As Nigerian Muslims commenced this year’s Ramadan fast on Saturday, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko has called on wealthy faithful to support the needy. In a felicitation message he sent on the commencement of the fast, Wamakko appealed to privileged Muslims to feed the poor amongst them. The message was issued by his media aide, Hassan Sanyinnawal in Abuja on Saturday. “Wamakko joined the world leaders in welcoming the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting and intense devotion for Muslims. “Wamakko also said that the period offers a unique opportunity to feel the hunger experienced by the poor, so as to…
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Responding to two ballistic missiles tests conducted by North Korea in February and March, the U.S. government has imposed sanctions on five of its firms Fox News has reported. The March launch was North Korea’s most provocative weapons test since President Joe Biden took office. Authorized under an existing executive order targeting producers and supporters of weapons of mass destruction on Friday, the U.S sanctions come after Japan issued its own penalties this week on four groups and nine individuals tied to missile development. The U.S. government determined that the launches involved a new intercontinental ballistic missile which could be…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Niger state government has debunked media reports that it secretly paid ransom to three bandit groups to secure the release of the commissioner of information, Muhammed Sanni Idris. The denial is contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftancy Affairs and Internal Security, Emmanuel Umaru posted on his Facebook account on Saturday. An online media, FIJ had quoted a bandit leader, Apabakura Dan Makaranta who claimed that Niger state government paid ransom to secure the release of the commissioner. However, Umaru in the Facebook post said although Idris’ abductors demanded N500 million from his…
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Oshodi-Isolo local government area (LGA) of Lagos state on Friday stormed the party secretariat to protest against the planned substitution of the executive committee list produced at the last LGA Congress. The aggrieved members, who earlier took their protest to Ifako-Ijaiye area where party elders and stakeholders from the Lagos West Senatorial District were holding a meeting, returned to the party secretariat at Acme Road and later stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly. Leading the protesters, Alakoso Fasesan-Ajanaku, an APC elder from the council area, said the reason…
The General Assembly of the Catholic Diocese of Jalingo on Friday urged Christians in the country to participate actively in politics and help in changing the fortunes of the nation. This is contained in a communique at the end of its 20th General Assembly, signed by Most Rev. Dr Charles Hamawa, the Catholic Bishop and Very Rev. Fr. Eugene Batare in Jalingo. According to the communique, the notion that politics is a dirty game should encourage Christians to go in there and change it for a clean game for a better country, come 2023. The communique called on the Christian…
Bauchi state government has released N779.8 million for the renovation of the state secretariat complex. The Head of the Civil Service, Yahuza Ningi made this known to newsmen in Bauchi on Friday. He said the renovation was part of government effort to provide conducive work environment for the civil servants by enhancing their welfare for optimal performance. He explained that the complex, which was built in 1983, has become a shadow of its former self and hence the need for its general rehabilitation. Ningi said the renovation work would be executed in three phases, which included the reconstruction of the connecting access road…
Bauchi state government on Friday approved N1.5 billion to fast-track the digital switchover of the state-owned media. Daiyyabu Chiroma, the state commissioner for information and communication, made this known at a joint briefing with the works, transport and power and energy commissioners. The briefing was on the outcome of the Executive council resolutions held in Bauchi on Friday. He said N733 million would be spent on digitisation of the state television and N817.9 million would be expended on the state Radio station. He said that government is fully committed at improving the services of the media outfits for effective and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed N948 billion to 4,478,381 smallholder farmers under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) across the country. The Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr Osita Nwanisobi disclosed this on Friday in Enugu during the ongoing Enugu International Trade Fair. The ABP is an agricultural loan scheme launched in 2015 by the federal government through the CBN. The main aim of the programme is to boost agricultural yields, halt large volumes of food importation and address negative trade balance. Meanwhile, Nwanisobi said that the smallholder farmers who benefited from the scheme cultivated 5.2…
Some aggrieved youths from Igbo-Eze/ Udenu Federal Constituency have vowed to enthrone good governance and quality representation come 2023. The group under the aegis of Association of Good Governance (Youth wing) have decried the kind of poor representation marred by unnecessary rancour and bickering by some of their people who feel they are demi-god(s). Rising from their emergency closed door meeting held on Ist day of April at Obollo agreed that it is becoming clear that 2023 election will no longer be business as usual. In his opening remark, the leader of the group, Nnaemeka Odoh, stated, “In all honesty,…
As Muslims across the globe begin Ramadan fast, a presidential aspirant in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, Chief Kennedy Fintan Nnaji has charged Muslims to fast with the fear of God and use the Holy month to redouble their efforts in praying against banditry and other forms of insecurity in the country. This is contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to ASHENEWS on Saturday. Nnaji in the statement, also advised all Muslims in Nigeria, to use the period to pray for unity and peaceful coexistence. The presidential aspirant, who is also a Japan-based Nigerian business mogul…