Nigeria Stagnated: made no progress in 40 years –Sanusi Lamido
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido, said on Saturday that Nigeria had made zero progress since 1981. Sanusi, who said this in Kaduna at a colloquium to mark his 60th birthday, maintained that the government must make the economy grow for the sake of ordinary Nigerians. According to him, in […]
IPOB SIT-AT-HOME ORDER; BETWEEN EMOTION AND REASON
By Charles Ogbu. I made a conscious decision to switch off from everything concerning Nigeria and Ala-Igbo which explains why I had been posting pictures that should ordinarily be private. Yesterday, I even had to watch the reality TV show, Big Brother Naija for the first time all in an attempt to shield myself from […]
Government Impose Curfew In Plateau Over Massacre… Call for calm
Plateau State government has imposed curfew on Bassa, Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas, following Saturday’s attacks on travelling Ondo indigenes around Jos North Local Government. Twenty-two of them were reportedly killed and 23 injured. Gov. Simon Lalong in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs , Dr Makut Macham […]
PRESIDENCY STRONGLY CONDEMNS HOODLUM ATTACKS ON TRAVELLERS
The Presidency condemns the attack earlier Saturday on travellers from a religious event in Bauchi, passing through Jos, the Plateau State Capital and regrets the reported deaths of at least twenty-two persons with several others injured in that ambush on their travelling party. It is widely known that Plateau State has been one of the […]
Kaduna State: Delayed Disbursement of Local Government Fiscal Transparency, Accountability & Sustainability (LFTAS) Performance Grants
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE A key recommendation for improving the LFTAS Programme performance, as captured in the independent verification report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), was for the timely disbursement of recommended performance incentives. This, according to the report, would serve as motivation to the local government councils and contribute to improved performance and ownership of the […]
Irrigation : Embrace , manage scheme’s FG ‘TRIMING’ model as best for food – Agric Minister to stakeholders
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto THE Minister of Water Resources , Engineer Suleiman Adamu has called on farmers and relevant stakeholders in the sector to embrace the federal government project initiative; ‘ Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria’ for improved service and administration of irrigation activities for food production and sufficiency. The initiative is a tripartite approach […]
Understanding the Role of Citizen’s in Good Governance
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE There is no better time than now for citizens to take interest in how they are governed. This is because the decision or indecision of government will determine whether we go out of this conundrum either depressed or greater. Towards this end, we need to first appreciate the legal frameworks upon […]
Kaduna Govt. treats 7,361 malnourished children in 6 months
The Kaduna State Government says it treated 7,361 malnourished children, representing 67.2 per cent cure rate out of the 10,953 admitted between January and June. Assistant State Nutrition Officer, Mr George Adam, made this known at the 2nd quarter Coordination Meeting of the state Committee on Food and Nutrition in Kaduna on Friday. Adam explained […]
Wamakko condoles Shagari’s family on Hajiya Hadiza ‘s demise
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto SENATOR Aliyu Wamakko on Thursday condoled with the family of the second republic president late Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari on the demise of his wife, Hajiya Hadiza Dawayya Shagari who passed on at the age of 80. While at the Sama road Sokoto resident of the deceased widow of the ex-president […]
IYD 2021: Baptist Youth Conference Felicitates Youths
The Nigerian Baptist Convention Youth Conference, NBCYC, has felicitated the youths across the world especially, Baptist youths, on the occasion of the 2021 International Youth Day celebration. In a statement personally signed by the groups National President, Pastor Onajite Enunuaye, and made available to journalists, he described Nigerian youths as resilient despite the seeming challenges. […]