A governorship aspirant in Zamfara, Sanusi Mai-Tuta has called on Muslim faithful to use the period of Ramadan to reform selves, pray for the unity and peace in the country. He made the appeal in a Ramadan message to the people of Zamfara, which he personally signed and made available to ASHENEWS on Friday. According to him, “Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and a great opportunity for all Muslims to purify their mind, body, heart, and soul by fasting and praying to Almighty Allah. “Ramadan is not only for fasting,…
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By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe The Ekiti state governor and chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi in Friday led a two-man delegation to Kaduna, to commiserate with the government and people of the state on the recent Abuja – Kaduna train attack, which claimed many lives, injured many people while several others were kidnapped. Addressing the state governor, Nasiru el Rufai, the NGF Chairman expressed deep sympathy to Kaduna State and its people and described the attack as “mind-boggling” because of the huge number of casualties and other fatalities. Regrettably, he added, the criminals were audacious enough to also take…
A leading aspirant for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial ticket for Kaduna Central, Usman Ibrahim has felicitated with Kaduna State Muslim and Christian communities and Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora on this year’s Easter celebration and the Ramadan fast progression. The foremost contender, in a goodwill message to Muslim and Christian communities on these two solemn occasions issued in Kaduna, advised the Adherents to emulate the attributes of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace and patience, which were the attributes and practices of the two great Prophets Muhammad and Jesus Son of Mary. Ibrahim called on the…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe A Civil Society Organization, the Grand Nigerian Peace Advocacy Union has welcomed reports of clearance for the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1bn by the United States States, saying hopes have rose for a final end to the lingering insecurity particularly in the North. GNPAU said it is particularly excited to note the announcement by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Thursday the sale of the helicopters to the Nigerian military also includes related defence systems. The Group, in a statement to the press by its Chief Advocate, Lawal Mukhtar…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on Nigerian government to impose tobacco tax on shisha pots and other electric smoking devices in the new regime. The Centre’s Programme Manager on Democratic Governance, Mr Okeke Anya, made the call when he led the organisation’s Tobacco Taxation Working Group on advocacy visit to the Technical Services Department of Federal Ministry of Finance. According to him, adding shisha pots as well as other electric smoking devices in the new tobacco regime would crash its demand as well as increase revenue for the nation. Mr Anya said…
A joint operation by the troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon, has eliminated scores of ISWAP terrorists in Malam Fatori, Damasak and Wulgo in the Lake Chad axis. The contingent of the joint troops confronted the terrorists at different locations in the military offensives. Apart from the ground troops that were on the offensives, air components also deployed attack aircraft in the elimination of the terrorists, destruction of their hideouts and guntrucks. The troops recovered some arms and ammunition during the encounter. By PRNigeria
Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, a retired Nigerian Army Colonel and Chairman of Movement for Unity and Progress, has observed that the decision of the federal government to ask for the National Council of State’s approval to conduct census at this period of insecurity, is ill-advised. The National Council of State, which is composed of the president and vice president, former presidents and heads of state, former chief justices, former senate presidents, on Thursday granted approval for government to conduct national census in April 2023. However, the retired Colonel in a statement he personally signed on Friday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to…
United Kingdom group, IA-Foundation has again expressed its concern over the continued holding of more than 100 Chibok school girls, eight years after about 270 of the girls were abducted. The girls were abducted on April 14, 2014 at Chibok community in northeast Nigeria, in a depressing incident that elicited spontaneous condemnation by the international community. Speaking to newsmen at a forum to mark eight years of the abduction on Friday in Abuja, the Chief Executive Officer of IA-Foundation, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, said that nothing had changed on the fate of the girls still in the custody of the abductors.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) has fixed April 20, to meet to consider the party’s timetable and schedule of activities for its primaries ahead of the 2023 general election. Mr Felix Morka, National Publicity Secretary of the party announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the meeting scheduled to hold at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, would also consider nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections and other relevant business of the party. “In pursuant to Article 25.2.ii of the Constitution of the APC, the National Working…
The United States government has approved Nigeria’s acquisition of AH-1Z attack helicopter and related equipment from the country. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), under the Department of Defense, has delivered the certification, notifying Congress of the $1 billion deal. The items requested by Nigeria include 12 AH-1Z Attack Helicopters, 28 T-700 GE 401C engines (24 installed, 4 spares), and 2,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance sections. Others are communication equipment, electronic warfare systems, AN/AVS-9 Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging System, M197 20mm machine gun, and Target Sight System (TSS). Night Vision Cueing Display (NVCD), commercial variant GPS with…