There are cases involving Rosgvardia, which is known as Vladimir Putin’s private army, but is clearest sign that there is dissent in Russian ranks, the Guardian has reported. More than 100 Russian national guardsmen have been fired for refusing to fight in Ukraine, court documents show, in what looks to be the clearest indication yet of dissent among some parts of security forces over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The cases of the 115 national guardsmen, a force also known as Rosgvardia, came to light on Wednesday, after a local Russian court rejected their collective lawsuit that challenged their earlier sacking.…
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A member of House of Representatives, representing Chanchaga Federal Constituency in Niger state, Umar Bago has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary held on Friday. He polled 540 votes to defeat other nine aspirants. Announcing the result, Nasiru Ibrahim, the Chairman, Niger Governorship Primaries Committee 2022, said that the total number of votes cast was 1,049 while 11 votes were invalid. He said Bago polled 540 votes to defeat Mr Mohammed Malagi who scored 386 votes followed by Mr Sani Ndanusa who scored 84 votes. He said that Ahmed Ketso got 17 votes while Mr Mohammed Rufai-Mohammed scored…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has recommended removal of the controversial Section 84 of the new Electoral Act, to allow political parties decide modalities for candidates’ elections. Jonathan gave the recommendation at the public presentation of a book titled “Political Party Governance” by former Minister of State Power, Dr Mohammed Wakil on Thursday in Abuja. The former president said that the National Assembly should allow political parties have the leverage of doing certain things differently, as their needs were different. “Give parties the leverage. The key thing is that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is regulating them. “They mentor them,…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the heat-tolerant wheat production, being supported by the Bank in Nigeria, will help reduce importation of the product by 40 per cent by 2023. The bank’s Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Ms Beth Dunford said this in an interview at the sideline of the Bank’s 2022 Annual meetings in Accra, Ghana. Dunford said the support would come under the Bank’s $1.5 billion Africa Emergency Food Production Facility. She said that the heat-tolerant wheat technology would have huge impact on food and help farmers to scale up production. According to her, the technology…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello and chairman, North Central Governors Forum (NCGF), has restated his administration’s commitment to protecting the rights of the children. Bello who stated this in a congratulatory message to the Nigerian children, particularly Nigerlites to mark this year’s children’s day, said children’s rights needed to be protected to shield them from any form of abuse and sufferings. He said as the future leaders of tomorrow, the children need the basic education that will propel and prepare them for the task ahead. The governor admonished both parents and teachers to ensure that the…
By Justina Auta The National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) on Thursday, decried the great deficit in Nigeria blood bank. Its acting Director General, Dr Omale Amedu said this at the commencement of nationwide sensitisation on NBSC mandate in Abuja. He said that the Nigeria blood bank has very great deficit and would not carter for the needs of over 200 million population. According to him, Nigeria’s large population requires availability of safe blood and blood products for emergency use. “There is a great deficit in blood bank that we have currently. “Having a population of over 200 million Nigerians, we…
…Says brutal murder of Fatima, children unacceptable The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned, in strong terms, the gruesome murder of Lady Harira and her four innocent children by some “unknown gunmen”. The Christian apex body also demanded for justice and called on security agencies to fish out those responsible for the wicked act in order to stop the senseless killings in the country. This is contained in a statement by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant to the President of CAN, Dr Samson Ayokunle on Wednesday. “This criminality is totally unacceptable, unjustifiable and reprehensible to CAN and all right…
The federal, states and local government councils have shared a total sum of N636.692 billion April 2022 Federation Account Revenue, from Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a virtual FAAC meeting for May 2022 on Thursday. According to the Communiqué, N656.602 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N461.189 billion; distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N166.522 billion; the sum of N8.891 billion being Excess Bank Charges Recovered and augmentation of N20.000 billion. In April 2022, the total deductions for cost of collection was N29.609 billion and…
The new Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Professor Adenike Oladiji has unfolded her agenda that will lead to further development of the institution and the consolidation of its leading position in the comity of global universities. Oladiji, the first female Vice Chancellor of the 40 year old citadel of learning, unfolded the agenda during her inauguration as the eighth Vice Chancellor on Tuesday May 24, 2022. “My major area of focus will be deepening of research, enhancement of students’ experience on campus; Expansion of the University – New academic programmes and infrastructural development; positively impacting…
By Justina Auta Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN), an NGO, on Thursday, distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits worth N12 million to 85 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Kano, Kaduna and FCT. The Executive Director of the federation, Dr Okai Aku, disclosed this during the distribution exercise in Abuja. Aku said that the distribution was part of the group’s Accelerating Equitable Access, Acceptance, and uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine (ACCESS) Project, funded by Pathfinder International and Macarthur Foundation. According to him, 35 facilities in Kano will benefit from it; while 25 each from FCT and Kaduna will also be supported.…