EFCC vows to sustain tempo, says no ex-gov with issue is immune of investigation – Official
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has said that no past governor with corruption issue is immune of investigation by the anti graft agency. Similarly, the commission vowed to sustain its tempo of rigorously pursuing economic and financial crimes related cases irrespective of who is involved. Speaking Thursday at the opening […]
UN International Day For Solidarity with Palestine: TY Buratai Humanity Care Foundation Calls for Permanent Ceasefire
In a bid to support peace and stability in the Middle East, the TY Buratai Humanity Care Foundation has called for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Palestine. This plea comes on the occasion of the UN International Day for Solidarity with Palestine. The foundation’s Chairman, Amb Ibrahim Dahiru Danfulani Sadaukin Garkuwan Keffi, and Betara […]
Kaduna State: Still On The 2024 Budgeting Process
The current uncertainty surrounding the 2024 budget formulation and appropriation process is causing disquiet among interested stakeholders. By the budget calendar in the draft Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF, 2024-2026) made public by the Planning and Budget Commission, Kaduna, the process is lagging behind. The budget calendar shows that by the 20th of September, the […]
Peasant Resistance against Increased Taxation and the 1964 Tiv Revolt.
“Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors. If those taxes are excessive, they are reflected in idle factories, in tax-sold farms, and in hordes of hungry people, tramping the streets and seeking jobs in vain. Our workers may never see a tax bill, but they pay. They pay in deductions from […]
Insecurity: COAS Lagbaja assures of changing narrative, drives robust strategic approach
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Toareed Lagbaja on Wednesday reassures that the Nigeria Army will continue to remain focused in its drive to change the security narrative in the country through robust implementation of kinetic and non kinetic strategies that span it lines and measures of operations. According to […]
Bagana vows to move APM to higher level
The National Chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) Alhaji Muhammed Musa Bagana, has promised to take the party to a higher level despite activities of impostor parading himself as the National Chairman, of the party. He stated.this during a stakeholders meeting held in Kaduna on the 21st November 2023. BAGANA thanked the Kaduna State […]
TY Buratai Humanity Care Foundation Mourns the Demise of Former Chief of Army Staff, Major General Chris Alli (Rtd)
The nation mourns the loss of Major General Chris Alli (rtd), a distinguished former Chief of Army Staff, who passed away in a military hospital in Lagos on Sunday, November 19, after a brief illness. In light of this tragic news, the TY Buratai Humanity Care Foundation has extended its deepest condolences to his family, […]
Obaseki congratulates Newton Erhunmunse on emergence as Edo FA chairman
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated Fred Newton Erhunmunse on his emergence as the Chairman of the Edo State Football Association (FA), after a keenly contested election. In a statement, Obaseki described the outcome of the election as a reflection of the choice of members of the association and other football stakeholders […]
KADUNA STATE 2024 BUDGET: HOW FAR SO FAR?
It is disturbing that less than fifty days to the end of the year, the Kaduna State 2024 budget proposal has not been presented, by Governor (Senator) Uba Sani, before the Kaduna State House of Assembly. By this time last year, the executive budget town-hall meeting had been held, the budget proposal presented to the […]
Gov Aliyu Sokoto directs resignation of LG Secretaries
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Sokoto state Governor Dr Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto on Tuesday directed civil servants appointed as local government Secretaries to resign with immediate effect. He said their appointments were political. According to the governor, his administration was a respecter and believer in the rule of law and will not accept any situation where […]