Four prominent presidential aspirants in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have said that they would sacrifice their individual ambition and accept a consensus arrangement to position the party for victory in 2023. The former Senate President, Bukola Saraki disclosed this on behalf of Sokoto governor Aminu Tambuwal, Bauchi governor Bala Mohammed and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, to newsmen after their meeting Abia state governor Okezie Ikpeazu, in his Umuobiakwa country home in Obingwa local government area on Tuesday. According to Saraki, the lives and welfare of Nigerians were more important than the individual ambition…
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The Nigerian Armed Forces have arrested suspected security personnel who were alleged to be taking N60 million ransom to bandits for the freedom of some captives. The intelligence-driven operations conducted by a Nigerian Army squadron and Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces, took out a number of the bandits and also rescued kidnapped victims including women and children. The contingent is of the 271 NAF in Birnin Gwari and Army Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Gwaska, Kaduna. “N60,000,000 in cash, petroleum products and sophisticated weapons, were recovered during the operations,” an operative told PRNigeria. “We will refer the case of…
A boat capsize on Shagari River of Shagari local government of Sokoto state, has claimed lives of 29 persons while the search of others is on. The incident occurred Tuesday evening, the chairman of the local government council, Aliyu Dantani told ASHENEWS in a telephone conversation on Wednesday. According to him, although the total number of passengers in the boat was not known, 29 corpses of the drowned persons, including five children had so far been recovered. He added that officials of the local government and members of the communities were dispersed in search of the missing persons as well…
Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Wednesday said Finland will make a decision about whether to apply to join the 30-member NATO alliance in the next few weeks. Until now, Finland and fellow Nordic state and neighbour Sweden have shied away from joining NATO, the U.S.-led alliance founded in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced an urgent rethink. Marin told reporters in a joint news conference in Stockholm with her Swedish counterpart said “there are different perspectives to apply (for) NATO membership or not to apply and we have to…
Senator Muhammed Abba Aji has advised the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant under the party, Ahmed Tinubu to support vice president Yemi Osinbajo in achieving his ambition of becoming president of Nigeria in 2023. The former Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters to two ex-presidents and respected northern elder, gave this advise while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday. According to Aji, Osinbajo stands head and shoulders above all APC’s rich array of presidential aspirants angling for the ticket of the party, adding that contrary to views in some quarters, the vice president…
The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have agreed to send another €500 million in military aid for Ukraine. EU Diplomat, Josep Borrell announced on Wednesday in a statement, that it was crucial for the EU to increase military support to Ukraine as Russia gears up for a new assault in the country’s east as “the next weeks will be decisive.” It is the third package of military aid the EU has agreed to send to Ukraine to defend itself amid the Russian invasion, in total, the EU has sent €1.5 billion in military aid. Recall that in…
Bandits terrorists have abducted four female students of the College of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe in Zamfara, the state Police Command have confirmed. The spokesperson, SP Muhammad Shehu who made this known on Wednesday, said that the students were kidnapped on Tuesday night. “The suspected bandits invaded the off-campus students hostel, a rented house in Tsafe town. “Receiving the report, security operatives chased the kidnappers, one of the five abducted students escaped from the bandits but the kidnappers fled with the other four victims,” Shehu said. The PPRO said the police has deployed search and rescue team that was…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday published the personal particulars and list of candidates (Form EC9) for the Osun State Governorship election. The commission in a statement by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja said the list was published at INEC State and Local Government offices in Osun State as required by law. Okoye said that the list was published in compliance with the Electoral Act 2022, following the close of nominations by political parties. According to the published particular of the 15 candidates, while none of the governorship candidates was…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the six years jail term imposed on a former Director of Pensions, Mr John Yakubu Yusuf. The apex court also ordered him to refund N22.9 billion to federal government. The N22.9 billion was part of the police pension fund, which Yusuf admitted before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT to have been misappropriated. Justice Tijjani Abubakar in a judgment on Wednesday, in an appeal filed by Yusuf, upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal which in 2018 sent him to six years imprisonment, in addition to the refund of…
Nigeria’s Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has cautioned Multichoice Nigeria not to dare Nigeria by going ahead to hike the tariff on its products while the matter is being investigated. He gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja while inaugurating a seven-member Ad hoc Committee of the Senate headed by the Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, investigate circumstances around the proposed hike. Lawan urged the Pay-TV to stay action by not increasing the tariff. “No increase. And that is to say don’t dare our country. No increase in tariffs,” Lawan cautioned. He cautioned that no foreign operators in the…