Christmas: Borno workers, pensioners in joyous mood
…as Borno Governor releases December salaries, pensions Workers and pensioners in Borno State will celebrate the Yuletide with smiles as December salaries and pensions have started hitting their bank accounts. This follows a directive by the state governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum that no affected Christian should celebrate Wednesday’s Christmas without December salary or pension. […]
COP25: HON ABUBAKAR BUBA STATEMENT AT SPAIN.
The presentation of the team that represented Kaduna State at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, was applauded and contributed a lot to the success of the conference. Chairman of Lere Local Government Council, Honourable Abubakar Buba expressed this when fielding questions from newsmen on Tuesday night in Kaduna. He said that Kaduna’s well […]
Climate Change: Lere LG Boss harps on afforestation to mitigate impact of Climate Change
Plans are at advanced stage to commence a massive tree-planting campaign in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna state, following the LG’s mandate as one of the beneficiaries of the United Nation’s clean stove project, aimed at discouraging the use of charcoal and firewood for energy in the country. The Lere LG Boss, Honourable Abubakar […]
Supreme Court Affirms Election Victory Of Makinde, El-Rufai And Sule
The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the outcomes of the governorship elections in Oyo, Kaduna, and Nasarawa states. The court upheld the elections after listening to separate appeals regarding the outcomes. Oyo Election The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the election victory of Seyi Makinde as Oyo State governor. In a unanimous judgment, the Apex Court found merit in […]
Army General In Soup Over Gun Running.
A retired Major-General of the Nigerian Army has been nabbed by the Abia State Police Command for alleged illegal dealing in firearms. Abia State Commissioner of Police (CP) Ene Okon disclosed this today, Monday, December 16, 2919, while parading recently arrested suspected criminals at the State Command Headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital. The arrested […]
You withdrew from rerun poll out of fear of another defeat – PDP Mocks Akpabio
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom state has mocked the Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, saying he withdrew from the rerun poll to avoid another defeat. The PDP in the state described as a joke the former governor’s withdrawal from the rerun election, insisting that he and the All Progressives Congress(APC) […]
Ihedioha, Imo and the Verity of Least Corrupt State
Walter Duru, Ph.D Two weeks ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released its Report on the State of Corruption in Nigeria, in which it acknowledges Imo as the least corrupt state in Nigeria. The same report also indicates that Kogi is the most corrupt state in Nigeria. The NBS report titled “the 2019 Corruption […]
Nigeria’s Buhari Resurrects Hard-Man Habits to Curb Dissent
By William Clowes and Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria’s government is reviving old habits from its authoritarian past to stifle criticism. Evoking memories of Nigeria’s three decades of military rule, the repression risks undoing progress Africa’s top oil producer has made since the restoration of multiparty democracy in 1999. Governance and other reforms have helped more than double average […]
National Colloquium on Energy: Decentralisation, panacea to sufficient Energy production utilisation – Energy policy specialist
Ado Hassan, Sokoto For Nigeria to attain positive economic growth for national development, it must accelerate mechanisms that would ensure sufficient energy production and utilisation by decentralising the system and process, according to Dr. Habib Nuhu , a Geologist and Public Sector Energy policy specialist.According to Nuhu who noted that energy formed 50% of the […]
Supreme court nullifies powers of state governors to sack LG chairmen
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has nullified the power of state governors to sack elected Local government chairmen. The apex court also stopped the state Houses of Assembly from empowering the governor to replace the sacked chairmen with interim administrators. The Supreme Court, in a five man panel headed by Justice Olubolade Joe in a […]