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APC Plateau South stakeholders endorse Lalong for the senatorial race
The All Progressives Congress in Plateau state has endorsed the state governor, Simon Lalong, as their candidate in the constituency’s senatorial seat, ahead of the 2023 elections.
The APC stakeholders from the three local government areas of Quan-Pan, Shendam, and Mikang, met with Laong on Tuesday in Jos, and asked the governor to accede to the peoples’ demand and stand as the party’s candidate in the next general elections.
Chairman of the forum, Joseph Ari, while expressing the position of the meeting, said that the entire stakeholders, including youth and women groups and other members of the party, were pleased with the sterling performance of the governor in the state.
2023: Shootings mar PDP three-man delegates election in Ebonyi
There were heavy shootings at the People’s Democratic Party Secretariat, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Tuesday evening, following the three-man delegates’ election billed across the 171 political wards in the state.
The Publicity Secretary of the party, Nwoba Chika, had in a statement stated that the three-man delegate election could not hold in Ebonyi because of issues the party needed to resolve in the State, and further disclosed that the election would hold on Tuesday which later did not.
There was heavy shooting at the party’s Secretariat following an alleged misunderstanding that ensued among party faithful.
Investigations revealed that the three-man delegate election could not hold last Saturday, because of the perceived chairmanship tussle between Tochukwu Okorie and Silas Onu.
‘IPOB Not Protecting Igbos’ – Army Condemns Killing Of Two Soldiers
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday condemned the recent killing of two soldiers by suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying the secessionist group is not protecting the interest of the Igbo.
Director of Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement, three days after gunmen killed and then beheaded two soldiers at an unknown location in Imo State.
The victims – Linus Audu, a retired Master Warrant Officer, and his partner, Gloria Matthew, a Private – were travelling to Imo State for their traditional wedding when they were attacked and killed by the gunmen despite Gloria’s ethnic affiliation with the people of South-east.
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres Arrives Nigeria, visits Borno
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, who arrived Nigeria on a two-day official visit has gone to Borno, the state ravaged by a decade-long insurgency as Nigeria makes concerted efforts to wipe out terrorism.
According to the United Nations information center in Nigeria, Guterres is expected to meet with the Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum in Maiduguri, the state capital before embarking on a field mission where he will meet families affected by the Boko Haram conflict ravaging the region for more than 12 years.
The UN Chief who visited the Gubio camp immediately when he arrived in Maiduguri told Zulum that he was happy with the condition he met the IDPs and pledged to offer all necessary assistance to ensure the safe return of IDPs to their ancestral homes in line with the state government’s resettlement plan.
The UN chief will also evaluate the impact of climate change on vulnerable communities and assess progress made as well as the challenges to the COVID-19 recovery and then proceed to Abuja to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osibanjo
ISWAP kills three as UN chief visits Maiduguri
The Islamic State of West Africa province killed three people in the Kautikari ward of Chibok Local Government Area on Tuesday while the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, was paying a courtesy visit to the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, at the Government House in Maiduguri.
The terrorists have attacked the village countless times within the past five months, according to a Chibok resident.
The attack, according to the villager, started around 6 o’clock pm and it got all the villagers deserting for safety in the nearby Sambisa forest where the terrorists camped.
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile In Latest Show Of Force
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile Wednesday, just a week after Kim Jong Un vowed to boost Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal and also days before the South inaugurates a new, hawkish president, Seoul said
Pyongyang has conducted 14 weapons tests since January, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017.
Last week Kim oversaw a huge military parade, vowed to rapidly expand and improve his nuclear arsenal, and warned of possible “pre-emptive” strikes — as satellite imagery indicates he may soon resume nuclear testing.
The Wednesday test comes days before the May 10 inauguration of South Korea’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a hard line with North Korea and ramp up security cooperation with the US after years of failed diplomacy.
