ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: SATURDAY

ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: SATURDAY

EFCC may have commenced investigation into the finances of the 18 political parties in the country and their presidential aspirants. It has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to furnish it with the bank accounts and other financial details of the political parties.

* It also asked the managing directors of some banks to provide the details of the 14 accounts operated by the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party and other organisations believed to be connected to the opposition party.

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Update on Sokoto College Murder: President Buhari has condemned the murder of a female student, Deborah Samuel; says the case demands an impartial, extensive probe into all that happened before and during the incident.

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* Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, on Friday, met with Muslim leaders in the state over the killing

* The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) and the British government have condemned the murder of Deborah Samuel. The are demanding for the arrest and prosecution of all those responsible for the murder

 

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Oil prices rose about 4% on Friday on high gasoline prices in US, China’s readiness to ease pandemic restrictions, and investors’ concern over European Union’s ban of Russian oil. Brent futures rose $4.10, or 3.8%, to settle at $111.55 a barrel

 

 

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FG has said that the decisions reached in its three-part meeting with university-based unions would yield fruits next week.

 

Twenty five presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) beat the deadline (midnight yesterday) for the submission of forms ahead of the party’s primary slated for May 30 to June 1.

* Party sources revealed that former President Goodluck Jonathan, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and the Minister of Labour and productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige did not submit their forms. But some analysts say those who didn’t have already generated enough confidence crisis in their positions.

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* Human rights advocate and senior lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that ministers who resigned over their political ambitions can only be reappointed after confirmation by the senate.

 

 

Nigeria and Benin Republic have decided to invite the private sector to run the Seme-Krake joint border post to facilitate trade between the two countries and sub-regional communities.

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Security Stories: Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olatunji Disu, have arrested the suspected killers of ex-Zamfara State gubernatorial aspirant and owner of Famak British Schools, Alhaji Sagir Hamidu, at Rijana.

* Four people have been killed following two separate attacks in Num area of Sara village in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government and in Agwarmaje settlement around Burra in the Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

(8) The federal supreme council of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has unanimously elected Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the new president of the country.

 

 

Russia-Ukraine War: Ukrainian forces continue to press on with a counteroffensive in the northeastern region of Kharkiv after satellite imagery showed at least three key bridges in the area were demolished. Respected military analysts say Ukraine has “likely won the battle” for Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city

* The pullback of Russian forces from areas around Ukraine’s second largest city has revealed new evidence of atrocities.

President Zelensky says Ukraine has retaken six settlements from Russian forces since Friday, and 1,015 overall since the start of the conflict in February.

* But in the east, Russians are adding combat power to their drive to take the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Ukrainians are continuing to push back a Russian advance across the Siverskyi Donets River near Bilohorivka.

* Ukraine’s first war crimes trial of a Russian soldier opens in Kyiv, with the 21-year-old accused of shooting dead an unarmed civilian in the Sumy region.

* Russian troops made three unsuccessful attempts to build bridges across a river in eastern Ukraine, Luhansk’s regional governor says. Images from the scene show dozens of burnt-out tanks after Ukrainian forces shelled the temporary structures

* Meanwhile, Ukraine’s president has said “very difficult” negotiations are under way over the evacuation of wounded fighters from Mariupol in the south

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