Sokoto Speaker Manya reiterates loyalty to APC, says party’s 16 lawmakers remain united, unshaken
By Ado Hassan, SokotoSokoto state House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Aminu Manya Achida yesterday declared his unflinching loyalty and those of other 15 lawmakers elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform in the state.Many a added” My loyalty and those of my colleagues to the party in the state remain unshaken.” Manya spoke […]
2020 Budget: Tambuwal signs into law N202bn appropriation bill, hails APC controlled state assembly for exhibiting patriotism, commitment to course
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State Friday night assented the state 2020 appropriation bill of N202 billion into law as passed by the State House of Assembly.Tambuwal while signing into law the appropriation bill , commended the state assembly members which majority are of the opposition All Progressives Congress(APC) for […]
EFCC arrest Alinco over forgery, recovers stamps, signatures specimen of govt, MDAs, institutions, others
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at its recent operations before the Christmas break, arrested an artist , one Aliyu Haliru Alinco, who specialises in signatures, stamps and seals for alleged conspiracy, impersonation and forgery. Alinco, a specialist of all kinds of artworks was nabbed by officials of EFCC at […]
Sokoto: Over N1 bn approved for rural electrification, renovation of assembly complex
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Sokoto state government has earmarked and approved N651.88 million for the purchase of 118 model transformers and 82 units of feeder pillars for the electrification of communities across the state.Briefing newsmen in Sokoto at the end of the periodic Executive Council meeting chaired by Governor Ainu Waziri Tambuwal, the state Commissioner […]
ISWAP Beheads 10 Christian Captives In Nigeria As Retaliation For Baghdadi Death
Islamic State released a video purporting to show its militants beheading 10 Christian men in Nigeria, saying it was part of a campaign to avenge the deaths of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and its spokesman. The militant group posted the footage on its online Telegram news channel on Thursday, the day after Christmas, with […]
Humanity’: Ayade’s 2019 Carnival Calabar Theme, and Philosophical Underpin
By: Solomon Asha The 2019 Cross River Festival, Christened, “Carnival Calabar” lineup of activities which began with three dry runs will climax in the Carnival flow of the largest street party in Africa with broad participation from across Africa and the world on Saturday, December 28, 2019. “Humanity” as a theme was carefully and specially […]
Edo 2020: Why Edo Central Senatorial District
It is no longer news that the good people of Edo State are full of expectations as the 2020 gubernatorial election draws closer and the Independent National Electoral Commission is also expected to be preparing the ground for a free fair and credible electioneering process. The State just like others, has three senatorial districts, Edo […]
Kano Govt Bans Opposite Sexes From Plying Same Tricycles
The Kano State Government has banned persons of opposite genders from plying same commercial tricycles across the state from January 2020, an official has announced. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje revealed this on Wednesday at the closing ceremony of 77th annual Islamic Vacation Course (IVC) organised by Zone A of Muslim Society of Nigeria (MSSN) held at […]
FG Bows To Presaure: Releases Sambo Dasuki & Omoyele Sowore
Twenty four hours after the brutal attacks on Pro democracy protesters and activists by pro Buhari protesters and hoodlums and the attendant international condemnation that trailed the assault the Nigerian government seem to have succumbed to pressure from within and without. The order to released the duo was given by the attorney general of the […]
Number of journalists killed falls sharply as reprisal murders hit record low
Flowers cover the coffin of Mexican journalist Jorge Celestino Ruiz Vazquez, who was killed in Veracruz in August. Ruiz is one of at least five journalists murdered in retaliation for their work in Mexico in 2019. (Reuters/Oscar Martinez) As wars subsided and a record low number of journalists were murdered in reprisal for reporting, the […]