Sokoto state governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Tambuwal has advised Ondo state delegates not to compromise in their choice of candidate in the May 28 presidential primary. Tambuwal said this on Thursday in Akure during a meeting with delegates and party leaders in the state. “I appeal to your conscience to be fair to your party and the people of Nigeria. Do not compromise under any guise the trust given to you to go and nominate people that can win election for our party. “If we want to win 2023, you…
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The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has adopted Abba Kabir Yusuf as its consensus candidate for the 2023 governorship election in Kano State, Daily Nigerian has reported. Sources in the party confirmed that Abba, popularly known as ‘Abba gida-gida’ and Aminu Abdussalam, his running mate in the 2019 election, will fly the NNPP banner in the election. They became a household name with the popular political song; ‘Abba gida-gida’ when they contested and lost the 2019 election to Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje after the initial election was declared inconclusive. Similarly, the senatorial ticket for Kano Central has been given to…
Reports by Prada.com have revealed that during the 82 days of the Russia-Ukraine war, Russia has already lost about 27,700 troops, 1,228 tanks and 165 helicopters in Ukraine. Details: Total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February and 16 May 2022 are estimated to be (figures in brackets are losses within the last 24 hours): 27,700 (+300) military personnel, 1,228 (+8) tanks, 2,974 (+16) armoured combat vehicles, 577 (+22) artillery systems, 195 multiple rocket launchers, 89 units of air defence equipment. Others are 200 aircraft, 165 (+1) helicopters, 427 (+11) operational-tactical UAVs, 97 (+2) cruise missiles, 13 ships/boats,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, presented its last witness and closed its case in the ongoing trial of a couple, Oladeji and Omotayo Henry, alongside their company, Built Global Concepts, who are facing prosecution for an alleged N555,820,000 fraud. The couple appeared before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The EFCC had, on March 4, 2020, arraigned the defendants on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal, and stealing contrary to Sections 411, 280(2)(f), 280(1)(b) and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Count one read: “That…
… Recover 61 firearms, 376 ammunition, 22 cartridges, N2 million cash Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Special Tactical Squad (FIB-STS), have arrested 31 suspects connected to major violent crimes, including kidnappers of students of the Greenfield students, culpable homicide, rape, unlawful possession of firearms etc. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Force Headquarters, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Wednesday, said the successful arrest followed directives from the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba for the operatives to clampdown on the perpetrators of crimes and criminality, as well as cutting off their supply of arms. “The FIB-STS equally recovered…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appealed to farmers who defaulted in paying back the loans obtained under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) to pay back. Mr Sadeeq Ajayi, in CBN Development Finance Office, made the appeal on Wednesday in Ibadan at the Agribusiness Innovation Clinic. The clinic entitled: “Fostering Innovation and Collaboration Across the Agricultural Value Chain” was organised by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). ABP is an agricultural loan scheme launched in 2015 by the Federal Government, through CBN, to provide loans (in kind and cash) to small holder farmers to boost agricultural production, create…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its governorship and House of Representatives primary elections to Thursday May 26. The party’s spokesperson, Mr Felix Morka announced this while briefing newsmen at the end of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The APC governorship primaries was earlier scheduled for May 20. The spokesperson said the party’s Senate and House of Assembly primaries had also been rescheduled to hold on Friday May 27. “The NWC of the APC has made an approval for a revised timetable schedule of activities for house of assembly, national assembly, governorship primaries…
The Nigerian government has suspended its Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris over alleged misappropriation of N80 billion. ASHENEWS published on Monday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arrested Idris over the alleged fraud. In a letter addressed to Idris, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed Honourable Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning on Wednesday, said the suspension followed “your recent arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of diversion of funds and money laundering. “I write to convey your suspension from work without pay effective 18” May, 2022.…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA) on Tuesday, advised pilots and airline operators to be cautious with hazardous weather during the current rainy season. The warning is contained in an Advisory Circular (AC) with reference no AC: NCAA-AEROMET – 33 initiated by the Directorate of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards (DAAS) addressed to all pilots and operators and signed by the Director General, Capt. Musa Nuhu. The warning came following the advent of the Seasonal Climate Prediction, SCP, released for 2022 by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET. NIMET had predicted thus: “April/May and June 2022 is the onset of rainy season…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is reviewing the approval of the coronavirus vaccine by French pharmaceutical company Valneva for the EU market. The EMA announced in Amsterdam on Wednesday that the company had submitted a corresponding application. EMA’s experts had been reviewing all data from studies and trials on the vaccine, which had the official name VLA2001, since December. “If the experts from the EMA give the green light, the European Commission still has to give its approval, but that is considered a formality. “So far, five coronavirus vaccines have been approved in the EU.” The Valneva vaccine was already…