The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) has fixed April 20, to meet to consider the party’s timetable and schedule of activities for its primaries ahead of the 2023 general election. Mr Felix Morka, National Publicity Secretary of the party announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the meeting scheduled to hold at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, would also consider nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections and other relevant business of the party. “In pursuant to Article 25.2.ii of the Constitution of the APC, the National Working…
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The United States government has approved Nigeria’s acquisition of AH-1Z attack helicopter and related equipment from the country. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), under the Department of Defense, has delivered the certification, notifying Congress of the $1 billion deal. The items requested by Nigeria include 12 AH-1Z Attack Helicopters, 28 T-700 GE 401C engines (24 installed, 4 spares), and 2,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance sections. Others are communication equipment, electronic warfare systems, AN/AVS-9 Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging System, M197 20mm machine gun, and Target Sight System (TSS). Night Vision Cueing Display (NVCD), commercial variant GPS with…
As Christians join their brothers to celebrate Easter across the world, the Sokoto Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 540 personnel to guide motorists against auto crashes. A statement by the spokesperson of the command, SRC Salisu Mohammed Tureta on Friday, said the personnel is made up of 390 Regular and 150 Special Marshals. According to the statement, the Sector Commander, Mohammed Kaigama Kabo appealed “to the motoring public to desist from over-speeding, dangerous driving, route violation and night travels during the 2022 Easter celebration.” While stating that the command has set up the Easter…
The Deputy Governor of Sokoto state, Muhammad Manir Dan’iya has declared to contest the seat of governor during the 2023 general elections. He made the declaration via his twitter handle @manirdaniya on Thursday. “Today, with utmost humility and Allah’s will, I formally declare my intention to run for the office of the Governor, Sokoto State,on the platform of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). I seek for your Support. Thanks,” the tweet reads. ASHENEWS reports that already, Dan’iya has obtained the governorship expression of interest and Nomination forms. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Aminu Abdullahi on…
Nigeria’s Council of State has approved April 2023 for the conduct of National Population Census. The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa-Kwarra made this known at the end of the virtual meeting of the Council of State, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja. The last population and housing census in Nigeria took place in 2006, placing Lagos state in the South as the second most populous state with 9.0 million people. According to the census on the overall, the North had a higher population than the South, with the northern states accounting for…
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has received the Full Business Case certificates (FBCs) for the concession of e-ticketing for the Lagos/Ibadan and Warri/Itakpe rail services. The projects are expected to generate about N140 billion as well as create 3,000 jobs in 10 years. Mr Manji Yarling, the Acting Head, Media and Publicity of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), said this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the Acting Director-General of the ICRC, Michael Ohiani presented the FBCs on Wednesday to the minister. Manjii said the projects would be domiciled in the Nigerian Railway Corporation…
Sokoto State House of Assembly Speaker, Aminu Achida and the Deputy Chief Whip, Murtala Maigona have dumped the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The speaker and Deputy Chief Whip officially notified the Assembly of their defection in a letter they jointly signed on Thursday. According to the Achida and Maigona, who represents Wurno and Wamakko Constituencies at the Assembly, their defection is in accordance with the letters and spirit section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federation Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended. “Our decision to defect to PDP is in order to…
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved N4 trillion for fuel subsidy in the revised 2022 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) sent by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 7. The House also passed the sum of N182 billion as an increment for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) salary, while it also passed N7.35 trillion budget deficit. This followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance on the request by the President for revision of the 2022 Fiscal Framework at the plenary. Buhari in a letter had requested the review of the 2022 MTEF to make…
Tesla chief and Twitter shareholder, Elon Musk has launched a hostile takeover bid for the microblogging platform, insisting it was a “best and final offer” and that he was the only person capable of unlocking the full potential of the platform. Musk offered $54.20 a share, which values the social media firm at $43.4 billion, in a filing dated Wednesday, April 13 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Twitter’s board said it would carefully review what it termed Musk’s “unsolicited, non-binding” offer and decide on a course of action that was “in the best interest of the Company and all…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has approved the promotion of 21,039 police officers. The officers include those on the ranks of inspectors and rank and file in his office at Force Headquarters in Abuja. The IGP in a terse statement by the acting spokesperson of the Force Headquarters, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi Wednesday evening, congratulated the affected officers. He also urged them to put in more efforts at policing Federal Republic of Nigeria.