Today’s Headlines: Nigeria Has No Future With Thieves As Leaders–Putin Vows To Crush Russia Dividers
Nigeria has no future with thieves as leaders – Sam Amadi
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has said that Nigerians have no future with thieves as their leaders.
According to him, Nigeria buys one drone for $150m while the real cost is $5m, adding that it is the reason why the country cannot defeat insecurity.
Amadi, a former Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, noted that those who deceived Nigerians that they could vote for corrupt politicians as President and Governors lied to them.
“Nigeria buys one drone for $150m while the real cost is $5m. Now you know why we cannot defeat insecurity.
“Whoever told you in 2023 that we could afford to vote normal corrupt politicians as president and Governors lied to you.
“We have no future with thieves as leaders,” Amadi posted on X
We’ll crush those trying to divide Russia – Putin vows
President Vladimir Putin has vowed to crush anybody trying to divide Russia.
Putin also hailed the effectiveness and unwavering loyalty of the country’s law enforcement agencies.
He has increased a decades-long crackdown on civil society, independent media, and opposition amid his military offensive in Ukraine, with dissent and criticism of the Kremlin outlawed and punishable by years-long prison sentences.
“Those who try to intimidate people, to split our society, to play on religious or national feelings will never succeed.
“Inevitable and just retribution awaits them,” he said.
Russia regularly uses such language to describe those who oppose the Kremlin, including domestic critics who Moscow paints as being Western spies or puppets
Trump’s Harris barbs, Netanyahu’s US visit and Israeli settlers court Republicans
US President Joe Biden has addressed the nation for the first time since dropping his reelection bid, opens new tab. Ahead of his Oval Office speech, Donald Trump was back on the campaign trail where he branded Kamala Harris a “radical left lunatic”. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sketched a vague outline of a plan for a “deradicalized” post-war Gaza in a speech to Congress. Jewish settlers in the Israeli occupied West Bank , opens new tabare courting prominent US Republicans ahead of a possible Donald Trump second term.
We’ve Capacity To Conduct Local Gov’t Elections, INEC Tells NASS
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has the capacity to conduct elections into the 774 local government area councils across the country.
The chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he appeared before the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on Electoral Matters, to brief lawmakers on the Commission’s
preparations for the upcoming Edo and Ondo State governorship elections and its relationship with the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) in relation to various court judgements.
LEADERSHIP reports that since the Supreme Judgement of July 11, 2024, granting financial autonomy to local government areas in the country, there have been divergent views on whether SIECs should be scrapped to allow INEC to conduct local government elections in order to extricate LGAs from the control of State governors.
