KEY DONBAS CITY ‘COULD BE CUT OFF’ IF FINAL BRIDGE DESTROYED
A UKRAINIAN REGIONAL GOVERNOR SERHIY HAIDAI HAS SAID SEVERODONETSK WILL BE “CUT OFF” FROM THE REST OF UKRAINE IF RUSSIA DESTROYS THE LAST REMAINING BRIDGE TO THE CITY.
APC MAY UNVEIL TINUBU’S RUNNING MATE WEDNESDAY, PARTY FOCUSES ON NORTH-EAST
THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BOLA TINUBU, MAY UNVEIL HIS RUNNING MATE THIS WEDNESDAY AS HE IS LIKELY TO CONCLUDE CONSULTATIONS WITH THE PARTY’S STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING GOVERNORS ON TUESDAY AND WOULD ANNOUNCE HIS RUNNING MATE WEDNESDAY.
REPORTS SAY APC GOVERNORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS HAD AGREED THE NORTH-EAST SHOULD PRODUCE THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE PARTY WHO MIGHT BE A MUSLIM AS TINUBU’S RUNNING MATE.
PARTY SOURCES SAY THOSE WHO ARE BEING TIPPED FOR THE SLOT INCLUDE THE KEBBI STATE GOVERNOR, ATIKU BAGUDU; A FORMER GOVERNOR OF BORNO STATE, KASHIM SHETTIMA; THE KANO STATE GOVERNOR, ABDULLAHI GANDUJE AND THE PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR, SIMON LALONG.
ALSO THERE IS LIKELYHOO THE POSITION OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT WOULD GO TO THE SOUTH-EAST AND NORTH-WEST WOULD PRODUCE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
2023: WOMEN FOR PEACE WANTS FEMALE VP, DEPUTY GOVS
AS CONSULTATIONS HEIGHTEN OVER THE SEARCH FOR RUNNING MATES FOR THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS, THE WOMEN FOR PEACE IN NIGERIA (WOPIN), AN NGO, HAS ADVOCATED FOR CREDIBLE AND PASSIONATE MOTHERS IN NIGERIA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY GOVERNORS IN THE COUNTRY.
WOPIN PRESIDENT MARYAM ABDULLAHI WHO SAID THIS IN HER DEMOCRACY DAY ANNIVERSARY SPEECH SAYS ALTHOUGH WOMEN CAN BE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR TOP POSITIONS THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO BEEN SIDELINED FOR DECADES.
ABDULLAHI THEREFORE CALLED ON WOMEN TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING INTO MAINSTREAM GOVERNANCE SAYING SHE BELIEVES AS EXCELLENT BACKBONES OF STRONG AND SUCCESSFUL FAMILIES, IT IS TIME TO CHANGE THE NARRATION OF GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA.
SHE SAYS THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE CITIZENS SHOULD BE HEIGHTENED TO INCLUDE MEN AND WOMEN FOR A BALANCED NIGERIA AS THERE HAS BEEN NEAR TOTAL EXCLUSION OF WOMEN IN GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY WHICH HAS HAD GRAVE CONSEQUENCES.”
ABDULLAHI HAS THEREFORE ASKED WOMEN TO SIEZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF PAST DECADES OF BEING SIDELINED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AS THEY ARE STRONG, INTELLIGENT AND CAPABLE ADVOCATES OF PEACE NOT JUST IN THE HOMES BUT THE COUNTRY AT LARGE.
S’COURT JUSTICES DEPLORE POOR SERVICE CONDITIONS
JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT HAVE PROTESTED TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA (CJN) JUSTICE TANKO MUHAMMAD OVER NON INCREMENT IN THEIR BUDGETARY ALLOCATION OR FOUR YEARS NOW.
CLUB SHOOTING: IGP CONDEMNS BURNA BOY’S POLICE ESCORTS, ORDERS PROBE
THE SHOOTING INVOLVING THE POLICE ESCORTS ATTACHED TO A MUSICIAN, DAMINI OGULU, AKA BURNA BOY, AT CLUB CUBANA ON VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS STATE HAS BEEN CONDEMNED BY THE INSPCTOR GENERAL OF POLICE IGP USMAN BABA.
Paris St-Germain coach to leave after talks with club
COACH MAURICIO POCHETTINO IS TO LEAVE PARIS ST-GERMAIN FOLLOWING TALKS WITH THE CLUB AT THE END OF LAST WEEK.
UK University Appoints Ekweremadu Visiting Professor
A FORMER DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SENATOR IKE EKWEREMADU, HAS BEEN APPOINTED A VISITING PROFESSOR OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, AND INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES BY THE UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
2023: Muslim-Muslim ticket recipe for crisis, CAN insists
THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (CAN) HAS, AGAIN, ADVISED POLITICAL PARTIES AGAINST UNDERMINING THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN THE FORTHCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BY RUNNING MUSLIM-MUSLIM TICKETS.
Owo massacre: S’West governors declare 3 days mourning
THE SIX GOVERNORS OF THE SOUTH WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SOUTH WEST GOVERNORS’ FORUM, HAVE DECLARED A THREE-DAY MOURNING IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE JUNE 5, 2022 TERROR ATTACK ON ST FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH, OWO, ONDO STATE.
A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AFTER THE VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS STATED THAT THE MOURNING PERIOD WILL HOLD BETWEEN TODAY AND WEDNESDAY, TO SYMBOLISE THE COLLECTIVE LOSS ACROSS ALL SOUTHWESTERN STATES OF THE COUNTRY. THE COMMUNIQUE WAS SIGNED BY ALL THE GOVERNORS, LED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND ONDO STATE GOVERNOR, MR ROTIMI AKEREDOLU.
Terror Attacks Won’t Stop Christians from Worshipping God
THE CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF THE ABUJA METROPOLITAN ARCHDIOCESE, MOST REV. IGNATIUS KAIGAMA, YESTERDAY SAID NO AMOUNT OF THREATS OR ATTACKS ON THE CHURCH WOULD STOP CHRISTIANS IN THE COUNTRY FROM WORSHIPPING GOD.