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 A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo, has won the governorship primary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) held on Wednesday in Awka. Mr Soludo, a professor of econometrics, had been disqualified previously by a faction of the party headed via Jude Okeke, along with other aspirants. But the National Chairman of the party, Victor Oye, had informed the public to brush aside the news about Mr Soludo’s disqualification. “Who suspended him? Please neglect the impostors and desperadoes,” Mr Oye stated in a text message to PREMIUM TIMES earlier on Wednesday. “APGA has no factions. We are one, united party. Ask those parading themselves as acting chairman which convention produced them? I am the only constitutionally, legally and legitimately elected National Chairman of APGA. It is not in contention,” he added. The 60-year-old Mr Soludo, in his acceptance speech after the primary, stated he was humbled via his choice as APGAs governorship candidate

  A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Wednesday ordered the remand of two teachers: Hajara Musa, 26, and Farida Ahmed, 26, for the alleged homicide of the 8-year-old boy. The defendants, who are residents of Kurna Quarters, Kano, are standing trial on a count charge of culpable homicide. The Chief Magistrate, Mustapha Sa’ad-Datti, ordered that the defendants be remanded in the correctional centre and adjourned the matter till June 28, for mention. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Mr Jamilu Abubakar, had informed the court that one Kamalu Suraj of Kurna Makaranta Quarters, Kano, reported the matter at Rijiyar Lemo Police Division Kano, on June 1. He alleged that on the same date at about 10:30 a.m., the defendants being teachers of Al Salam Academy in Kano, whilst in the classroom used a cane and beat the 8-year-old boy on his head and other parts of the body. “As a result, the boy became unconscious and was rushed to Kunya Hospital Kano; in the process, he died whilst receiving trea

  The Federal Government was defiant yesterday over its suspension of Twitter as the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Abuja, in a landmark ruling, stopped it from prosecuting Nigerians using Twitter. The Court held that “Any interference with Twitter is considered as interference with human rights, and that will violate human rights.” The court “restrained the authorities of President Muhammadu Buhari and its agents from unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute Twitter and/or any other social media carrier provider(s), media houses, radio and tv broadcast stations, the plaintiffs and other Nigerians who are Twitter users, pending the hearing and dedication of this suit.” The ruling followed the suit filed in opposition to the government by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP and 176 worried Nigerians. They argued that “the illegal suspension of Twitter in Nigeria, criminalization of Nigerians and other people usin

 Warren Buffett is resigning as a trustee from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The announcement comes weeks after Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage but would continue to jointly run the foundation, one of the greatest charitable foundations in the world. Gates was previously the world’s richest person and his fortune is estimated at well over $100 billion. “For years I have been a trustee – an inactive trustee at that – of only one recipient of my funds, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMG). I am now resigning from that post, just as I have done at all corporate boards other than Berkshire’s,” Buffett stated in a organized statement Wednesday. “The CEO of BMG is Mark Suzman, an outstanding recent selection who has my full support. My goals are a hundred percent in sync with those of the foundation, and my physical participation is in no way needed to obtain these goals.” Buffett, the chairman and chief executive of Berksh

  The World Health Organization is suggesting that parents should hold off on vaccinating their kids against COVID-19, according to its June guidance. The WHO states that since children have a tendency to experience milder symptoms compared with adults, they aren’t in pressing need of vaccinations unless they have a pre-existing condition. Instead, vaccines should be prioritized for those with such stipulations as well as for older adults and health care workers. “More proof is needed on the use of the different COVID-19 vaccines in children to be capable to make general guidelines on vaccinating kids in opposition to COVID-19,” the WHO states on its website. So far, only the Pfizer/BionTech vaccine is approved for those aged 12 years and above, however, trials are being executed on other vaccines for children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that “everyone 12 years and older should get a COVID-19 vaccination to assist protect against COVID-19.” “Widespread va