A sitting member of the National Assembly (NASS) who represents Gada/Goronyo Federal Constituency in Sokoto state, Musa Sarkin Adar has been returned unopposed to bear the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general election. The Chairman of the primary election committee for the constituency, Abubakar Chika Dantama made the announcement after Adar’s affirmation in Gada, headquarters of Gada local government on Saturday. According to Dantama, Adar’s affirmation followed APC wards delegates’ unanimous endorsement for the 4th term. “Musa Sarkin Adar, having fulfilled all the requirements and guidelines for the conduct of the APC affirmation exercise, is…
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By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea endorsed recommendation to set up an African Standby Force on Terrorism. He also called on leaders to muster the political will that would fuel synergy, enhance intelligence gathering and bring more urgency in tackling violent crimes. The President’s media aide, Garba Shehu in a statement on Saturday, said the president stated this at the 16th African Union Extra-ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union on Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Africa. The president said resources meant for development of countries had been channelled into fighting violent crimes,…
Politicians in the country have again been cautioned against win at all cost syndrome which has enveloped the political scene in recent times as we move towards the 2023 general elections. The Spiritual Father and Chairman, Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide AYO NI O, Baba Aladura Prophet Samuel Adefila Abidoye gave the advice while speaking with newsmen at the International headquarters of the Church, Galilee Land, Orile Igbon on Friday. He called on politicians to play politics of maturity and stop politics of assassination, kidnapping and character assassination. This may not be unconnected with the recent killings and kidnapping…
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). He was declared winner at the Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja, venue of the primary. With his declaration as winner, Atiku has become the flag-bearer of the party in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. Read the scores below: Anyim Pius Anyim 14 Atiku Abubakar 371 Bukola Saraki 70 Nyesom Wike 237 Emmanuel Udom 38 Bala Mohammed 20
Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Niger North Senatorial District. Sani-Bello polled 335 votes to beat the serving Senator, Aliyu Abdullahi Sahabi who polled seven votes during the primary elections that held in Kontagora on Saturday.
The Rivers state Police command have confirmed the death of 31 persons in a Church stampede. The deaths occurred at an outreach programme organised by Kings Assembly, in Port Harcourt on Saturday morning. The church was said to have invited members to partake in the event where food items would be served. The acting spokesperson of the Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko confirmed the 31 deaths, saying the church had organised the outreach to give out palliatives to the underprivileged before the unexpected occurred. “It was 31 persons that died. It was a stampede because a church was trying to give…
The Council of Ministers has adopted a decision to approve draft protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to NATO. It also authorized the Interim Governor of the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria to NATO to sign on behalf of Bulgaria. In the context of the current security environment, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden have submitted their applications to join NATO on 18 May 2022 at the Alliance’s Headquarters. The membership of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden in…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi Experts have again raised concern over poor access to materials of menstrual hygiene and sanitary pads by women of reproductive age and adolescents girls in Nigeria. They spoke at a rally to commemorate this year’s World Menstrual Hygiene Day, with the theme: “We are Committed”. The event, which was held at the Bauchi state Ministry of Women Affairs and Child Development organised by Ministry of Women Affairs, Ministry of Health, Plan International and Community Initiative for the Promotion of Health and Education Sectors (CIPrHES), was attended by students and women groups. Addressing female students and women…
The Russian Defense Ministry has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) leadership to investigate the activities of US-funded Nigerian laboratories in Abuja, Zaria and Lagos. The Chief of Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Force Igor Kirillov alleged on Friday, that two US-controlled biolaboratories operate in the city of Abuja, one in the city of Zaria, and another one in Lagos. “Against the background of numerous cases of US violations of biosafety requirements and facts of negligent storage of pathogenic biomaterials, we call on the leadership of the World Health Organization to investigate the activities of US-funded Nigerian laboratories…
Researchers evaluate the use of genomic selection in wheat breeding against deadly fungal disease. A recent publication in the journal Frontiers of Plant Science provides results of the first-ever study to test genomic selection in breeding for resistance to wheat blast, a deadly disease caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae that is spreading from its origin in Brazil to threaten wheat crops in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Genomic selection identifies individual plants based on the information from molecular markers, DNA signposts for genes of interest, that are distributed densely throughout the wheat genome. For wheat blast, the results can…