NAPS Condemns Attack on Federal Polytechnic Bida Rector’s aide
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS ) condemns in strong terms the recent mob action led by the Chairman of the Bida Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP-BD), Dr Umar Sagarnuwan on the media aide to Rector of the Polytechnic, Mr. Abdulkadir Abdullahi Yahaya over his refusal to join a strike […]
Edo 2020: Ize-Iyamu dumps PDP for APC
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2016 Edo State governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, yesterday, confirmed he was on his way out of the PDP to rejoin All Progressives Congress (APC) Ize-Iyamu said he would formally resign from the party today with his teeming supporters ‘without malice or bitterness’. In a resignation letter dated November […]
EFCC secures 2 year jail term, forfeiture for FBI wanted fraudster, Oluwatosin, recovers N944,800 for CCNN
By Ado Hassan, SokotoTHE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto Zonal Office says it has secured a two year jail term for one Emmanuel Adedeji Oluwatosin.Accordingly, Oluwatosin who is also to forfeit his Kaduna home and two Mercedeze cars was on the wanted list of the US Federal Bureau for Investigation (FBI)for internet fraud.Oluwatosin bagged […]
Somali activist, ex-diplomat assassinated in Mogadishu
A prominent civil society activist and former Somali diplomat was shot and killed in a suburb of the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday. Reports said Almaas Elwan was pregnant at the time of the incident and was heading to the airport to board a flight to the Kenyan capital Nairobi. “The circumstances under which the Almaas […]
World Toilet Day: Federal Govt tasked on open defection
As open defection assumes alarming dimensions and proportions in Nigeria, environmentalists have called on the federal government to ensure that it fulfills its pledge to end the menace by 2025, approximately six years from now. Programme Manager of the Kaduna-based Centre for Water and Environment Development (CWED), Doris Shanni Zakama, who made call while marking […]
Court refuses Anselm Ojezua’s bid to stop Imuze, Okah as Edo APC Chairman, secretary
…Ojezua risks arrest at APC NEC weekend By John Mayaki A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has refused to hear the Motion Ex Parte filed by the suspended Chairman of APC in Edo State, Barr Aslem Ojeizua and two others praying for an order to restrain Col. Imuze and Lawrence Okah from acting […]
Birnin Gwari Deserves Federal Project – Dan Masanin Birnin Gwari tells Uba Sani
….Says Birnin Gwari being neglected by government. The Dan Masanin Birnin Gwari, Zubairu Abdulrauf, has written an open letter to the senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Sen. Uba Sani, to draw his attention to the seeming neglect of Birnin Gwari in terms of Federal government projects. A copy of the letter sent to Procyon […]
ADEKEYE-AT-50
…celebrating a dependable adviser The Special Adviser on Media and Communication to Kaduna state governor, Muyiwa Adekeye, has been described as a man of excellence and a detailed public servant. This was a summary of what friends of Adekeye had to say on his fiftieth birthday celebration organized as a surprise gift to the public […]
APC Using Jonathan To Legitimise Fraud – Dickson
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Seriake Dickson, has said leaders of the All Progressives Congress are using the image of former President Goodluck Jonathan to give legitimacy to the alleged electoral fraud the party committed during the just concluded governorship election in the state. Dickson, who stated this during a press conference in Yenagoa […]
Sokoto Guber Appeal: Declare Aliyu Sokoto duly elected Governor, Izinyon urges, as Court reserves Judgment
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto LEAD Counsel to the Sokoto state APC gubernatorial candidate in the 2019 polls, Dr Alex Izinyon, SAN on Tuesday urged the Court of Appeal , Sokoto Division, to declare, the party’s candidate, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto as the duly elected Governor of the state . Izinyon made the prayer at the sitting […]