PRESS CONFERENCE READ BY THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN KADUNA PEOPLES UNION (SOKAPU), HON JONATHAN ASAKE, ON MONDAY JANUARY 18, 2021 IN KADUNA

Gentlemen of the Press, we have called you to unequivocally make known our position on the State of the Nation, especially on matters of security, governance and general wellbeing of our people. We feel gravely concerned, particularly with the spate of insecurity that has ceaselessly engulfed the nation, especially in communities across the Northern and […]

Stop Buhari’s Planned Sale Of Government Properties, SERAP Tells NASS

The Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project ( SERAP) has called on the National Assembly to as a matter of national importance to do all within its constitutional powers to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from selling off Federal Government properties to fund the 2021 Appropriation Act. SERAP also appealed to the Federal Legislature to as […]

COVID-19: All Schools To Remain Closed -Kaduna State Govt

Kaduna State government says all schools should remain closed excluding Kaduna Polytechnic and the National Open University who requested for them to open for students to write exam only. The permanent Secretary, Ministry of education, Mrs Phoebe Sukai Yayi announced this at a news briefing in Kaduna. She said the state government was yet to […]

Cutting Cost of Governance: Time to End Multiple Remunerations of Ex-Governors

By Yusuf Ishaku Goje Why have we chosen to stand democracy on its head in Nigeria? Why is the country operating a government that gives preferential treatment to the elites in the midst of wantom poverty? This totally negates the sacred ideals and principles that democracy represents – which should be a government of the […]