The All Progressives Congress, APC, early Sunday, selected its new officials to run the affairs of the party, with former Nasarawa state governor, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu and Sen. Iyiola Omisore emerging as the national chairman and National Secretary, respectively. A serving member of the Senate representing Nasarawa West and former governor of the state, Adamu is the favored choice of President Muhammadu Buhari. Jigawa state governor, Abubakar Badaru and chairman of the electoral committee of the convention, announced Adamu as the winner of the contest . His affirmation by the party came after other contenders for the position, including Senator…
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The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has mourned its immediate past Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebiyi Daramola, died on Friday March 25 in the course of an illness. Professor Daramola has served as FUTA’s sixth substantive vice chancellor between May 2012 and May 2017. A statement by FUTA’s Registrar, Richard Arifalo made available to ASHENEWS on Saturday, expressed grief and shock, describing his service years at the institution as “rebranding, internationalization and renewal of critical infrastructure.” “The death is shocking and painful not just because of its suddenness but also because by the death FUTA has lost one of the…
Zamfara State Police Command says it has foiled a banditry attack on Gusau/Tsafe road in Tsafe local government area. This was disclosed by the command’s Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Shehu Mohammed, while briefing newsmen in Gusau on Saturday. According to him, the Police Tactical Operatives attached to 42 PMF Gusau, on Anti-Banditry Operation at Tsafe, received a distress call that armed bandits in their large numbers were sighted heading towards Kwaren Ganuwa village of Tsafe LGA with intent to attack the Community. The Operatives swung into action and mobilised to the scene, where they engaged the hoodlums…
The price of bottled water at the Eagle Square, venue of the national convention for the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention on Saturday, rose from N100 to N300 due to high demand. Earlier in the morning, the water sold at between N100 and N200 but rose to N300 in the afternoon. Some hawkers said the rise in price the price was as a result of scarcity of the product. “I came here with a truck load of water in the morning, but it has all been sold, I tried to get another truck but the road is already blocked…
Kaduna government in Northwestern Nigeria has confirmed the attack and killing of some citizens in six villages of Giwa local government area of the state. A statement by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan on Friday, said government was still awaiting detailed security report in the attack that occurred between Thursday and Friday. “Some citizens have been killed by bandits in six villages of Giwa LGA. “The affected villages are Dillalai, Barebari, Dokan Alhaji Ya’u, Durumi, Kaya and Fatika. “An unspecified number of locals were also kidnapped,” he said. Aruwan assured that the state government would…
The former Russian president and vice chairman of the Security Council, Dmitri Medvedev says in a statement that the country was prepared to use nuclear weapons against the United States (U.S) and Europe (EU) if its existence was threatened. This is the latest instance of nuclear saber-rattling as Russia faces fierce resistance in Ukraine. Medvedev made the remarks to Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency in excerpts from an interview published on Saturday, the same day that Mr. Biden was meeting in Warsaw with the Polish president. The statement did not go beyond Russia’s previously published doctrine, but it comes…
Terrorists on Saturday reportedly prevented an AZMAN aircraft from taking off at Kaduna airport. A source confirmed to Solacebase that the terrorists also killed a staff of he Nigerian Aviation Management Agency (NAMA) at the runway area of the airport. According to the source the AZMAN aircraft, scheduled to take off to Lagos at about 12.30pm, could not because of the presence of the bandits by the runways of the airport. “As I speak to you now, there is already military presence to beef up security , though most of the staff are scared with the killing of the NAMA…
Following the party’s agreement for consensus candidates for the national chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as well as unity list for all other positions, six chairmanship aspirants have withdrawn their contest against Saturday’s national convention of the party. Sen. George Akume who signed the letter dated March 25 2022 on behalf of other aspirants, said their decision followed President Muhammadu Buhari’s preference for Sen. Abdullahi Adamu. “May I kindly refer to the appeal by Mr. President for the Chairmanship aspirants of our great party to agree to a consensus arrangement wherein our colleague, H.E. Sen. Abdullahi Adamu is…
Ahead of its national convention, which holds on Saturday (today), the All Progressives Congress, APC has finally disclosed its consensus candidate for the national chairman of the party. Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule confirmed on ChannelsTV’s Politics Today programme on Friday that the party has chosen former governor, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu as its consensus candidate for the position of party chairman. “Consensus is one of the requirements. It is provided in our constitution and it is not against the Electoral Act,” Sule said while defending the move. Senate President Ahmed Lawan had announced that the APC had agreed to produce…
Barely a week after terrorists killed 37 people at Agban Kagoro Chiefdom in Kaura local government area of Kaduna state, 50 persons reportedly been killed and several others kidnapped bandits in similar attack in Giwa local government area of the state. ChannelsTV reports that although the state Police Command say it is still investigating the fresh attack and compiling the actual number of casualties, a community leader in Giwa local government, Musa Ahmed said that six villages were attacked by the terrorists between Thursday night and early hours of Friday morning. He named the affected villages as Dillalai, Barebari, Dokan…