Communique Issued at the End of the Town-hall Meeting on Mobilizing Citizens for Open Government Partnership (OGP) organized by the Coalition of Associations for Leadership, Peace, Empowerment & Development (CALPED), Kaduna North Local Government Council and Local Government Accountability Mechanism (LGAM)
Preamble On the 30th November, 2021, the Coalition of Associations for Leadership, Peace, Empowerment & Development (CALPED) under its Mobilizing Citizens for OGP project collaborated with the Kaduna North Local Government Council and Local Government Accountability Mechanism (LGAM) to organize a one day town-hall meeting with the theme – Interface between State and Community Actors […]
Banditry: Residents in Sokoto deposit corpses of victims in Niger republic hospitals as Hon. Salame donate power generators to hospitals
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Worried over residents of Illela communities in Sokoto state taking corpses of victims of bandits attack to hospitals morgue in Konni town of neighbouring Niger republic due to consistent power outages, a Member of representing Illela/ Gwadabawa Federal Constituency, Hon. Abdullahi Balarabe Salame(APC-Sokoto) has donated three 48 KVA capacity power generating […]
Insecurity: Sokoto re-strategises, proscribes self styled soi disant vigilante groups
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto As it re-strategises approach to tame the spate of bandits attacks and related crimes, Sokoto state government on Monday banned all soi disant vigilante groups operating across the state. Accordingly, it advised citizens desirous of contributing their quota to the fight against criminals and criminalities to join legitimately constituted vigilante groups […]
Sokoto multi-billion world class diagnostic centre set for commissioning by Governor Okowa
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto THE Sokoto state multi-billion ultra modern advanced medical diagnostic centre has been completed and billed for commissioning by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state. Okowa, during the commissioning will be assisted by the host , Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, other important dignitaries well officials of the Nigeria Medical Association(NMA). The centre, […]
CAN Rejects El-Rufai’s 4-day Workweek In Kaduna
The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s four-day workweek for civil servants in the state, alleging a hidden agenda in the policy. On Monday, Mr El-Rufai had announced that the state government would begin implementing the transitional arrangement in the public service starting from December 1, […]
WHY THE KADUNA FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW (2016) SHOULD BE AMENDED
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE It is no longer news that Kaduna State government has signed up to the Open Government Partnership (OGP). For those that have followed up with or actively participated in the OGP driven reforms, it is common knowledge that one of the key commitments out of the five adopted in the ended […]
PROPOSED N5,000 MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSIDY REMOVAL, SCAM – KUKAH
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Kukah, has described as scam the Federal Government proposed payment of N5,000 transportation allowance as a remedial for the removal of fuel subsidy billed to take effect early next year. The Bishop who appeared on Arise News primetime news hour for brief interview, as monitored by Pointblanknews.com, noted […]
N7 BILLION LIBEL SUIT: I’M IN COURT TO GET JUSTICE, CLEAR MY NAME-WIKE.
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Tuesday appeared before the State High Court in Port Harcourt, to testify as a witness in a Seven Billion Naira (N7B) libel suit against THISDAY Newspaper. Governor Wike, said he was in court to seek justice and clear his name as a person from the malicious publication […]
FACTORS FUELING THE SPREAD OF HIV ARE THE HALLMARK OF INEQUALITIES AND PANDEMIC.
We join the rest of the world to mark WORLD AIDS DAY 2021 with the theme “END INEQUALITIES, END AIDS, END PANDEMICS”. Over the past 40 years, issues surrounding HIV have continued to be on the front burner when discussing health, socioeconomic and cultural. Despite the target to End AIDS by 2030, a lot of […]
LEKKI MASSACRE: Sanwo-Olu Speaks To Lagosians
GOVERNOR BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU’S SPEECH TO THE PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE ON THE LEKKI TOLLGATE INCIDENT – DELIVERED ON TUESDAY 30 NOVEMBER, 2021. My dear good people of Lagos State, It is with great sense of responsibility that I address you today on the reactions that have trailed the release of the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of […]