Emir of Zazzau appoints journalist as Dan Iyan in his emirate Emir of Zazzau appoints journalist as Dan Iyan in his emirate
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The Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamali, has appointed AbdulRahaman Nuhu Bayero of Radio Nigeria as the new Dan Iyyan Zazzau.
Recall, the immediate holder of the title, Bashir Aminu, one of the contestants to the exalted stool died, on January 1st, 2021, in Lagos at the age of 70.
This was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary of the emirate and Sarkin Fulanin Zazzau, Alhaji Barau Musa Aliyu, on Friday.
The letter disclosed that the date of the coronation will be announced by the coronation committee in due course.
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LEON USIGBE interrogates the call accentuated by a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Waziri to zone its 2023 presidential ticket to the North despite the present presidency being occupied by a northerner.
Officially, the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had, as if it is a plague, avoided the question of zoning of its presidential ticket for the 2023 election. The thinking within its hierarchy has been that it is too early in the day to be burdened by it as the party is currently actively working on re-engineering itself. The PDP had posited that whatever the All Progressives Congress (APC) may do concerning its ticket at this time cannot pressure it to act and that, in any case, the PDP organs had not met to decide on it.
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There is a need for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and some governments at the highest level to be more engaged in finding a long-term solution to the crisis. The international community should remain committed in the efforts of taking concrete actions towards protecting the vessels and crew operating in the Gulf of Guinea. We cannot continue to allow crews to be taken hostage, a situation which is simply unacceptable. The Gulf of Guinea comprises 20 countries. Twenty thousand ships pass through the Gulf of Guinea a year. One hundred and thirty sailors were kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020. Ninety-five per cent of global piracy occurred in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020. Piracy threat grows off the coast of West Africa. There is a need for another Operation Ocean Shield which was NATO’s counter piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa. NATO has helped to deter and disrupt pirate attacks, while protecting vessels and increasing the gener