The election to replace outgoing UK Prime Minister Liz Truss as leader of the Conservative Party should take place by October 28, the official in charge said Thursday. This is following the resignation of Truss on Thursday, just 45 days after assuming the office, the shortest tenure of any British prime minister. She announced her decision to step down outside Downing Street. “It will be possible to conduct a ballot and conclude a leadership election by Friday, October 28. So we should have a new leader in place before the fiscal statement which will take place on (October)…
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The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Liz Truss, on Thursday, stepped down from her role. Her resignation was coming barely two months after coming into office. Truss, who spend 45 days in office, said she would step down after a week-long emergency contest to find her successor She announced her decision to step down on Thursday outside Downing Street. “I entered office with a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit,” Truss said. She added, “I recognise that, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on…
A group, under the auspices of the Niger Delta Development Ambassadors, has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to appoint an Ondo State indigene as the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission. Specifically, the group said a former Chairman of the Ondo State Oil-Producing Areas Development Commission, Gbenga Edema, who was nominated by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu was the right candidate for the job. In an open letter, to the President, jointly signed by the chairman and the Secretary of the group, Awipi Lawson and Ekpobomini Loko respectively, the group urged Buhari to approve…
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated 31 Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists and arrested 70 of them and their collaborators. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said in Abuja at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces that the feat was recorded in the last two weeks. He added that out of the 70 arrested in the North-East, 60 of them were terrorists’ logistics suppliers conveying grains, ammunition, and fuel among others. The defence spokesman said the troops also rescued two civilian hostages…
President Muhammad Buhari has approved the disengagement of the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Effing Okon Akwa, from his post with effect from Thursday, October 20, 2022. This was disclosed by a statement from the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs signed by the Director (Press), Patricia Deworitshe, on Thursday. Deworitshe also said President Buhari has also approved the constitution of a new Management Team and Governing Board of the NDDC in line with Section 5(2) of the NDDC Act, 2000. The terse statement said Akwa was appointed interim administrator of the interventionis Commission for the…
The Nigeria Medical Association on Wednesday said Nigeria has about 24, 000 actively licensed physicians caring for its over 200 million population as a result of brain drain in the country. The NMA President, Dr. Ojinmah Uche, said this on Wednesday in Abuja during a policy dialogue on Nigeria’s health sector brain drain and its implications for sustainable child and family health service delivery. The event was organised by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in collaboration with the Partnership for Advancing Child and Family Health at Scale project of the development Research and Projects Centre.…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has advanced copious reasons to justify the current dispensation of collaboration between the National Assembly and the Executive. Lawan said the prevailing harmonious relationship between the arms of government made the ninth National Assembly the most productive since the inception of the Fourth Republic in 1999. He disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari had so far signed into law 84 bills passed by the ninth Assembly, the largest by any Nigerian President. The Senate President made the disclosure in a paper which he delivered at the just concluded 3rd Year Ministerial Performance…
Personnel of the Lagos State Police on Thursday fired teargas to disperse protesters commemorating the 2nd year anniversary of the EndSARS movement at the Lekki Tollgate. In a live footage, protesters were seen running helter-skelter for safety and there are photos of several arrest made at the scene of the incident. The protester had come out on Thursday morning led by popular musician, Falz and actor, Mr. Macaroni to stage a peaceful walk at the Lekki tollgate in commemoration of the shooting that took place therein two years ago. The commemorative walk was gathered to be peaceful until…
A petrol tanker exploded along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday morning. The incident was said to have occurred at Araromi town before Sagamu interchange in Ogun state. The explosion reportedly affected an 18-seater passenger bus which was caught in the raging fire, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Details of the incident are still sketchy but reports indicate that passengers of the bus were affected. Meanwhile, Florence Okpe, the corps spokesperson in Ogun state, said the number of people involved is yet to be confirmed, adding that rescue operation is still on. According to…
The Senate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has approved a revised academic calendar for the continuation of the 2020/2021 Academic Session. This is contained in a statement by Mr Richard Arifalo, the FUTA’s Registrar, on Thursday in Akure. The statement said that lectures leading to the completion of the First Semester would resume on Monday, while students would be expected on campus from Sunday. The statement added that the approval was given at a Special Meeting of the Senate held on Wednesday. The development followed the suspension of the eighth-month long strike embarked upon…