ASHENEWS reports that the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have threatened the coupists in Niger Republic if within seven days, they fail to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Heads of State and Government of the members of the Economic Countirs of West African States (ECOWAS) have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerien military, who ousted President Muhammed Bazoum, to reinstate him into office.
Salihu Lukman, until a few days ago, vice-chairman (north-west) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has had to resign his position as a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. In his July 26 resignation letter addressed to Abubakar Kyari, acting national chairman of the APC, Lukman explained that his resignation was informed by his conviction that the atmosphere in the party had become completely at variance with the founding vision of forming a progressive party.
EXACTLY 70 years separate the July 26, 1953 suicidal attack on Moncada Barracks by Cuban youths who wanted to remove the military from power, and this Wednesday’s coup in Niger Republic which removed elected President Mohamed Bazoum and restored military rule.
The Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Sunday, declared a 24-hour curfew following the upsurge in the activities of hoodlums in the state.
The spokesperson of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Emma Powerful has confirmed that the handwritten letter by its leader, Nnamdi Kanu to the Finland-based factional leader, Simon Ekpa, directing him to end the sit-at-home order in the Southeast is authentic.
The Plateau state government says it is one of the two states in Nigeria that has eliminated Onchocerciasis, known as River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis, also known as Elephantiasis.
Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has received more People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defectors into the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the struggle for the Lugard House intensifies.
The Managing Director of the Hatch Pest Control and Environmental Service Ltd, Mr. Francis Nwapa has opined that it is best for all tiers of government to redirect malaria elimination interventions from curative to preventive approaches.
ASHENEWS reports that the management of Dangote Refinery has denied reports that it neglected youths from Nigeria and other African countries to employ 11,000 expatriates, including Indians and Chinese to build its refinery