APPEAL COURT AFFIRMS UBA SANI’S ELECTION
The Court Of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Monday affirmed the victory of Senator Uba Sani of the APC, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the March 23, 2019 National Assembly Elections. In a unanimous lead judgement read by Justice Adefope O. Okojie, unbehalf of the Chairman of the Appeal Panel, Justice Mukhtar Hassan, the […]
NIGERIA’S OPPOSITION IS MISSING
By Garba Shehu Last week, the Nigeria’s senate majority leader reintroduced anti-sexual harassment legislation to parliament, following a serious exposé by the BBC of a sex for grades scandal at the University of Lagos. The bill had been tabled before – in 2016 – but it was not passed: some members of our party, working […]
Buhari’s House of Commotion and Mamman Daura’s “Glass House”
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. (Twitter: @farooqkperogi ) A few days before it became grist for Nigeria’s overactive social media rumor mills, a retired general and contemporary of Muhammadu Buhari’s told me, in the course of a 30-minute phone conversation, that Mamman Daura, Buhari’s nephew who is nonetheless older than him by three years, had made […]
No Project Allocated To Sabon Tasha In 2019 Budget Executed So Far.
With just a little over two months to the end of 2019, stakeholders of Sabon Tasha Ward in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State are saddened that none of the projects earmarked for the 2019 budget in the ward has been executed. The stakeholders, comprising of civil society organisations, social media activists, community leaders […]
Jos Indigenous People Kicks As Lalong Imposes Council Chairmen On 4 LGAs
The indigenous people of Joe, Plateau state has expressed their disappointment over the imposition of chairperson’s on 4 local government areas in the state. This was expressed in a statement presented at a world press conference held in Jos on 15 October, 2019. The statement which condemned the state governor for imposing a non indigene […]
OPINION: FACTS AND FALLACIES OF STEPHEN KEFASON’S CASE
On the 09/05/2019, a Thursday, Stephen Kefas Solomon (commonly known as Stephen Kefason) was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State by operatives of the State Investigation Bureau of the Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Police Force. He was brought to Kaduna thereafter on 10/05/2019, a Friday. His arrest was pursuant to many petitions written […]
Tambuwal hails GTBank education corporate initiative, tasks other organisations
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Thursday tasked corporate organisations on the need to support the course of developing education at all levels as part of their corporate social responsibility . He said no government has the capacity of doing it alone in the midst of the numerous challenges without the active […]
THE FAMOUS IDAH WAR OF BENIN… How it all started
During the reign of Oba Ẹsigie around 1504, there was a prominent Chief called Oliha. Chief Oliha had an addiction…It was the woman at the centre of his world. Many understood why he loved and adored his wife to a dangerous level; she was easy on the eyes. Her name was Imaguero. She was very […]
FG, Labour Reach Agreement On Implementation Of N30,000 Minimum Wage
The Federal Government and organised labour have reached an agreement on the implementation of the new minimum wage after three days of talks that ran through nights and ended in the wee hours of mornings. At a meeting which started around 7 pm on Thursday and ended after 2 am on Friday, both sides finally […]
Imo Oil LGAs Security Summit Holds Oct. 25
…As Irona Inaugurates Committee Committee for the organization of the planned Security Summit for the oil producing Local Government Areas of Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta in Imo State has been inaugurated, even as October 25, 2019 is fixed for the event. Deputy Governor of Imo State, Engr. Gerald Irona, who inaugurated the Committee in his office […]