PDP: S-West intensifies bid for chairmanship as zoning c’ttee begins sitting today
AS the 44-member zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State begins sitting today, leaders of the party in the South-West have intensified their bid to produce the next national chairman of the party. PDP leaders in the six South-West states, Vanguard gathered, have sent a strong message to the leadership of the party on the need to zone the national chairmanship to the zone in the October 31 national convention. Since the inception of the party in 1998 the South-West has not produced the national chairman. The highest it has gone
Nigerian Air Force denies bombing Yobe community
Nigerian Air Force denies bombing Yobe communit In reaction to the killing of nine residents of Buhari Village in Yunusari Local Government area of Yobe State on Wednesday morning, the Nigerian Air Force has denied carrying out any operations in the said area in the past ten days. The spokesperson of the Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a press statement said the claim that a NAF jet bombarded Buhari village and killed about ten people while injuring many others is false in its entirety. “This tweet is false in its entirety. The NAF last conducted
Accident Investigation Bureau Submits 27 Findings On Crash Plane of Ex-Chief Of Army Staff
Three months after the unfortunate incident that claimed the lives of 11 military personnel, including former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigeria has submitted its interim report to the Nigerian Air Force. The investigator was said to have listed 27 initial findings and eight safety recommendations for immediate implementation. This was made known in a joint statement signed on Wednesday by NAF spokesman, Edward Gabkwet; and his AIB counterpart, Tunji Oketunbi. Recall that on May 21, 2021 the NAF Beechcraft 350 jet crashed near the Kaduna International Airport, killing all officers on
Nine dead, many injured as fighter jet allegedly bombs Buhari village in Yobe State
Nine dead, many injured as fighter jet allegedly bombs Buhari village in Yobe State A Nigerian Air Force fighter jet has killed nine people in Buhari community, Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State, residents say. Several other villagers sustained injuries and are now receiving medical attention at a government health facility in Geidam. This is even as the Nigerian Air Force denies any link of its fighter jets to the bombing. According to a resident of Damaturu, Saleh Ibrahim, the jet shelled the village in the early hours of Wednesday when the villagers were preparing
I have no apologies over my comment on Buhari –Gov Umahi
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State says he has no apologies for describing President Muhammadu Buhari as a man with a good heart and father to him. Umahi said this on Wednesday while receiving the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, at the Government House, Abakiliki. Shariff was in the state to consult with the governor over his ambition to run for the National Chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress. He said he had no regret for his comment, notwithstanding the backlash from the public. “When one person has a good heart and the rest
El-Rufai sends financial bill to Kaduna Assembly
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El Rufai has sent a bill seeking financial autonomy of the legislative arm of government to the State House of Assembly. The executive bill, the governor said, was to enable the legislative arm to function more effectively, having suffered from long years of military rule. El-Rufai made this known at the ongoing 8th edition of the National and State Assembly Service Commission conference in Kaduna on Wednesday. According to the governor, the nation’s democracy must be preserved and developed. El-Rufai said: “We must preserve our democracy, work consciously to develop it. And part of that
Housewives protest against blackout in Kano
Housewives in Kano State, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest against epileptic power supply by Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) at Unguwar, Medile and Sheka in Kumbotso Local Council. The protesting women were seen carrying placards urging the state government and other relevant authorities to wade into the matter urgently. Some of the women lamented that their light had not blinked in the past seven months, a situation that gave rise to the increase in criminal activities. Spokesperson to the aggrieved women, Mrs. Aliyu Hamza, told reporters: “We are imprisoned in our houses at sunset because of threat by criminals. We
UNIBEN stops N20,000 fee as students force VC to trek
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Lilian Salami, on Wednesday, rescinded the decision to impose N20,000 late registration fee on students of the institution. Trouble started on Tuesday when the students took to the street to protest the fee, as they blocked the Lagos-Benin Expressway and the Ekheuna Road, where both campuses of the school were located. The aggrieved students on Wednesday ignored the order of the varsity Senate shutting the school, as they continued their protest over the fee. The students, who insisted on the decision being rescinded, went to the official lodge of the vice
Nigerians shouldn’t blame us if varsities’re shut again – ASUU
The Zonal Coordinator, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Akure Zone, Prof. Olufayo Olu-Olu, said on Wednesday that the looming industrial action by lecturers in the country’s public universities was due to the Federal Government’s lack of interest in human capital development. Olu-Olu wondered how the Federal Government expected university teachers “to be happy on the job when we cannot pay our utility bills, hospital bills or school fees of our children while their wards are schooling outside the country. Must you wait for all of us to die before you know there is fire on the mountain?” He maintained that
Buhari Village attack: Yobe govt regrets airstrike, assures investigation of incident
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has commiserated with families of those who lost their lives in the ‘unfortunate’ airstrike on Buhari village in Yunusari Local Government Area of the State. Buni said although it could have been an accident or mistaken target, the government will join hands with the security agencies to unravel the root cause of the incident. The Governor in a statement through his Spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, directed his Special Adviser on Security Affairs, to liaise with the Nigeria Air Force and the Multi-National Joint Task Force, to look into the unfortunate airstrike. He assured that government
