Grant Gun Permits To Citizens To Protect Themselves From Bandits – NMA Chairman Advices Govt.
Dr Aliyu Sokomba, Chairman, The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Kaduna, has urged the Federal Government to licence the use of firearms for profiled citizens, saying such would enable the people to protect themselves from being attacked by bandits since security forces cannot be everywhere. The medical practitioner gave the advise at a stakeholders meeting with […]
BANDITRY: Govt Suspends Schools Resumption In Kaduna.
The Kaduna state Governor has announced the indefinite suspension of resumption of schools in the State over the incessant cases of banditry and kidnappings. The governor said the action is to allow for the ongoing military action in the hideouts of the bandits to secure the state from the menace of kidnapping and general insecurity […]
Top 10 Popular Nigerian Lies with Enormous Staying Power
Top 10 Popular Nigerian Lies with Enormous Staying Power
Owa Akinfin Confer Kayode Fajuyagbe & Wife With The Title Of Atunluse Of Ikinfin Kingdom
The people of the ancient kingdom of Ikinfin recently honoured Mr and Mrs Kayode Fajuyagbe with the revered title of Aare Atunluse and Yeye Atunluse of Ikinfin kingdom. The titles which were conferred on the couple was in recognition of thire contributions to the defence, promotion and development of the Ikinfin culture and traditions. While […]
Ward Congresses: Sokoto APC promises smooth, just, fair exercise
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto By Saturday 31st July, 2021, the All Progressives Congress(APC) will be holding its ward Congresses nationwide as its Sokoto state chapter promises smooth, just and fair conduct of exercise across 244 wards in the state according to its acting Chairman, Alhaji Isah Sadiq Achida. Achida’s disclosure came at the end of […]
Device better option of engaging government rather than strike action- Tambuwal to ASUU
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto THE Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU) has been advised deploy better option of engaging the Federal Government rather thanthe strike actions embarked upon in pressing home its demands. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal who gave the advise Thursday in Sokoto while receiving the newly elected executives of the Sokoto state […]
Another Look at Kaduna’s Rising Debt Profile
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE As at 31st December, 2020, the total public debt of Kaduna state stood at N284,398,612,174. The breakdown shows that external debt was N215,644,251,090 – 75.8%, while domestic debt was N68,754,361,084 – 24.2%. A chunk of the debt of the state come under unpaid liabilities, while the remaining is loan. Borrowing in […]
CEP Statement on the 10th Anniversary of the Norway Attack
(New York, N.Y.) – It has been 10 years since Anders Behring Breivik killed eight people by detonating a car bomb in central Oslo, before shooting dead 69 people attending a summer camp on the island of Utøya. The attacks represented the deadliest violence in Norway since World War 2. Before carrying out the attacks, Breivik disseminated a […]
Obi Cubana and the Oba burial, By Reuben Abati
My point is about taste, class and values, not melodrama, or the right of persons to live as they wish The Oba burial is over now, but the only thing anybody will remember is the Bacchanal orgy of money. I am not sure half of the people at the event even know who Cubana’s mother […]
El Rufai is Wrong
By Babafemi Ojudu (Senator) I love reading my friend Mallam El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State. You may not always agree with him. You may not like his style. Some even think he talks too much. But here is a man who is passionate about Nigeria, and about governance. He fears no foe and […]