THE MAMBILA POWER PROJECT DEBACLE by Ambrose Bernard Gowong
It may after all be a hatched job and not an investigative journalism the report of the BBC Hausa service on the status of the power project. What that interview tried to portray was budgetary provisions were made and disbursed yet not a single material was mobilised to site. In truth what the BBC reported […]
Breaking : Protesting mob sets Sokoto Commissioner’s residence ablaze, destroys District Head’s vehicles
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto A protesting angry mob in Isa local government area of Sokoto state on Tuesday set ablaze the personal residence of Sokoto Commissioner for Career and Security Matters, Colonel Garba Moyi (rtd). The angry mob mostly youths also stormed the residence of the District Head of Isa, Sarkin Gobir of Isa, Alhaji […]
SOCIAL PROTECTION: KADSPAC ADVOCATES PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION
Civil Society Organizations in Kaduna State have developed efficient practical strategies to engage government functionaries for effective implementation and enactment of Social Protection law in the state. The Chairperson, Kaduna State Social Protection Accountabilty Coalition Ms Jessica Bartholomew made this known at a seminar on Expanding Social Protection for Inclusive Development with support from Save […]
Nude Video: Tambuwal”s SA”s son Tafida, 2 others sentenced to 4yrs, 6 months respectively
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto A Magistrate Court sitting in Sokoto presided by Chief Magistrate Shu’aibu Ahmad on Tuesday sentencedAminu Hayatau Tafida, son of the Special Adviser on Social Investments to governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and two others to a four years and six months imprisonment respectively with an option of fine of 400,000 naira each […]
Jega, Duke, Utomi, others form new political party
Some prominent Nigerians have come together to float a new political party, Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP). RNP founders include former Kwara governor Ahmed Abdulfatai, Prof. Pat Utomi, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, former Cross River governor Donald Duke and former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega. Others include Senator Lee Maeba, Usman […]
Banditry: Sokoto shuts communications service operations in 14 councils
By Adamu Suleiman, Sokoto Sokoto state government has shut down communications service operations in fourteen out of its twenty three government areas in the state. However, 13 of the affected local government had been listed in the earlier September 1st security challenges containment Order. The Order had closed some roads to motorists, suspended animal trades, […]
OPINION: Gov Obaseki One Year Into Second Term … Now Matters Arising
By Dr Bright Oniovokukor This time last year, 19th September, 2020 Edo People were smiling as the results were coming from different locations. Phone calls were on, social media was agog with post. Some persons were drinking wine, smiling and laughing loud giving each other 4+4, chatting Ogbane. Today is 19th September, 2021, 12months after….. […]
How Obadiah Mailafia Died – Middle Belt Forum
The death of the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja, this morning came to us as a great shock. As someone who relentlessly participated in the activities of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), his untimely death has dealt a deadly blow on […]
KADUNA STATE: ADVANCING CITIZEN’S ENGAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE It was one of American’s founding fathers and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, who rightly and famously posited that, “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” The foregoing statement aptly captures the significance of the ongoing preparation of the revised Local Government Development Plan (LGDP, 2021-2025) for the 23 local […]
TROOPS RESCUE MAJOR CL DATONG
Following the directive of the Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs for 1 Division Nigerian Army in conjunction with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and all security agencies to conduct decisive operations to rescue Major CL Datong who was abducted at Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Permanent Site on 24 August 2021 and find the […]