The list of winners of the 2022 African Public Relations (PR) Awards, which recognizes Superior Achievement in Branding, Reputation, and Engagement (SABRE) has been released. The award ceremony will take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on May 25th, as part of the 2022 African Public Relations Conference. The campaigns were evaluated by a jury of industry leaders. The Spokespersons Digest reports that 10 Nigerian PR firms bagged different categories of the awards, including trophies and Certificates of Excellence. The annual awards organised by the Provoke Media (formerly Holmes Report) in collaboration with African Public Relations Association (APRA), recognise successes…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on academics and members of other professional bodies to participate actively in the task of making Nigeria a better place for all. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the vice president received, on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa, a team of 13 professors who came to endorse and support his aspiration ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The top academics, drawn from the six geo-political zones, came under the aegis of the Progressive Intellectuals Advisory Group. The group was led by Prof. Shehu Adamu, the Dean…
The Secretary to the Niger State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane has distanced self from a report published by Punch Newspaper on 21st April, 2022 and attributed to him that he confirmed NAF fighter jet killed six children in the State is false and malicious. The paper had reported on Thursday that the SSG confirmed NAF jets attack on Kurebe community on April 13 2022. However, a statement by the information officer in the office of the SSG, Lawal Tanko and made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday, the SSG said he didn’t not speak with the paper. “The Secretary to…
The Nigerian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Amb. Ibrahim Alhussaini, has marked one year as Nigeria’s Ambassador to the country on Tuesday. The envoy used the occasion to host some members of the Nigerian community,including students, and members of the diplomatic corps to breaking of fast at his residence in Rabat. This is contained in a statement from the Chancery, Embassy of Nigeria, Rabat, Morocco, issued on Wednesday, in Abuja. The Ambassador conveyed the greetings of President Muhammadu Buhari and urged Nigerians and friends of Nigeria, to continue to pray for peace and stability in the country, as well as the…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) is embarking on a massive voter sensitization to awaken reluctant northerners on the danger of going into the 2023 elections with their hands tied. Noting that already widespread apathy has enveloped the North, in addition to situational disabilities like displaced people, general lack of access to registration centres, lack of internet connectivity, insecurity, and discouragement from certain quarters, CNG’s Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said in a statement that it is still imperative for the region to brave the odds and register en masse. “To avoid the risk of the North slipping…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe Former Zamfara state governor, AbdulAziz Yari has distributed assorted grains and clothing materials as Ramadan welfare packages worth N169 million to 5,000 orphans across the 17 Emirate Councils of the state as Ramadan welfare. The Secretary of the distribution committee, Sanusi Liman Dan Alhaji said in Gusau on Thursday, said that each orphan was given food items and clothing materials worth N36,000. According to him, orphans in each of the 16 Emirates got 41 and half bags of millet, 41 and half bags of maize 43 bags of sugar and 87 bags of sugar, while Gusau…
Fire on Thursday gutted Garkuwa FM, a private radio station owned by former Sokoto governor, Attahiru Bafarawa. The fire which broke out in the morning, was said to have started from an electrical appliance. A staff of the station, Umar Baffa who was in the studio before the incident, said it all started from a fuse of the air-conditioner. “I saw a tiny flame of fire coming out of the Air Conditioner’s fuse and hurriedly rushed out to trip off the electricity to avoid escalation. “However, when I got back, the whole section of the Recording Studio, Live Programme and…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says intending Nigerian pilgrims will likely pay N2.5 million, an increase of over 50 per cent from what obtained in 2019. The chairman of the commission, Zikrullah Hassan disclosed this projection during a meeting with executives of the state pilgrims boards, in preparation for this year’s 2022 Hajj in Abuja on Thursday. In 2019, intending pilgrims paid N1.5m and those who deposited the same sum in 2020, but could not travel because OF the outbreak of COVID-19, will now pay the the difference of N1 million. “The projection is…
Niger state governor Abubakar Sani Bello, has felicitated with Hajo Sarki Bello on her confirmation as the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel-Berje on Thursday, Bello expressed delight for a Nigerlite and a woman rising to the peak of her chosen career. The Governor who saluted her diligence, commitment, resilience and doggedness in all she does, acknowledged that she has made the state and the entire women folk proud for being successful in her career. He enjoined her to remain focused and steadfast in her new position reminding her of…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has described the N100 million cost of expression of interest and nomination forms for presidential aspirants, introduced by the All Progressive Congress (APC) as excluding the youth and women as well as ticket pegged at N100 million. The APC at Its maiden National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday, announced the price tag of N100 million for expression of interest and nomination forms for its presidential aspirants. However, a statement by the Executive Director, CISLAC, who is also the Chairman, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani and made available to ASHENEWS on…