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Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has constituted a 324-man committee to work ahead of his official declaration to run for President in 2023. The committee is broken into subgroups including Medical, Secretariat, Special Duties, Contact and Mobilisation, Logistics and Transportation, Protocol, Security and Intelligence, Media and Publicity, Programmes, Entertainment and Welfare, as well as Venue. The committee is saddled with the task of fashioning out modalities for the event scheduled to hold on Wednesday at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. Northern politicians who have shown interest in getting the PDP’s 2023 presidential ticket include Atiku; former Senate President, Bukola…

The Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, has called on Nigerians to treat water with respect because it is life. Bassey, in a statement issued and signed by Ms. Kome Odhomor, the Communication Lead, HOMEF, made available on Tuesday, said access to potable water was a fundamental human right. The there of this year’s event is “Valuing Water”. According to the HOMEF director, the essence of the day is to remember that the world is in dire need of clean and safe water as many nations are already experiencing water stress. Bassey said: “Some are forced…

The Police Command in Kaduna state says it has deployed more personnel to Jema’a and Kaura Local Government Areas of the state to forestall break down of law and order, The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige stated this in press release issued late Tuesday night in Kaduna. Jalige said the deployment followed fracas which led to loss of lives and destruction of properties in Agban/Adan villages of Kaura LGA of the state on March 21. He explained that, the deployment became necessary considering the volatile nature of such clashes in the past and attendant consequences. He added that…

The Federal Road Safety Corp has announced its plan for a special operation at the weekend which is targeted at reducing cases of road crashes in the in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) in charge of the FRSC Command and Administration Strategies (CAS), Mr. Jonas Agwu, said this during a meeting with Unit Command on Tuesday in Abuja. Agwu, who also met with outpost Heads of Operations in the Six Area Councils of the Territory, explained that the Corps has discovered increasing number of accidents weekends. This, he said, was due to many social activities…

There are many political parties that are willing to hand over their presidential tickets to former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu on platter of gold should the All Progressive Congress deny him the opportunity to run on its platform. This was the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja by a group, North Central Agenda for Tinubu, which said it has about 200 smaller groups under its control. The group said it has assessed the electoral worth of the presidential aspirant and come to conclusion he should be the next president. The President of the NCAT, John Ali Oriri, said in…

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu has said the regulations and guidelines for the 2023 general election will be ready in ten months. INEC disclosed this in its daily bulletin issued on Tuesday. Yakubu gave the hint, when he received a delegation from John D and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Abuja The INEC Chairman recalled that in 2019, the Commission was constrained by time due to the uncertainty that trailed the electoral legal framework. He said that saw the Commission signing off on the Regulations and Guidelines on January 19, 2019, few weeks to the…

The Council of Imams and Ulama, Kaduna State chapter, has condemned the recent violent attack and killings of innocent lives in Southern Kaduna. The Kaduna State Government had on Monday imposed a 24-hour curfew in Jema’a and Kaura Local Government Areas, following an attack at Maraban Kagoro in Kaura Local Government which claimed lives and destroyed properties. In a statement signed by the Council’s Chairman, Sheikh Ibrahim Nakaka and Dr. Yusuf Arrigasiyyu, the Secretary General, the council cautioned the people of Southern Kaduna to avoid taking laws into their hands as doing so would continue to worsen the security challenges…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has accused Paul Erokoro, SAN, counsel to James Nolan, a director in Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID), of deploying a delay tactic in the ongoing trial. EFCC lawyer, Bala Sanga, made the allegation before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja. But Erokoro disagreed with Sanga, describing the allegation as “a blackmail.” At the resumed hearing, Sanga informed that the matter was slated for cross examination of the first prosecution witness (PW1), Temitope Erinomo, a Principal Compliant Officer in the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering of the Ministry of…

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams on Tuesday renewed his call for the restructuring of the country. Speaking as a guest of honour at the four lecture series of Freedom Online in Lagos, Adams said that it is only when the country is restructured that the problems facing the country could be resolved. “Problems facing the country needed to be solved before we talk of the 2023 general elections. “All what Nigeria needs at this critical period is restructuring.” Gani said when most of the political establishments, governors, former heads of state are talking about restructuring, they always…

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi and Chairman of Security Committee has assured members that the March 26 date for APC national convention remained sacrosanct. Bello made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking to newsmen after a meeting of the Security Committee of the National Convention. According to him, the All Progressives Congress (APC) would also come out stronger after the national convention. Bello said every member of the party, committees and delegates are currently working assiduously towards a successful convention. “Every Committee, just like the security committee, all the leaders, all the delegates, members and stalwarts of the…