Supreme Court Bars State Governors from Dissolving Elected Local Government Councils
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled that governors across the country are no longer authorized to dissolve democratically elected Local Government councils. The ruling, delivered on Thursday 11 July 2024, declares such actions unconstitutional under the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended. The case, brought before the court by the Attorney General of […]
Time Running Out for Magistrate Facing Desperate Deadline to Raise $150,000 Ransom for Children’s Safe Return
The Gimba family on an outing, the martyred Victor Gimba, 14, at left. Credit: Facebook friend timeline. Truth Nigeria Exclusive: A Mother’s Worst Nightmare. Magistrate Janet Musa speaks about kidnapping, ransom demands. No Sympathy Call from Authorities after 12 Days. By Masara Kim (Jos) She listened in horror as a terrorist fired 28 bullets through […]
Edo Guber: Ighodalo Remains Candidate – PDP
…Says Primary Election Followed Due Process, No Eligible Delegate Excluded The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says that its candidate in the September 21, 2024 Edo State governorship election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo remains validly in the race, contrary to erroneous interpretative media reports of the ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja. The PDP states that […]
Kaduna State Returns Over 2,500 Hajj Pilgrims Home
The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has so far returned over 2,500, out of its 4, 767 pilgrims that performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia. A statement signed by the Agency’s spokesperson, Yunusa Mohammed Abdullahi, explained that the pilgrims were transported back home in five outbound flights by MaxAir Airline. The statement recalled that […]
FIDA Condemns Kidnap Of Mrs Janet Galadima, Call On Government To Expedite Action On Rescue And Release Of Victims
…Condemns Targeted Kidnap Of Judicial Officers The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kaduna Branch condemns in totality the kidnap of Her Honour, JANET GALADIMA and her four (4) sons and really calls for an expeditious rescue mission. The news of the undeserved kidnap of Her Honour and her four (4) sons came to us […]
Nigeria’s housing deficit a huge opportunity for builders, says ABU Vice-Chancellor
By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Professor. Kabiru Bala, says the housing and infrastructure deficit in the country provides enormous opportunities for professional builders to actively participate in building the national economy considering Nigeria’s level of development. Speaking at the two-day maiden retreat of the Northern Builders’ Forum (NBF) of the […]
Nigerian Army strengthens capacity, create opportunities for individuals to excell – COAS
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja has said that the Nigeria Army will continue to strengthen and sustain it capacity as well create opportunities that offers individuals the space to achieve their life goals not limited to fighting at the war front. Lagbaja spoke in Sokoto through a […]
AGILE impact over 20 million girls in 18 states, strengthens advocacy , media involvement
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto No fewer than 20 million adolescent girls across 18 states reached out by the Adolescence Girls Initiative for Learning and Education (AGILE ) project have benefitted from its education and empowerment programmes in the last one year. Similarly , the project said it has so far reached out to over 1.6 […]
STATE AUDIT EFFICIENCY INDEX 2023: KADUNA FALLS FROM 12TH TO 20TH
By Yusuf Ishaku Goje Kaduna State has been ranked 20th out of 36 States in the recently released State Audit Efficiency (SAE) Index Survey, 2023, by the Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI). The State scored 28%, far behind the number one State, Ekiti, that scored 73%. It ranked 12th in the North; and 6th out […]
Kaduna State: Social Investment Programmes, A Call For Transparency And Accountability
By Yusuf Ishaku Goje The exciting news that the Kaduna State government has begun disbursement of N50,000 to women and persons with disabilities, who opened bank accounts, is well received. This was recently disclosed by the Honorable Commissioner of the Ministry of Human Services & Social Development at a workshop on domestication of the WEE […]