United States President, Joe Biden, has said that he doesn’t plan to ship any rockets to Ukraine that could reach Russian territory amid the ongoing war between both neighbouring countries. Biden said this at the White House on Monday when asked whether he was planning to send long-range rockets to Ukraine. “I won’t send anything that can fire into Russia,” Biden said. Recall that the Biden administration is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials. The administration is leaning toward…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have said its operatives stormed the ongoing presidential primary elections of the major opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party at the Moshood Kashimawo Abiola National Stadium in Abuja to monitor delegates inducement and financial malpractices. The anti-graft agency’s Public Relations Officer, Wilson Uwujaren, who spoke to Sunday PUNCH on Saturday evening, said, “Our operatives are at the ongoing PDP presidential primary elections at the MKO Abiola Stadium to monitor the exercise, and most especially, to check delegates inducement and other financial malpractices”. It was reported earlier that operatives of the EFCC stormed the…
The son of the former governor of Ondo state and the immediate past Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Commissioner, Hon Gboyega Adefarati has won the All Progressives Congress, APC seats for Akoko South West/South East amidst tight security. Reports had it that the APC electoral primary committee Chairman, Dr Kingsley Nwankwere had to relocate the election venue from Oka- Akoko to Akure, the state capital following the tense security situation at the venue of the election. Thugs were said to have been brought from neighbouring states to distrupt the election. A serving female commissioner, Dr Juliana Osadahun was reportedly held…
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, has ruled that former President Jonathan is eligible to contest the forthcoming 2023 presidential election on the grounds that he had only been elected into the office once in 2011. Giving the judgment on Friday in a suit marked FHC/YNG/CS/86/2022, the presiding judge, Justice Isa Dashen, held that the argument of the plaintiff which was hinged on the introduction of Section 137, subsection 1b and 3 into the Constitution in 2018 could not be applied retrospectively to challenge the eligibility of Jonathan to run for president in 2023. Recall that one…
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has been declared the candidate for the forthcoming election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Agege Constituency 1 of the State House of Assembly. Obasa was declared the winner in the election on Friday after polling the entire 25 votes cast by the delegates at the Iloro, Agege Health Centre venue of the exercise, which was monitored by party and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials. There was no opposition as another aspirant cleared by the party neither showed up nor had his agent at the…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday said his government would ensure wider access to quality education that would further reduce the number of out-of-school children. Buhari said this in his 2022 Children’s Day message contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. According to Adesina, the President “celebrates with young Nigerians on the occasion of this year’s Children’s Day, pledging that his administration will continue to work hard to ensure that every child has access to education, which prepares them for a bright future. “The President recognises the place of education…
Activist and convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju has asked popular singer and aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olubankole Wellington, aka Banky W, to resign from the party and join the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Social Democratic Party (SDP) or Labour Party (LP). Yemiefash Media reports that there are rumours Banky W would eventually not be given the PDP ticket to represent Eti-Osa federal constituency, Lagos, in respect of the 2023 general elections. This is coming days after Banky W was previously declared the winner to represent the party as its House of Representatives…
To former President Goodluck Jonathan, ongoing primaries by political parties have the trapping of a scam. Dr. Jonathan condemned what he called high-level monetary inducement of delegates by aspirants canvassing for votes at the shadow polls by the parties ahead of the elections next year. The media have been awash with reports of defeated aspirants demanding refund of the cash they had given out to win delegates’ votes. The one-time President condemned the development in Abuja at a book launch titled: “Political Party Governance” written by former Minister of Stare for Power, Mohammed Wakil. Jonathan said it was despicable to…
Arsenal are considering a double swoop of Manchester City stars this summer, according to the Daily Mail. Gunners boss, Mikel Arteta, wants to add Oleksandr Zinchenko to their list of potential summer targets. Arteta already wants to sign striker Gabriel Jesus from his former employers. Zinchenko, 25, is viewed primarily as an asset to bolster Arsenal’s midfield, who could be utilised at left back when required. The player has spent much of his time under Pep Guardiola in defence, but has operated in central midfield for Ukraine. During his spell as Guardiola’s assistant, Arteta enjoyed a good relationship with both…