Firm drags SOSG to Court over unpaid 20% of N8.8bn tax recoveries
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto A Chattered Accounting firm with head office in Abuja and branches in Sokoto and Kano states, Sani Muhammad & Co has taken Sokoto State government to Court over its unpaid 20 percent of the 8.8billion naira recovered for the State government after painstakingly carrying out audit taxes of all federal MDAs […]
International Youth Day 2021: Commemorated by Josémaria Escriva Foundation (JOSEF) in other LGAs.
As part of activities to mark the 2021 International Youth Day with the theme “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health” Josémaria Escriva Foundation (JOSEF) a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) focused on Education and Health in Conjunction with The Challenge Initiative (TCI), Connected Advocacy and Edo State Ministry of Health organized series […]
Nigeria Stagnated: made no progress in 40 years –Sanusi Lamido
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido, said on Saturday that Nigeria had made zero progress since 1981. Sanusi, who said this in Kaduna at a colloquium to mark his 60th birthday, maintained that the government must make the economy grow for the sake of ordinary Nigerians. According to him, in […]
IPOB SIT-AT-HOME ORDER; BETWEEN EMOTION AND REASON
By Charles Ogbu. I made a conscious decision to switch off from everything concerning Nigeria and Ala-Igbo which explains why I had been posting pictures that should ordinarily be private. Yesterday, I even had to watch the reality TV show, Big Brother Naija for the first time all in an attempt to shield myself from […]
Government Impose Curfew In Plateau Over Massacre… Call for calm
Plateau State government has imposed curfew on Bassa, Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas, following Saturday’s attacks on travelling Ondo indigenes around Jos North Local Government. Twenty-two of them were reportedly killed and 23 injured. Gov. Simon Lalong in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs , Dr Makut Macham […]
PRESIDENCY STRONGLY CONDEMNS HOODLUM ATTACKS ON TRAVELLERS
The Presidency condemns the attack earlier Saturday on travellers from a religious event in Bauchi, passing through Jos, the Plateau State Capital and regrets the reported deaths of at least twenty-two persons with several others injured in that ambush on their travelling party. It is widely known that Plateau State has been one of the […]
Kaduna State: Delayed Disbursement of Local Government Fiscal Transparency, Accountability & Sustainability (LFTAS) Performance Grants
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE A key recommendation for improving the LFTAS Programme performance, as captured in the independent verification report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), was for the timely disbursement of recommended performance incentives. This, according to the report, would serve as motivation to the local government councils and contribute to improved performance and ownership of the […]
Irrigation : Embrace , manage scheme’s FG ‘TRIMING’ model as best for food – Agric Minister to stakeholders
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto THE Minister of Water Resources , Engineer Suleiman Adamu has called on farmers and relevant stakeholders in the sector to embrace the federal government project initiative; ‘ Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria’ for improved service and administration of irrigation activities for food production and sufficiency. The initiative is a tripartite approach […]
Understanding the Role of Citizen’s in Good Governance
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE There is no better time than now for citizens to take interest in how they are governed. This is because the decision or indecision of government will determine whether we go out of this conundrum either depressed or greater. Towards this end, we need to first appreciate the legal frameworks upon […]
Kaduna Govt. treats 7,361 malnourished children in 6 months
The Kaduna State Government says it treated 7,361 malnourished children, representing 67.2 per cent cure rate out of the 10,953 admitted between January and June. Assistant State Nutrition Officer, Mr George Adam, made this known at the 2nd quarter Coordination Meeting of the state Committee on Food and Nutrition in Kaduna on Friday. Adam explained […]