BERLIN — Cybersecurity and infrastructure in Germany are under “severe threat” by foreign adversaries such as Russia and China, said Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the Bundestag on Wednesday.
“As we all know, the main causes of attacks of this kind that affect our cybersecurity come from Russia,” Scholz said in the Bundestag. “And of course, they also come from China from time to time. And that should not be concealed.”
In a separate incident, the crew of a Russian ship allegedly shot at a Bundeswehr helicopter on the Baltic Sea with signal ammunition, according to a report by German news agency DPA.
“We have to make a great deal of effort to arm ourselves against such attacks,” Scholz said when asked about recent incidents. “Security authorities must also try to clear up as many of them as possible and prevent them from continuing.”
The head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service last week warned that high-ranking officials in Russia’s Defense Ministry doubted whether NATO countries would adhere to a mutual defense clause enshrined in the NATO treaty.
Moscow could, for example, stage a limited intervention under the pretext of protecting Russian minorities in NATO-allied territories — thus testing the durability of so-called Article 5, in hopes that would lead to collapse of the alliance.
Asked about peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Scholz said that decisions could not be made “over the head of Ukraine,” but that it is up to Kyiv to consider how things should proceed — “in conversation with its best friends and allies.”
In view of his solo diplomatic intervention involving an hour-long phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the center-left politician added: “The Russian President has not shown that he wants to do anything in the direction of peace.”
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<h2>The lawmaker representing Ondo South senatorial district, <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/jimoh-ibrahim/">Jimoh Ibrahim</a>, has declared his intention to contest in the governorship election in Ondo State.</h2>
<p>Ibrahim who noted that he is ready to contest, said the death of a former governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, will enhance his chances of becoming the next governor.</p>
<p>The lawmaker, on Thursday, expressed optimism that there would be no imposition of a candidate from the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress and the Presidency.</p>
<p>Ibrahim, who spoke in Akure, the state capital, said President Bola Tinubu would allow a free and fair primary to enable the best candidate to emerge.</p>
<p>He said,<em> “I’m declaring my intention to run for the governorship election of Ondo State. Among the contestants, I am the oldest. I have contested election twice in my lifetime, one of which I contested for governorship position in 2003, and none of these contestants was on that ballot.</em></p>
<p><em>“The President will never say that we should go and work for the incumbent governor. He can only appeal that maybe he prefers one person if you can prefer him and if you cannot, go and do your election. So the President cannot say that I have taken this person so all of you should go and sit down. Even Buhari who is very clueless about anything can never do that.”</em></p>
<p>The APC governorship aspirant also noted that the death of former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu would not affect his chances but would rather increase the chance of winning the primary and the main election.</p>
<p>He further stated, <em>“Maybe the death of Aketi has enhanced my chances because Aketi is a human being, he can be subjectively objective at the last minute. But now that he is no more, that possibility is written off completely. So whoever is there, wants to run for governor will meet me at the field.</em></p>
<p><em>“So Aketi’s death doesn’t affect my chances at all, but it would rather enhance my chances to win the governorship position of this state. So we are working seriously to win this election."</em></p>
<p>He noted that economy and security were part of his cardinal programmes for the state, saying there was a need to empower the state Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun with modern technology to enable it to combat criminals effectively.</p>
<p>Ibrahim said, <em>“My programmes are very straightforward, we are to create moral efficiency and moral knowledge and make the body more efficient. We must also map Ondo State borders for a security network and then ensure that we will never have any cases of kidnapping, by making Amotekun a classic unique security outfit that will come with a good strategy to challenge any security issues in our state.</em></p>
<p><em>“So one of the areas we are looking at is to ensure that everybody in Ondo state can go to sleep with their eyes closed and that’s top most of our priority. Mapping every systems, the tactical operations of Amotekun have to come more distinct into technology, I want an Amotekun that is Information Technology informed because I have PhD in war."</em></p>
<p>As the primary of the political parties in the state is drawing nearer, many aspirants of the APC have shown their interest in the contest.</p>
<p>Some of them, apart from Jimoh Ibrahim, include the incumbent governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, a former Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa, a former Member of the House of Representatives Mr Mayowa Akinfolarin, the former Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Oladunni Odu (who is only the female among the aspirants), a former governorship aspirant of the APC, Chief Olusola Oke, Dr Paul Akintelure, Brig-Gen Olamide Ohunyeye (retd), among others.</p>
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