Kaduna’s fight against Poverty through Social Protection
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE More often than not it is common place to hear people question the rationale behind or downplay the quality of non-contributory social assistance interventions such as the conditional cash transfer and school feeding programs. Many have come to see it as wasteful, a bait to cajole electorates and conduit pipe for […]
COVID-19: Schools Partial Resumption In Kaduna
The Kaduna State Government wishes to inform the public that after extensive appraisal of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the State and series of consultations with relevant stakeholders of both State and Federal Health and Education sectors within and across the State, Monday, 1st of February 2021 has been approved as resumption […]
The History Of The Migration From Futatoro …The Fulani Story.
This is why history must be taught in our schools. Those who neglect History are bound to repeat the mistakes of the past. The story is told of how King Yunfa, the Hausa Sarki in Gobir (now called Sokoto) hosted a Fulani immigrant called Usman Dan Fodiyo and his group in February 1804, as a […]
Interfaith Forum Decries Spate Of Kidnapping In Nigeria.
The Interfaith Mediation Center Monthly Forum with the Media on peace Journalism has decried the rise and menace of kidnapping and general insecurity in the land. The forum observed with displeasure the rate at which kidnapping,banditry and other forms of insecurity has led to migration and upsurge of IDPs from affected communities in the country. […]
Kaduna State 2021 Budget: Beyond the Estimates
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE Many Nigerians, particularly Kaduna residents, since the coming of the New Year, have been fixated on debating the American transition process. Sadly, they have forgotten that charity indeed should begin at home; as you do not go peeping into another man’s house when yours is on fire. Many are unaware that […]
Covid-19 scare: IDPs in Kaduna cry out over lack of water, sanitation facilities, others.
Lack of basic education, healthcare, sanitation facilities and access to clean water have hit Gwagwada, the new home of over 300 households who fled fifteen villages as a result of banditry. Speaking at the flag-off of relief materials distribution to the internally displaced persons (IDP), the Village Head, Mr Bitrus Tsuari in a chat with […]
Sokoto embarks on cure , preventive measures over strange killer disease…as four die
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Following the outbreak of a strange disease in Helele area, a suburb of Sokoto , the state capital, the state Ministry of Health has swiftly embarked on an active case search across communities in the state capital. Earlier reports confirmed 4 deaths with over 24 other victims receiving treatment in different […]
Five Key Reasons Why Nigeria Dropped On Corruption Perception Index
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/ TransparencyInternational (TI) Nigeria on Thursday released its 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). According to the index, Nigeria experienced a striking decline, the worst the nation has seen since 2015. The CPI aggregates data from 8 (eight) different sources that provideperceptions by Nigeria’s business community and country experts on […]
NUJ TO NEW SERVICE CHIEFS: APPOINTMENTS, CHALLENGE TO RE-ENGINEER THE COUNTRY’S SECURITY ARCHITECTURE …CAUTIONS AGAINST PARTISANSHIP
The change of guards at the Defence headquarters and the various service arms after months of intense calls by the National Assembly, Media, Socio-Cultural Organisations, Pressure Groups including the NUJ is belated but however welcomed. NUJ hopes that the new service chiefs would put in their best to end the rising cases of insecurity threatening […]
President Buhari passes law to check spread of COVID-19
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday signed a law to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this while handing over five ambulances donated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the Federal Ministry of Health on […]