PERL, LGAM supports development of Mobile App to monitor LGs procurement processes
UK-supported governance programme, Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), is supporting the development of mobile application to track procurement processes at local government levels in Kaduna State. The application is being developed in collaboration with the Kaduna Local Government Accountability Mechanism (LGAM), a permanent dialogue mechanism between government and citizens around developments at local […]
Police kill four bandits, arrest female gunrunner in Kaduna
The combined operatives of the Special Tactical Squad and the Kaduna State security outfit, codenamed Operation Yaki, have killed four suspected bandits along the Saminaka-Jos expressway on Wednesday. The Kaduna State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the operatives also arrested a female accomplice that […]
Rivers woman sells sister’s child for N600,000, police arrest suspects
The police in Rivers State have smashed a child trafficking syndicate and rescued a five-year-old girl sold for N600,000 to an undisclosed buyer in Imo State. The child was said to have been kidnapped from Omagwa community in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State after she went missing on May 20, 2022. The […]
Twitter, others must delete porn posts within 24 hours – FG
The Federal Government has ordered online interactive platforms, such as Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok to ensure that they remove, disable or block access to any non-consensual content, which displays partial or full nudity, sexual acts, deep fake or revenge porn within 24 hours. This order was included in the recently released Code of […]
When competence matters in leadership recruitment
By DANGWA Danjuma The tension that greeted Peter Obi’s walk out on the People’s Democratic Party included the concerns on availability of another competent partyman who will be worthy of the demand for the incorruptible leader to emerge vis a vis deputize when the chips are down. This also has been made easy by governor […]
Drug deal: Abba Kyari’s co-defendants bag two-year jail term
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, said having admitted to have committed the offence preferred against them in […]
Why Gov Udom Emmanuel will make an Outstanding Vice-President
Governor Udom Emmanuel’s footprints in Akwa Ibom State in the past seven years of his administration, are glaringly ground-breaking. The story of the state under his administration is an interesting story of good governance. Governor Emmanuel is performer, who has convincingly displayed selflessness in transforming the ‘Land of Promise’ from a civil service state to […]
Democracy Day: Three military officers faint at Eagle Square parade
Three military officers who were participating in the Democracy Day Parade, on Monday, slumped at the Eagle Square, Abuja. Having stood for hours on one spot under the scorching sun, they were believed to have succumbed to exhaustion. The PUNCH correspondent who was at the scene observed a bit of confusion as some security and […]
FG moves to repatriate knowledge, skills to improve health system – Ehanire
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Federal government says is driving to ensure the repatriation of knowledge and skills to improve the country’s health system as well enable it rank among the highest best in the world. The Minister of Health , Dr. Osagie Ehanire disclosed weekend in Sokoto where he commissioned numerous health developmental projects initiated […]
MKO Abiola: The Nigerian President Who Never Ruled
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola GCFR, also known as M. K. O. Abiola was a Nigerian businessman, publisher, and politician. M. K. O. Abiola was born on 24th August 1937 in Abeokuta, Ogun State to the family of Salawu and Suliat Wuraola Abiola. His father was a produce trader who primarily traded cocoa, and his mother […]