IN MEMORY OF 31ST MAY, 2019: A CALL FOR RESTITUTION
By Awemi Dio Maisamri. From Saturday 16th February to Friday 31st May, 2019, a total of 104 days, I was in the gulag. Together with eight other Adara elderly scapegoats, we survived the ordeal. With dignity and honour, we took the blame for the problems of our community without evidence to back up the trumped […]
2011 Bauch Post-Election Killers Of Six Corps Members And Police Officer Arrested After 13 Years
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested suspects believed to be the masterminds of the 2011 post-election crisis in the state. The crisis then led to the deaths of six National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and several police officers.
Troops neutralize six insurgents in Giwa LGA
… Arrest three collaborators …Warning issued to informants. Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army and Operation Whirl Punch have neutralized six insurgents and arrested thre suspects during special operations in Giwa LGA. This was disclosed in an operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government by the military. According to the report, troops in response to […]
Sokoto gov’s wife, Hajiya Fatima urges women support to health programmes, flags off HPV campaigns
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Hajiya Fatima Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto , wife of the state governor has reiterated the call on women to support the state government and donor agencies on all health related programmes. Hajiya Fatima made the call while flagging off the Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination campaign on Thursday in the state. Represented by […]
Police nab 10 suspects, rescue 26 abducted children in Sokoto
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto No fewer than ten suspects of abduction including a 45 year old father who allegedly sold his six children and 22 others have been arrested by the Sokoto state Police Command, the state Commissioner of Police, Hayatu Kaigama disclosed on Thursday. The command also confirmed rescuing 26 children who were abducted […]
Kaduna State 2023 Citizens’ Accountability Report: Budget Realism and Social Accountability.
By Yusuf Ishaku Goje The Citizens’ Accountability Report (CAR) presented today by the Kaduna State government at a stakeholders’ town-hall meeting has again brought to light the issue of budget realism and credibility. This is as the report showed that the 2023 revenue and expenditure had 64% and 61% performances respectively. This means due to […]
OGP Week: KADSOCU Assures CS TWG on Strengthening Social Protection Systems Of More Collaboration. (VIDEO Interview)
Open Government Partnership Civil Society Technical Working Group on Strengthening Social Protection Systems (CS TWG SP) recently had an interactive section with Madam Nina Dawong, State Coordinator, Kaduna State Coordinating Unit ( KADSUCO) with the aim of getting a comprehensive understanding of SOCU’s activities, challenges, and impact while allowing the State Coordinator to highlight key […]
Airlift of 3,723 Sokoto pilgrims commences, each receive 1000 Saudi riyals for sallah celebration
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Each of the 3,723 intending pilgrims from Sokoto state has been splashed 1,000 Saudi Riyal each as sallah gift by Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto. The gesture is coming handy as airlift of the state contingent to the holy land of Makkah for the 2024 Hajj exercise was inaugurated with the first […]
Restoring the federal in the Federal Republic of Nigeria – by: Nasir El-Rufai
I had the privilege of chairing the APC Committee on True Federalism which submitted its report back in January 2018. This committee of distinguished Nigerians was set up as part of our party’s attempt to put forward a position on federalism, an issue that has been intensely debated in recent decades. For the sake of […]
Federal High Court seizes $4.72m, N830.88m, multibillion properties linked to former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele
Justice Yellim Bogoro made the order on Thursday, following an ex-parte argued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel, Bilkisu Buhari and C.C Chineye. The monies forfeited to the Federal Government in the interim, were said to be warehoused in some banks operated by Omoile Anita Joy; Deep Blue Energy Service Limited; Exactquote […]