The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has debunked reports that the Fulani bought the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination forms for former President Goodluck Jonathan. The denial is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the group, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman made available to ASHENEWS on Monday. According to the statement, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has never since inception, been involved in partisanship not to mention picking a particular candidate and purchasing forms for him. It added that the CNG is still committed to the search for a competent, credible Nigerian leader with the capacity to justly and…
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Sokoto state governor and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Tambuwal has expressed confident of emerging as the party’s candidate during the forthcoming primaries. He gave the assurance shortly after casting his vote at the PDP’s Northwest States Zonal Congress in Kaduna on Monday. PDP’s North West Zonal Congress, which held at Ahmadu Bello Stadium Kaduna, was organized to elect Zonal Executive Officers and National Ex-Officio members of the party in the zone as part of activities leading to the party’s primaries elections. According to Tambuwal, the successful conduct of the party’s zonal congress was a clear…
Zamfara state government has suspended the delegates conference of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) scheduled to hold on Thursday this week. A statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Barrister Sani Nasarawa and made available to newsmen on Monday cited insecurity as reason for the suspension. The council election, which had earlier been scheduled to hold on 14th April, 2022, was postponed to 12th May, 2022 by the National headquarters of the NUJ. According to the state government, which was copied to the National President of the Union, the Zamfara Commissioner of Police, the…
Nigerian constitutional lawyer, human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele is not qualified to run for presidency in 2023. According to a statement by Falana, the governor is supposed to resign since he has the constitutional right to participate in politics and contest elections, which he said is according to Section 11 of the CBN Act. “Since he has the constitutional right to participate in politics and contest elections he is required by law to resign his appointment forthwith. “If he does not call it…
National Directorate of Employment (NDE), on Monday in Rivers, commenced training for 130 women on different skills to generate employment, create wealth and alleviate poverty in the state. Speaking at the flag-off of Women Employment Branch (WEB) in Port Harcourt, Director-General of NDE, Abubakar Fikpo, said that the training was designed to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country. The Fikpo was represented by the acting NDE Coordinator in the state, Mrs Maureen Okeji. He stated that the training, with three different skills, cut across all the 23 local government areas in the state and involved all the women…
Nigerian universities students will remain at home for additional three months following the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU’s) extension of its strike. The National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke confirmed this after the body’s emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, which ended in the early hours of Monday in Abuja. The union had embarked on a one-month strike on February 14 over the failure of the Nigerian government to honour the various agreements reached with them in 2019. Some of ASUU’s demands include the release of revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, release of…
The Cross River Police Command have arrested a 70-year-old man, Bassey Inyang on allegations of sexually assaulting a 12-old-girl in Calabar. Inyang was alleged to have assaulted the minor in his apartment at 14 Waddell Street, Mbukpa community in Calabar South local council of the state. A source told The Guardian that the suspect was arrested at the weekend in his house by the Anti-Cult and Kidnapping Squad of the command following an alarm raised by the girl’s parents. Inyang was also alleged to be sexually assaulting other minors in the neighborhood, but was exposed when the mother of the…
By Bashir Rabe Mani The Director-General (DG), National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Jelani Aliyu says the private sector has so far invested over N500 billion in the automotive industry. “We have encouraged, supported, and enabled the private sector to come and put in over half a trillion naira to set up factories and assembly plants across the country,” Aliyu told newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday. The DG spoke to newsmen on the efforts of the council to bolster the local production of vehicles in Nigeria. “We have companies like Dangote’s Sinotrucks, Innoson in Nnewi, Elizade, Lanre Shittu, Honda…
The International Gas Union (IGU), has suspended Russia’s Gazprom and Novatek from any involvement in its activities. The relevant statement was made by Interfax, referring to the representatives of the World Gas Congress (WGC), an Ukrinform correspondent reports. As a result, the Korea Gas Union, hosting the WGC 2022, cannot engage the further participation of Russian entities in the WGC 2022 for speaking, participation of delegations, or involvement in the exhibition or sponsorship. Russia’s largest gas market players, Gazprom and Novatek, used to take part in the WGC many times. Their leaders, Alexey Miller and Leonid Mikhelson, were expected to…
Arik Air and Aero Contractors have pulled out of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON’s)planned shutdown of flight operations from Monday. The association on Friday, announced that it’s members would suspend flight operations from Monday, May 9, 2022. Earlier on Sunday, Dana Air and Ibom Airlines announced their pull out from the plan. Also in a joint statement on Sunday, titled, “Re-AON to shut down operations amidst high cost of JET A1”, Arik Air Limited and Aero Contractors said they would continue operations. They however supported the efforts by the AON to address the fuel price hike. Read the full…