ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: Sokoto state government has declared 24-hour curfew over protests that have rocked the state capital. Earlier today, Muslim youth took to the streets protesting and demanding the release of two students arrested in connection of the killing of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education over alleged blasphemy. However, the state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal declared a 24-hour curfew with immediate effect. Read the statement below: Fellow citizens of Sokoto state! Following the sad incident that happened at the Shehu Shagari College of Education on Thursday and sequel to the developments within (Sokoto)…
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ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has raised concerns over the pervading insecurity across the country, which might affect the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu expressed the concerns at the second quarterly meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Abuja on Friday. Though admitting that the present situation was enough to cause worry, he also expressed confidence that the threats would be brought under control to allow for elections. With the elections billed to hold in about nine months from now, the INEC chairman…
…Send UTMERESULT (one word) to 55019 to have your results By Fadhlillah Abdallah ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A statement by the Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Saturday said that candidates could check their result by simply texting UTMERESULT to 55019 with the same phone number used in registration. “To check the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, all a candidate needs to do is to simply send UTMERESULT to 55019 using the same phone number that…
ASHENEWS – May 14, 2022: Zamfara state command have arrested two suspected killers of former Zamfara State gubernatorial aspirant and owner of Famak British Schools, Mr Sagir Hamidu. Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement on Friday, disclosed the suspects as: 22-year-old Sani Usman and 23-year-old Mohammed Tijjani – both from Pai Konkore, Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory. The duo were apprehended in connection with a case of kidnapping and armed robbery along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. Adejobi explained that the suspects were arrested along with 21 others by the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) for culpable homicide,…
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu has warned that 32 states and 233 local government areas, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are at a high risk of flooding during the 2022. Adamu made the disclosure at the presentation of the 2022 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency in Abuja. The theme of the outlook is, “Flood management and food Security” targeted towards flood early warning, and forecasting in order to minimise the adverse effects of flood on lives. “Some 233 local government areas in 32 states of the federation and the FCT fall…
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…
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.…