ADC Only Viable Alternative for Nigerians, Says Atiku, Insists APC, PDP Have Failed
Wole Ayodele in Jalingo Former
Vice
President
Atiku Abubakar has said the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is the
only political party that can salvage Nigeria from its current economic and
security woes. Atiku spoke at the inauguration of the ADC's
Taraba State office in Jalingo, the state capital. According to the former
vice president, he and other politicians have tasted Continued on page 5
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President Vows to Work Tirelessly to Tackle Insecurity Badaru, Uba Sani, others call for decentralised security approach in North-west Porous borders, drug crisis fueling region’s violence, says Kaduna gov
John Shiklam in Kaduna and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s
commitment to work tirelessly to address the root causes of insecurity bedevilling the country. Tinubu said this yesterday at
the passing-out parade of 1,187 cadets newly commissioned as Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) at the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, in
Kano State. This is just as Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State, Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, and
other leaders of the Northwest renewed the call for a decentralised security architecture to confront the worsening insecurity in the
region. The governor blamed Nigeria’s poorly secured Continued on page 14
Tinubu Sends 32 Additional Ambassadorialnominees’ List to Senate for Confirmation Ex-INEC chair, Yakubu; ex-govs Ugwuanyi, Ikpeazu; Femi Pedro, Jimoh Ibrahim, Ajimobi’s wife, Fani-Kayode, Omokri make list PDP faults list, demands withdrawal
Deji Elumoye and Chuks Okocha in Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent names of 32 additional ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after submitting the first batch of three. Immediate-past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu; exgovernors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State; former
Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Femi Pedro; Senator Jimoh Ibrahim; and the wife of the late governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, Florence, are some of the prominent names on the list of the 32 ambassadorial nominees. Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the withdrawal of the list of the nominees, describing the selections as “reprehensible and scandalous.” Continued on page 5
GUINEA-BISSAU CRISIS ON THEIR MINDS…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan (left), being received by President Bola Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa following his return from Guinea‑Bissau…yesterday
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