BREAKING: Singer Lionel Richie signs deal with Universal Music Publishing
Country Music Association Awards – Arrivals – Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., 14/11/2018 – Lionel Richie. REUTERS/Jamie Gilliam LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Music star Lionel Richie has signed an exclusive global publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the company said on Thursday. The deal includes some of the biggest hits the Grammy Award winner […]
Collapsed 21 Story Building: Body of Owner Recovered From Rubbles.
Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes, the company in charge of the 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos, has been found dead. An official of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), who confirmed the development to newsmen at the site, said rescue workers recovered the body on Thursday evening. The building, one of a group […]
PWDs laud El-Rufai for donating court-awarded N10m to disability funds
The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAWD), on Tuesday, commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for donating the N10 million awarded to him as damages by a Kaduna High Court to the state Disability Affairs Trust Fund. Chairman of the association in the state, Mr Suleman Abdulazeez, gave the commendation in an […]
Tambuwal swears in 3 commissioners with portfolios
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Sokoto state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal yesterday swore in three new commissioners with portfolios respectively. Those sworn were a former HoRs member, Hon. Gwanda Gobir to head Water Resources Ministry, Prof. Aminu Abubakar, Ministry of Agiculture and Hassan Muhammadu Maccido in charge of Home Affairs accordingly. At the brief ceremony held […]
Ranching: Northern governors should be encouraged, enticed by N328bn annual return on livestock – Tambuwal
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Impressed by a huge projection of an annual return of about N328 billion from cattle trade in Lagos alone, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal says Northern Governors should he encouraged to adopt ranching. Tambuwal said the governors stood to benefit immensely from the adoption of ranching in their respective states. He observed […]
MATTERS ARISING FROM THE QUARTER 3 BUDGET PERFORMANCE REPORT 2021
It is commendable that the Kaduna state government has been consistent in making public the quarterly budget performance reports. However, the Quarter 3 Budget Performance report showed that the 2021 approved budget was revised. The document shows that the 2021 approved capital expenditure of N164,610,200,280 was revised downwards to N164,403,200,280 with a variance of N207,000,000. […]
Emulate el-Rufai’s Electoral Revolution, Kaduna. Speaker Tasks, INEC, SIECOMs
The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and States Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECOM) to emulate Governor Nasir el-Rufai in conducting transparent, free, fair and credible elections, using the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) model, to further entrench democracy in […]
THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL INVASION OF THE HOME OF JUSTICE MARY PETER-ODILI
The Rescue House condemns in the strongest terms the monstrous attack on the home of Justice Mary Peter Odili by a ‘joint taskforce’ that was carried out on the 28th of October 2021. This is the second time Justice Mary Peter-Odili is being attacked and we find it most abominable. The first Gestapo-styled invasion of […]
GREAT GREEN WALL: AFRICA’S AMBITION OF RESTORING OVER 100 MILLION HECTARES OF DEGRADED LANDSCAPE ACHIEVABLE, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI
Nigeria ready to assume leadership of regional organisation Africa’s ambition of restoring over 100million hectares of degraded landscape for productive agriculture is achievable, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday in Glasgow, Scotland. The President expressed the optimism at the Climate Change Summit, COP 26, side event on the Great Green Wall (GGW), co-hosted by French […]
The Climate Crisis Will Not be Fixed by Causing an Energy Crisis in Africa
By Muhammadu Buhari Dire warnings of the end of the world are as old as civilization itself. But each year as the countdown to United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) begins, they grow in volume and intensity. Recently, senior United Nations officials raised the alarm of “world conflict and chaos” and mass migrations and institutional […]