SARAUNIYA 2019 Comes up Dec. 7 In Kaduna

You are specially invited to the grand finale of SARAUNIYA 2019. Come with your friends and family. It promises to be a feel good evening as the queens will wow you with amazing display of Arewa fashion and style, great dancing, poetry, charming smiles and creativity. Theme: STAND OUT The cooking contest sponsored by Mamador(Devon […]

CHIKUN LGA: Councillors Pass Vote Of No Confidence on Council Boss

… petition El-Rufai over financial misconduct by LG chairman Seven Councilors from Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have petitioned the State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai over what they described as financial misconduct by the Chairman, Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the council, Hajiya Hadiza Ladi Yahuza. A copy of the petition, dated November 13, […]

Sue me or shut up – Tuface tells Blackface

Nigerian singer Tuface has reacted to Blackface’s continous threat of suing him on air and via social media.  The ex-band member of defunct Plantashun Boiz who is celebrating his 20 years on stage anniversary alleged that what Blackface has done so far is to engage in a smear campaign. Tuface told The Sun that his former […]

NiMet set to widen scope of services to institutions, donates centre to Sokoto university

By Ado Hassan, Sokoto THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency(NiMet) has assured of widening  and domesticating the scope of its services with data logger stations  across Nigerian Universities and other institutions of higher learning to benefit them in revenue generation, according to its Director General and CEO, Professor Sani Abubakar Mashi.Professor Mashi made the disclosure on Thursday […]

Lack of budget lines in MDAs undermining fight against malnutrition in Kaduna state –CSO

Kaduna State

ByPHILIP DANIEL YATAI The Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) says the absence of budget lines in nutrition related Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are undermining ongoing fight against malnutrition in Kaduna State. Mr Sunday Okoronkwo, CS-SUNN’s Project Manager told the Nigeria News Agency on Friday in Zaria, that nutrition is a multisectoral issue that requires a multi-sectoral […]

Court sacks APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has disqualified David Lyon, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state. In an order issued on Wednesday, Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, nullified Lyon’s nomination as the party’s flag bearer in the forthcoming election over failure to field a qualified deputy governorship candidate in […]

Keep Faith With Ihedioha, Ijeoma Urges Imo Citizens

Destiny Ugorji Senior Special Assistant on Project Monitoring in the Office of the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Architect Zach Ijeoma has called on people of the State to continue to keep faith with the administration of Governor Emeka Ihedioha, describing it as the best thing to have happened to the state. Ijeoma, who made […]

OOSC: Sokoto SUBEB to reverse trend, boost standards, teachers morale says Gobir

By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Hon. Shuaibu Gwanda Gobir, Chairman State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Sokoto on Wednesday said the the state government has stepped up efforts under its Better Education Services Delivery for All(BESDA) to  ensure the accommodation of Out of School Children (OOSC) in the state as well make teaching profession attractive.” We […]

Edo APC faction suspends Obaseki, deputy, over alleged plan to join PDP

The Edo Peoples Movement, a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state, on Wednesday announced the suspension of Governor Godwin Obaseki; his deputy, Philip Shaibu; and the Secretary to the State Government, Ogie Osarodion. Announcing the suspension at an enlarged meeting and press briefing held at the residence of Gen. Charles Airhiavbere […]

Principal assures of completing ongoing projects before embarking on new ones

By Ado Hassan, SokotoThe Principal, Federal Government College, Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Isiyaku Uba has reassured that the college will not embark on new projects without completing ongoing ones. The Principal stated in Sokoto Tuesday while declaring open the college’s  capital projects Tender bids process for rehabilitation and landscaping before 18 man committee, adding that” the […]