Wamakko facilitates establishment of UBEC special school in Sokoto
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto TO further drive the course for accessing better and quality education with encouraging enrolment level in the state, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (APC-Sokoto) has facilitated the construction of an all inclusive school in Sokoto state. The school otherwise tagged “UBEC Smart School Sokoto” is one among the numerous constituency projects initiated […]
America returns to containment to deal with Russia and China
Strategists are relearning the lessons of the cold war WASHINGTON, DC THE AIRSTRIKES that pummelled the Ukrainian military base near the town of Yavoriv early on March 13th were notable not just because they killed some 35 people, nor even because they expanded hostilities to the far west of Ukraine, a region previously largely unscathed […]
Abba Kyari: Revisit Nnamdi Kanu’s charges, lawyer tells Malami
Aloy Ejimakor, counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, says it has become necessary for the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to revisit the 15 counts against his client. In an open letter to Malami, the lawyer noted that the office of the AGF issued a legal opinion/advice […]
Confusion as Kyari’s wife slumps in courts, suspended DCP remanded
The wife of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, slumped on Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Ramatu Kyari fell to the floor while men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency were leading her husband and others away from the court premises. She was quickly rushed into one of the […]
Police Salary Increase: How IGP Alkali Struck A Gold, Why He Should Be Commended.
… Why Police Should Jettison The Call For Strike …His Other Major Milestones In The Nigerian Police By Adebayo Mashood Prior to the time Baba Alkali Usman was made the Inspector General of Police, President Muhammadu Buhari has given the directive for the upward review of police salary; however, when IGP Baba came on board, […]
Blackout in Lagos, seven other states as national grid collapses
The national grid, on Monday, experienced its second collapse in 2022 resulting in blackout across the country. The states affected include Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, among others. Confirming the development in a text message to its customers, The Eko Electricity Distribution Company, said that the system collapse occurred on […]
Malami makes a U-turn, says no evidence Kyari laundered money
There are strong indications that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, may be plotting to save a former Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, from facing criminal prosecution for alleged money laundering. Weeks after directing the police to probe him for allegedly receiving 33 proceeds of […]
Lockdown returns as China records 3,393 daily COVID-19 cases
China reported 3,393 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the National Health Commission said, more than double the previous day, as the country faces its gravest virus outbreak in two years. A nationwide surge in cases has seen authorities close schools in Shanghai and lockdown several northeastern cities, as almost 19 provinces battle local outbreaks of the […]
We’ve quietly removed electricity subsidy, fuel subsidy to follow – FG
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has revealed how the Federal Government quietly removed the subsidy on electricity tariff. She said the government had to carefully adjust the prices incrementally at some levels. Speaking on Thursday at a virtual meeting of African Finance Ministers and the International Monetary Fund, Ahmed also said the amendment […]
Court ruling against Umahi unjust, says Ebonyi LG boss
Chairman of Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Eni Uduma-Chima, has disagreed with the ruling of the Federal High Court Abuja, which sacked David Umahi, and his Deputy ,Kelechi Igwe, from office for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Eni, a former member of Ebonyi State House of […]