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…
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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…
Stallion Times Media Services has trained 40 journalists on reporting disability in the media on Thursday in Kano. The event was conducted under the ‘Get Involved, Dialogue and Improve (G-RIP) Project’ in collaboration with the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development Inclusivity and Accountability (CMEDIA) Project supported by the MacArthur Foundation. One of the objectives of the media training workshop include promoting issues-based reporting disability in such a way that it would influence national action. One of the resource persons, the Advocacy and Communication Officer, Expanding Social Protection for Inclusive Development (ESPID)…
The Nigerian government has declared all Boko Haram suspects who fled the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje, Abuja, wanted. In a statement on Friday, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) revealed the names and photos of 69 inmates who escaped from the correctional facility following an attack by terrorists three days ago. “The following are faces and names of Inmates with Boko Haram/ terrorism cases who escaped from Kuje Correctional Centre during the jail attack on 5th July 2022,” it said. “If you see any of these people, or have useful information which may lead to their recapture, please Call…
Banks in the eurozone need to prepare better in view of the looming financial risks of climate change, warned the European Central Bank (ECB) on Friday. “Euro area banks urgently need to step up their efforts to measure and manage climate risk,’’ said Andrea Enria, Head of ECB banking supervision, presenting the results of the central bank’s first climate stress test. Adverse scenarios could see environment-related losses for the eurozone’s financial industry reach at least 70 billion euros ($71 billion), the ECB calculated. The figure relates to 41 of the 104 banks subject to the stress test, the ECB warned, meaning…
Allianz Nigeria Insurance says it has earmarked 28,000 euros (N11.820 million) under its Social Impact Fund to support youth employability in Nigeria. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Nigeria, Mrs Adeolu Adewumi-Zer, said this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos. Adewunmi-Zer said that the gesture was in commitment to the implementation of the Sustainability Development Goals (SDG 8) accross the globe. “Over the next three years, Allianz will donate 28,000 euros (N11.820 million) to provide differently-abled persons in Nigeria with digital skills that will enhance their ability to earn a living. “This donation will be made from…