Motorists in Ilorin metropolis heaved a sigh of relief on Monday following the resumption of fuel supply directly to the Kwara State capital from Lagos.
- The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has expressed concern about the challenges it is facing as it prepares for the 2023 elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, said that the recent flooding across the nation had destroyed no fewer than 20 offices of the commission.
-. The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, yesterday, vowed never to attend debates if his counterparts from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, do not show up. Obi said he would back out of any debate where presidential candidates send surrogates or running mates, even at the last minute.
-. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday, lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, saying anybody supporting the former vice president is an enemy of the Benue people. He spoke on Monday when he hosted his colleagues from Rivers, Oyo, Abia, and Enugu States in Makurdi.
-. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has indicated that the Federal Government may not fully pay university lecturers for the eighth months that the Academic Staff Union of Universities was on strike. Gbajabiamila, in a statement issued on Monday, said President Muhammadu Buhari was being awaited to approve the proposal of “partial” payment presented to him.
-. Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Monday ordered immediate distribution of anti-riot equipment and kits to officers of the force nationwide. The police chief said the equipment should include bullet-proof vests with armored plates, ballistic helmets, long and short-range tear gas for civil disorder management and stun guns.
-The Federal Government has announced that the train services on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line are set to return this month. Mu’azu Sambo, Minister of Transportation, made the announcement on Monday in Abuja while giving the scorecard of his ministry.
-. The troops of the Nigerian military attached to Operation Hadarin Daji, have neutralized some terrorists at Yar Tashar village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The terrorists were reportedly killed while they were trying to harvest farmers’ produce in the village.
-The United Kingdom has warned against all but essential travel to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.
In an updated travel advice, the British government listed states its citizens should avoid.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) advises against all travel to Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna.
Others are Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Katsina and Zamfara states.
The FCDO cautioned against all but essential travel to Abia, Bauchi, Kano, Jigawa, Niger, Sokoto, Plateau, Taraba, Kogi, within 20km of the border with Niger in Kebbi, The advisory said terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Nigeria.
“The risk of terrorism includes the capital city Abuja, and the surrounding Federal Capital Territory area. This risk has increased in 2022.”
It added that the attacks are usually indiscriminate and could affect western interests and tourist places.
The approval was said to have been given at the state executive council meeting on Monday.
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Thanks for the update . I can't comment with my ID
ReplyDeleteIt is well
ReplyDeleteObi, I support you joor. I wonder why presidential candidates will not show up for debates.
ReplyDeleteInsecurity needs to be dealt with as elections draw closer
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Peter Obi.
ReplyDeleteHow can we vote absentee president
Or a president that lives in Dubai