The first lady, Aisha Buhari, has urged political parties to always consider women as running mates to candidates contesting elections into various positions across the country. Buhari was speaking on Saturday night when she hosted Presidential Aspirants from various political parties to a Ramadan (Iftar) breakfast at the State House, Abuja. The Iftar was organised by the first lady to provide opportunity for the aspirants to share love and happiness with one another in the spirit of Ramadan and in a quest for nation building. She said, fair-play for women in politics was to ensure their greater participation in elective positions. “In…
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Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and Chairman, National Traditional Rulers Council of Nigeria (NTRCN), has reacted to the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III. This is contained in a statement by Secretary to the Sultanate Council, Sa’idu Maccido on Saturday said he would miss the late Oba who was his personal friend. The Nigeria’s most prominent monarch made the reaction when, upon his return from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he had travelled for Umrah, the Lesser Hajj, on Saturday he got the sad news that one of two Yoruba’s most powerful kings was dead. Sultan…
Former governor of Jigawa state and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Sule Lamido has said that the choice of Bukola Saraki and Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed by Northern Elders is not the consensus candidates of the party in the region. ASHENEWS recalls that former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; governors of Sokoto, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; his Bauchi state counterpart, Bala Mohammed and Mohammed Hayatu-deen have been working towards producing a consensus candidate among them. ASHENEWS also reports that Northern Elders led by Prof Ango Abdullahi chose Saraki and Mohammed as Northern choice. However, Lamido in a statement he…
Wanjiku Chebt Kanjumba is Kenya’s first Scientist-Astronaut candidate program graduate from the Advanced PosSUM Space Academy, USA. She holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She is the Co-Founder and Chair of Vicillion, a technology research and development firm that specializes in bringing their clients’ product ideas to reality. Wanjiku is also the Director and Assistant Head of Strategy & Communications of Space Partnerships and Research Company in Kenya (SPARC), East Africa’s first independent space company. “When I was…
As campaign and consultations for the 2023 general elections take centre stage and party primaries fast approaching, the collective message on the lips of the people of Igbo Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency of Enugu state, is that Prince Emeka Mamah remains the best choice. They have also engaged on campaigns of brotherliness and the slogan “politics devoid of bitterness and rancour” because lives would be lived after politics. The voice behind The Rescue Mission Team in Enugu state, Mr Chidozie Collins Idoko, who is also the founder of Chido Group, “Gburugburu Is a Goal”, stated this when some youths visited…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has directed all registered political parties to submit copies of their membership register to the commission, in compliance with the new Electoral Act 2022, before their primary elections. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the directive at the second regular quarterly meeting of Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja, on Thursday. Yakubu said that the new Electoral Act made it mandatory for political parties to submit their registered members to the commission 30 days before their primaries. “Let me also seize this opportunity to remind political parties that by the provision of…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Munguno has said that Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai talks too much to the extent of compromising security in the state. Monguno was responding to a question on El-Rufai’s claim that the military failed to act despite intelligence reports made available to them early enough on the hideout of bandits and planned attacks. Monguno told State House correspondents on Thursday after the security council meeting with heads of security agencies and ministers, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, that the governor could indirectly help terrorists restrategise and in turn, endanger those in captivity. “El…
Fusion774, a political support and economic advocacy group, has urged a former Chief of Army Staff and Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic, Amb. Tukur Buratai, to join the 2023 presidential race. Its national coordinator, Mr Sediq Jikta, made the call at news conference on Friday, in Abuja. Jikta said the call by members of the group was borne out of the security challenges facing the country, saying the threats posed to the nation’s national security had been of immense concern. He said the 23 years of Nigeria’s democratic experiment had witnessed different threats to its survival such as civil disturbances,…
A group of Nigerians in Abuja on Friday The city of Abuja was agog Friday morning staged solidarity rally urging former President Goodluck Jonathan to declare for the 2023 presidency. Holding placards with inscriptions, ‘Goodluck Jonathan Declare Now, ‘Goodluck We Love You’, ‘We Need You Now’, Nigeria’s Destiny is in Your Hands,’ among many others, they eulogised the former president for the good governance during his administration. Composed of men, women and youths that drawn from the six geo-political zones of the country, the called on Jonathan to rescue the nation from its present predicament. They lamented that the present…
Mary Noel-Berje, the spokesperson of Niger state, governor Abubakar Sani Bello, has expressed shock over the sudden demise of the African Independent Television correspondent in the State, Muhammad Danladi Ibrahim. Noel-Berje in a condolence message, said that the sudden death of Danladi Ibrahim is a reminder that our departure from this world can occur at any moment. The CPS who described the deceased as a hard-working and dedicated journalist, said his ideas and contributions toward ensuring accurate and balanced reportage will be missed. “The sudden departure of our brother and colleague came as a rude shock to us and this…