Tinubu Heads to Germany for G20 ‘Compact with Africa’ Conference Says it's avenue to sustain momentum for foreign direct investment in Nigeria Energy, trade, investment top agenda Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu will today depart Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference, being
hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which kicks off on Monday. “The G20 CwA Conference will be taking place alongside the Fourth G20 Investment Summit, co-hosted by the German
government and German business associations,” a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said yesterday. In the statement titled,
“President Tinubu attends G20 ‘Compact with Africa’ conference in Berlin as energy, trade, and investment top agenda,” Ngelale noted that the President will use the forum to sustain his
momentum in advancing the cause for foreign direct investment in Nigeria, “as he leads the country’s delegation to participate in the investment summit.” The statement adds: “During
the conference, Tinubu will join other Heads of State and Governments of CwA member countries, bilateral partners, as Continued on page 5
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Northern States SSGs Lament Poverty, Insecurity in Region John Shiklam in Kaduna Secretary to the Gombe State Government (SSG) and Chairman, Forum of Northern SSGs, Prof.
Ibrahim Njodi, speaking on behalf of other SSGs in the region, yesterday lamented the industrial collapse, poverty and insecurity in the region, “despite its vast
arable land with untapped mineral resources and huge population.” Njodi spoke in Kaduna during the inauguration of the New Nigeria Development
Company (NNDC) Code of Ethics and Business Conduct. The NNDC, founded by the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, premier of the defunct Northern Region, is jointly owned by
the 19 Northern states. Njodi described the inauguration of the code as the right step in repositioning the company. The code seeks "to commit
NNDC and its subsidiaries to the highest standards of decent behaviour and to instill in all stakeholders of Continued on page 5
After Zamfara, Appeal Court Voids Kano Governor’s Election Rules Abba Yusuf not qualified to contest, tension high in state Upholds election of Bala Mohammed in Bauchi
Alex Enumah in Abuja, Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano About 24 hours after declaring the 2023 Zamfara State Governorship election inconclusive and ordering fresh polls in three local government areas, the Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday held that the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), in the last governorship election in Kano State, Governor Abba Yusuf, was not qualified to contest the election. The appellate court subsequently upheld the judgment of the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal, which declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as the authentic winner of the March 18 poll. On the same day, the Court of Appeal, Abuja, affirmed the re-election of Bala Mohammed Continued on page 5
COUNTER-TERRORISM IN NORTH EAST… L-R: Borno State Governor, Babangana Zulum; Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru and the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, at a book launch on "Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in North East” in Abuja... yesterday