Tinubu to attend Ramaphosa’s inauguration
President Bola Tinubu will attend the inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa.
According to Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Tinubu will depart Lagos for Pretoria, South Africa, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
He said: “President Bola Tinubu will, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, depart Lagos for Pretoria, South Africa, to attend the inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
“The inauguration of President Ramaphosa follows his re-election as President for a second term. President Tinubu will return to Nigeria after the ceremony.”
Abure best party chairman – Bauchi LP
The acting chairman of the Bauchi State chapter of the Labour Party, Alhaji Mohammed Sabitu Aliyu, has reaffirmed the chapter’s commitment and loyalty to the leadership of National Chairman Julius Abure.
Sabitu Aliyu commended Abure as “the best chairman the party has produced since its formation.”
Speaking with journalists on Monday, he commended Abure’s performance since assuming office, adding that the Abure-led leadership “has the capacity, capability, and wherewithal to move the party to greater heights, especially in future elections.”
Go home, your tenure has ended – Asari Dokubo tells Rivers LG chairmen
The leader of Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Muhajid Asari Dokubo, has urged the former chairmen of the 23 Local Government Areas in Rivers State to accept the end of their three years’ tenure in good faith and go home.
Dokubo, who spoke on the sideline of the 2024 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, in Port Harcourt, Monday, said tenure elongation for the Rivers LG chairmen is an aberration to the Constitution of Nigeria.
He stated that the chairmen, whose tenure expired on 17th June, cannot force themselves on the people on the guise of extension of time, noting that it runs contrary to the oath of office they swore to.
Dokubo warned the former chairmen not to invite the wrath of, what he called, the “people’s power”, because it will descend on them to their dismay.
Bandits attack NSCDC command in Nasarawa
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Nasarawa State have repelled an attempted attack on its state command in Lafia by suspected bandits.
Gunmen were said to have invaded the headquarters of NSCDC in Lafia at the early hours of Monday shooting sporadically to scare the public.
State Public Relations Officer of NSCDC Jerry Victor confirmed that an unspecified number of gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded the headquarters of the corps in the early hours of Monday
According to the NSCDC public Relations Officer, Jerry Victor, the gunmen who came in large numbers with guns, iron rods attempted to break some part of the command’s fence to gain entry into the facility while some of them took different positions around the building.