COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE VIRTUAL (ZOOM) STAKEHOLDERS’ ENGAGEMENT ON STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHARTER (CDC) PROCESS AND ADVOCACY FOR INCLUSION IN THE ANNUAL KADUNA STATE BUDGET
PREAMBLE On the 18th May 2021, the Coalition of Association for Leadership, Peace, Empowerment & Development (CALPED) in celebration of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Week 2021 collaborated with local government Community Development Charter (CDC) Champions drawn from the three Senatorial Districts to facilitate a virtual stakeholder’s engagement on Strengthening the CDC Process and Advocacy […]
Ayade dumps PDP… gives reasons for
Cross River State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade Thursday dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). He formally declared for the ruling party at the Cross River State Executive Council Chamber, Governor’s Office in Calabar after a two-hour meeting with seven APC governors led by the party’s interim chairman and governor […]
Gov. Elrufai: The Ambiguities in Defense of Kaduna’s Mass Sack
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE Yesterday, the residents of Kaduna state and the nation at large heaved a sigh of relief as the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) called off its five day warning strike, after just two days. Despite the mass appeal the strike and protest got, it had thrown many residents into hardship due to […]
Return of Benin Artefacts: Obaseki hosts German officials in Benin, as Edo readies to receive art pieces
… facilitates meeting of German delegation with FG … Officials to meet Oba of Benin today Efforts by Governor Godwin Obaseki to get precious Benin artefacts returned to the state after several decades of loosing them in the British expedition is finally materialising with the first set of art pieces to be returned by Germany […]
Sokoto govt sinks over N351 million on rural roads construction rehabilitation , virement
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto IN its build up to sustain and ensure smooth link between the urban and rural areas as well boost commercial and general economic activities , Sokoto state government has earmarked over N196 million for the construction and tarring of 5km bye-pass road across communities in Wurno local government of the state. […]
Ambassador Leonard reiterates US commitment to tackling Nigeria’s insecurity, others .
…as Tambuwal seeks collaboration on girl child education, women empowerment By Ado Hassan, Sokoto The United States Ambassador to Nigeria , Mary Leonard has said that the US government remain committed to the course of ensuring community solutions to Nigeria’s security challenges and other sectorial support just as Governor Tambuwal solicited a beneficial bilateral collaboration […]
Tambuwal reiterates water supply as top to his administration
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto GOVERNOR Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has at the official inauguration of Bado-Kasarawa multi million naira National Water Supply Scheme said the provision of water utility remain cardinal as an overall development drive of his administration. Tambuwal said water was a pivotal utility and aspect that supports human survival, hence his government will […]
Popular radio host, Ahmed Isah, apologises for slapping young woman
Ahmed Isah, the host of a magazine radio programme, Brekete Family, has apologised for slapping a lady accused of setting a minor’s head on fire. A viral BBC investigative video had captured the moment Isah slapped the woman, and the report resulted in heated arguments online. During his radio program on Wednesday, Isah said he […]
Gov el-Rufai versus Labour: Who blinks first?
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE Many homes woke up on the 16th May, 2021 in Kaduna enveloped in total darkness. This is nothing unusual, but only that this time around it signaled the commencement of the side-wide five day warning strike declared by the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and her affiliates against the Kaduna state government, […]
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (TUC) AFTER THE EMERGENCY NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC )MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, 18 MAY, 2021.
The National Executive council of Trade union Congress of Nigeria held an emergency virtual meeting on Tuesday, 18th May 2021 on the ongoing Workers strike in Kaduna state. At the end of the NEC meeting which was presided by the TUC President, Comrade Quadri A. Olaleye, FCIA, MNIM, it was resolved as follows: -That the […]