECOWAS Court of Justice in Praia, Cape Verde with a theme: “ECOWAS Integration Model: The Legal Implications of Regionalism, Sovereignty and Supra-nationalism”. Diane lamented the high rate of none-enforcement of the ECOWAS Court’s judgments by member states, noting that the refusal to enforce the Community Court’s judgment…
The federal government has expressed optimism that the decisions reached at its tripartite plus meeting with the university-based unions would start yielding fruits next week. A statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mr Olajide Oshundun in Abuja on Friday, quoted the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige while addressing newsmen at the end of the meeting on the on-going strike by unions in the education sector. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the National Association of Academic…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah Sokoto state government, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Thursday, cut short his official engagements in Abuja following the killing of a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Deborah Samuel. The series of meetings is in the Governor’s efforts to deliberate on the way to tackle the aftermath of the killing of Miss Samuel. Recall that Miss Samuel was killed at the premises of the College over alleged act of blasphemy. The governor returned to Sokoto where he held closed door meeting with heads of security agencies as well as the state Chairman of the Christian…