By Ahmed Attahir, Gusau Bandits on Wednesday killed 82-year old District Head of Gada, Umar Bawan-Allah, abducted four family members and burnt his palace in Bungudu local government area in Zamfara state. They also abducted many other people, including women and children in the area. An indigene of the town, Makau Mohammed told ASHENEWS that, “The bandits came to the town in large numbers and blocked all the roads leading to the town and started shooting sporadically”. According to him, some of the bandits went into the town while others stood by the roadsides to ensure that nobody escaped in…
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Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello has signed over N211 billion 2022 appropriation bill into law. He signed the bill at the council chamber of the Government House, Minna shortly before the commencement of the weekly executive council meeting. The Governor, who appreciated the efforts of the lawmakers in passing the bill in record time, maintained that his administration has been enjoying cordial relationship with the Legislative arm of government. He commended the doggedness of the lawmakers in ensuring that the right thing is done always, adding that their insistence in most cases have been of help to his administration. “I…
Gambia’s Supreme Court dismissed a legal challenge to President Adama Barrow’s recent election victory on Tuesday, ruling that the petition had not followed proper procedure, court documents showed. Barrow won the December 4 poll with 53 per cent of the vote. Runner up Ousainou Darboe, who got about 28 per cent, and two other candidates have refused to accept the results, citing alleged problems at polling stations without providing any evidence. “I am calling on the opposition… to unconditionally accept the verdict of the Supreme Court,’’ Barrow said following Tuesday’s ruling. “My opponents have exhausted all avenues and should now…
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, said on Wednesday that he is happy President Muhammadu Buhari did not sign the electoral act amendment bill into law. Adamu said in Keffi that the National Assembly had no business passing a Bill to determine how parties nominate their candidates. “It is strange and unfair to come up with a law regulating how parties conduct their elections. “I support the President for not signing the bill and I minced no words on the floor of the Senate. “We should appreciate that Buhari’s refusal to assent the bill means so much. He is a very articulate person;…
South Africa’s legislative capital, Cape Town, on Wednesday encouraged eligible persons to report to vaccination sites as soon as possible for their COVID-19 booster shots. Both Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer booster shots are now available, according to a statement issued by the Cape Town municipality. The national government requires persons, who receive the Pfizer vaccines, to receive the third dose six months after having received the second one, while recipients of one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to receive a second dose two months after the first one. Persons need the identity document and the vaccination card to receive the…
Stanford University, United States of America-based Elsevier B.V has named two Nigerian professors among the topmost productive scientists in the world. Elsevier B.V is an academic publishing company that publishes medical and scientific literature. The two Nigerian professors are Prof. Kayode Oyewumi, the Dean of Faculty of Physical Sciences and Prof. Musa Yakubu, immediate past Director, Central Research Laboratories, both of the University of Ilorin. The university stated in its bulletin issued on Wednesday in Ilorin. Speaking on behalf of the duo, Oyewumi said researchers’ ranking had become a global tool for evaluating intellectualism, academic prowess, research excellence and impact…
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says the agency is working with international partners to ensure Nigeria gets vaccines with long expiration date. Adeyeye spoke against the backdrop of the one million doses of vaccines that expired in November and were destroyed by NAFDAC and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and the Abuja Environmental Protection Agency. The 1,066,214 doses of expired AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines were destroyed at the Gosa Dumping site in Abuja. Adeyeye said on Wednesday in Lagos that the expired vaccines had very short expiration which made…
Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has commiserated with the families of the boat mishap in Zhigiri village of Shiroro local government that claimed seven lives. The governor in a statement by his spokesperson, Mary Noel-Berje on Wednesday, described the incident as painful and unfortunate. He observed that though travelling around the community was hitherto by land, the construction of Zungeru Dam had forced residents of the affected communities to adopt water transportation. He therefore called on the Hydro Power Producing Area Development Commission (HYPPADEC) to as a matter of urgency, provide safety precautions such as live jackets, sensitization of…
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the video clip by a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in the state, has vindicated the state governor as well as the APC from any link to the crisis following PDP congress. The PDP had alleged that the APC had a hand in the crisis that is rocking the party in the aftermath of the congress. However, a statement by the state secretary of the APC, Yusuf Idris made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday, said a video clip by “PDP’s own executive clears Zamfara APC’s of the alleged…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public against dealings with FinAfrica Investment Ltd and Poyoyo Investment. A circular by the management of SEC and published on the commission’s website said the activities of the companies were not registered by it. The commission described the business of Poyoyo Investment (Pilvest) Nigeria Ltd., as a Ponzi scheme, where returns were paid from other people’s invested sums. “The attention of SEC has been drawn to the activities of an illegal operator, FinAfrica Investment Limited. “The company claimed to be an investment company that engages in business development in commercial sectors…