KDSG Security Update: Troops rescue 15 kidnapped commuters in Jema’a LGA.
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have reported to the Kaduna State Government the rescue of 15 commuters in Jagindi, Jema’a LGA. According to the report, the 15 persons had been kidnapped from two vehicles in the area while in transit. The troops responded to a distress call and mobilized swiftly to the location. They repelled […]
KADUNA STATE 2020 AUDIT QUERIES
The audit queries are for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that have not largely complied with relevant financial instructions/treasury circulars as well as Kaduna state government fiscal policies. The queries below are of MDAs that failed to either treat or even respond to these queries as required by relevant legislation (s). Note: The titles of […]
Wike Signs VAT & Anti-Open Grazing Bills Into Law In Rivers State.
The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday, signed into law bills on Value Added Tax (VAT) collection, Open Grazing Prohibition in the state. Wike who spoke shortly after signing the bills into law at the Government House, Port Harcourt, said that the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt had sufficiently […]
Sen. La’ah visits victims of Mado’o attack, decries killings in southern Kaduna
Sen. Danjuma La’ah on Sunday visited victims of the Saturday night attack on Mado’o, a village near Mabushi in Zangon-Kataf Local Government of Kaduna State. A statement signed by Mr Victor Bobai, his online media aide, said that the senator, who represents Kaduna South, condemned the attack that claimed several lives and left many others […]
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE ONE DAY DIALOGUE WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON DISAGGREGATION OF CITIZENS DEMAND AND PARTICIPATION IN THE KADUNA STATE 2022 BUDGET
Preamble On the 20th August, 2021, the Partnership to Engage, Reform & Learn (FCDO/PERL) supported Coalition of Associations for Leadership, Peace, Empowerment, & Development (CALPED), Budget Research & Development Policy Advocacy Center (BREDPAC) and Ground Zero radio program to facilitate a one day policy dialogue with stakeholders on Disaggregation of Citizens demand and participation in […]
2022 budget preparations: Media, CSO Brainstorm On Strategy.
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and journalists on Friday developed strategies to effectively participate in the preparation of the 2022 Budget in Kaduna State. The CSOs are the Coalition of Associations for Leadership, Peace Empowerment and Development (CALPED), Budget Research and Development Policy Advocacy Centre (BREDPAC), Open Kaduna Radio and Ground Zero Radio programme. Mr […]
RE: EFCC ARRESTS EX-IMO DEPUTY GOVERNOR, GERALD IRONA
…YET ANOTHER PHANTOM REPORT Our attention has been drawn to a malicious report on some online media platforms alleging that immediate past Deputy Governor of Imo State, Engr. Gerald Irona was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission-EFCC. The report claimed that the former Deputy Governor was “intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
UN Vow To Save Afghanistan As Taliban Begins Mass Execution Of Citizens (Viewer Discretion Advised: Taliban executes a woman in public)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the organisation had received “accounts of mounting human rights violations against the women and girls of Afghanistan”, and it’s ready to deliver the country from the hands of Taliban deadly Terrorist Group. Guterres made the statement in the wake of a forceful takeover of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan […]
Firm drags SOSG to Court over unpaid 20% of N8.8bn tax recoveries
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto A Chattered Accounting firm with head office in Abuja and branches in Sokoto and Kano states, Sani Muhammad & Co has taken Sokoto State government to Court over its unpaid 20 percent of the 8.8billion naira recovered for the State government after painstakingly carrying out audit taxes of all federal MDAs […]
International Youth Day 2021: Commemorated by Josémaria Escriva Foundation (JOSEF) in other LGAs.
As part of activities to mark the 2021 International Youth Day with the theme “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health” Josémaria Escriva Foundation (JOSEF) a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) focused on Education and Health in Conjunction with The Challenge Initiative (TCI), Connected Advocacy and Edo State Ministry of Health organized series […]