15 May ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: SUNDAY
🌎Update on Deborah’s Murder
Protest for the release of suspects held by the Police over the killing of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Thursday, turned violent in parts of Sokoto State.
At least one person was killed and many others injured Saturday as police quelled violence.
* Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday, declared a 24-hour curfew in the state, “in pursuance of peace and order in Sokoto metropolis and the entire state.” On Sunday, it announced the suspension of the resumption of basic and secondary schools in the state by one week.
* The Kaduna government has banned protests related to religious activity in the state.
* The remains of Deborah Samuel, were yesterday laid to rest around 6:30pm at the Christian cemetery in her home town, Tunga Magajiya, in Rijau local government area of Niger State. Her uncle, who is the Pastor of ECWA in Tunga Magajiya, Emmanuel Maaji, led the prayers at the cemetery before she was lowered to mother earth.
* The Catholic Diocese of Sokoto said protesters did not kill or injure anyone during Saturday’s attack on the Holy Family Cathedral, Sokoto. Bishop Kukah, who called on Christians to remain law-abiding and pray for the return of normalcy, declared the suspension of all Masses in the metropolis until the government lifts the curfew.
🌎The Nigerian government has released new guidelines for investors in digital assets. The rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cover “issuance, offering platforms and custody of digital assets” for virtual technologies, according to a statement on its website.
🌎International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for the development of a new public infrastructure to connect various payment systems, including digital currencies.
🌎Striking university workers’ unions have said their members would “consider” the appeal by the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) which seeks the suspension of their ongoing strike while negotiations continue
🌎The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
🌎Access Holdings Plc, trading as Access Corporation (“the Corporation”), has announced the commencement of operations, with initial portfolio companies and its future strategy.
🌎Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose by 3.98 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Security Stories: Terrorists who kidnapped passengers of the ill-fated AK9 train on the Abuja-Kaduna rail track, have released one of the pregnant women in their captivity. She and others were kidnapped on the 28th of March, 2022.
🌎2023 Politics: The APC has fixed May 23 for screening of presidential aspirants
* Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has withdrawn from the 2023 Kebbi governorship race. “Attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, has not resigned. He withdrew his ambition to contest for the 2023 Kebbi state gubernatorial elections,” Umar Gwandu, Malami’s spokesman said yesterday
🌎Russia-Ukraine War: The Finnish president called his Russian counterpart on Saturday to tell him about his country’s possible move – which Vladimir Putin described as a mistake
* On the ground, Ukrainian forces have pushed Russian troops “far out” from the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, the city’s mayor has said. But the 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
* A UK report also says Russia may have lost a third of the ground combat forces it committed at the start of the invasion
Ukraine has won the 66th Eurovision song contest – President Zelensky has vowed that his country will host the competition next year
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for Russia to be officially recognized as a “terrorist state,” after a meeting with US senators in Kyiv led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
* NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Germany while Finland and Sweden make moves to join the US-led military alliance.
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