President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged members of the All Progressives Congress Women Presidential Campaign Team to work hard in ensuring victory for the party in the 2023 general elections. The president, who made the call at the inauguration of the APC Women team in Abuja on Monday, said the call had become imperative in view of the fact that there was no alternative to APC electoral victory in the 2023 presidential election. Buhari, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari enjoined members of the team to take the party to greater heights by developing and implementing…
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The leaders of a PDP support group in Sokoto state, Ubandoma/Sagir Network, alongside several other members, have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Sokoto by Malam Bashar Abubakar, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North). According to Abubakar, the group comprises supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Malam Sa’idu Ubandoma and his running mate, Alhaji Sagir Bafarawa. He quoted the State APC Chairman, Alhaji Isa Sadiq-Achida as assuring the new members of equal treatment as any other member…
The Federal Government, ECOWAS and other stakeholders have expressed worried over continuous loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystems, assuring to tackle the situation efficiently. The Minister of State for Environment, Mr Udi Odum, spoke at the opening of the ECOWAS Coordination Meeting for the Upcoming 15th Conference of Parties to Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-15), in Abuja on Monday. Odum, said that the ministry, in collaboration with the ECOWAS and other relevant stakeholders decided to convene the meeting to discuss on better ways to tackle the challenges. He said that the objective of the meeting was to deliberate on…
Management of the University of Benin has dismissed information circulating that the institution was set to resume academic activities on Oct. 20. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the social networking platforms were saturated with the rumour two weeks after the university released details for its post UTME and Direct Entry screenings. But the authorities in a statement issued by Dr Benedicta Ehanire, Public Relations Officer on Monday in Benin, advised students, parents and the public to disregard such information. The institution, she said, had not announced any date for resumption. (NAN)
Russia fired 75 missiles at various cities across Ukraine on Monday, according to a top official in Kiev as of midday. Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, who gave the figure on Telegram, said 41 of them were shot down air defence systems. He called the rain of missiles that fell on the country “the death twitches of a wounded animal.” The attacks on the centres of Ukrainian cities had once again shown the “terrorist nature of the Russian regime,” he continued. “The masks have fallen: This is targeted mass killing of civilians…
The Rotary Club of Abuja Imperial, on Monday emphasised the need for regular training for teachers as critical in transforming the country’s education sector. Mr Adedotun Amori, Charter President of Rotary Club of Abuja Imperial, said this at a hybrid workshop on Basic Education and Literacy organised for 41 teachers of Stella Maris Nursery and Primary School, Abuja. The workshop was organised both physically and via webinar platforms in commemoration of 2022 World Teachers Day. It had the theme: “The Transformation of Education Begins with Teachers”. According to Amori, the goal is to take action by strengthening the capacity of…
Somali National Army (SNA) said on Monday that its forces killed more than 200 al-Shabab militants during an operation conducted on Sunday in Bulaburte district of central Somalia. According to the state-owned media, the militants were planning to block the road between Beledweyne and Bulaburde district and stage an attack but the forces received intelligence in time and foiled the attack. “Their intention was to block the road between Bula-burde and Beledweyne towns. “But they made a miscalculation, and ended up in fire,” the Somali news agency reported. The Somali forces backed by pro-government militia have liberated more than 40…
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Monday announced the dissolution of the country’s parliament, paving the way for national elections which must be held within the next 60 days. In a televised speech, Ismail Sabri said he had received the consent of the country’s King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah in accordance with the country’s constitution. Ismail Sabri said the past years have seen several unprecedented developments after the national elections in 2018, including political uncertainties with the changes of several prime ministers and the COVID-19 pandemic, which together have harmed the country’s socio-economic and political situation. “With this…
The Kogi House of Assembly has been gutted by fire in the early hours of Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja on Monday that the incident took the guards by surprise. Security personnel watching over the complex told the speaker of the house who visited the scene “all we saw was heavy smoke coming out of the complex this morning.” “By the time we rushed to see what exactly was the problem, the entire assembly was already on fire with everything inside burnt down. “We then raised an alarm as we shout for help even though…
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday decided to award the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises.” Bernanke is an American economist who served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. fter leaving the Fed, he was appointed a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution. During his tenure as chairman, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve’s response to the late-2000s financial crisis, for which he was named the 2009 Time Person…