Borno Commissioner queries college provost for suspending students over Buhari’s welcome

… Provost given 48 hours Borno’s Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Juliana Bitrus, has on Friday, issued a query to the provost, College of Nursing and Midwifery, Rukaiya Shettima Mustapha, for suspending some students under the claim, that the students failed to join others, in welcoming President Muhammadu Buhari on June 17 in Maiduguri. […]

Sokoto: EFCC arrests 3 suspected fraudsters over N3.5bn alleged internet scam

President Bola Tinubu Suspends EFCC Boss

By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Sokoto Zonal Office operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it has intercepted three suspected fraudsters over alleged N3.5bn internet scam in Sokoto, seat of the caliphate. Confirming the arrest made by the commission to newsmen Thursday , the agency’s Zonal Head, Bawa Usman Kaltungo said the break-through […]

NYSC members offer free medical service to community in Sokoto

By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto The National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) members on Tuesday organised a free medical outreach that benefitted 1500 people of Gidan Kara, Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The medical outreach services is piloted under Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD) driven by the 2021 theme : “Health is Wealth for […]

Electoral Act: Tambuwal seeks Canada’s intervention to prevail on FG, NASS

By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto SOKOTO Stat Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has sought the intervention of the Canadian government to appeal to the Federal Government and the National Assembly (NASS) to expedite action for the timely passage of the National Electoral Act into law. Tambuwal who made the plea when he received the Acting High Commissioner […]

UDUTH investigates alleged case of misconduct

By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto A formal letter of complaint by a mother of a newborn baby girl alleging a nursing officer working with the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital(UDUTH),Sokoto of causing injury to her baby has reached the hospital management. The hospital Principal Information, officer, Mansur Wadata who in a statement made available to reporters […]

Kebbi abductions: 7 schools closed indefinitely, more to follow – state NUT Chairman

By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto No fewer than seven schools in Kebbi state had been closed indefinitely following recent bandits attack on Federal Government College(FGC) Birnin Yauri which resulted to the abduction of students and teachers according to the state Chairman, National Union of Teachers (NUT), Isah Arzika sources said. The decision followedSchools affected by the […]

KADIRS sanitises levy collections, begins data capturing of commercial vehicles

The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), on Saturday begun data capturing of commercial vehicles and placement of stickers to sanitise levy collections in the state. KADIRS’ Head of Corporate Communication, Mr Zakari Muhammad, said in a statement in Kaduna, that the measure would address the problem of having unauthorised persons or touts in levy […]

PDP WINS ZARIA BYE-ELECTION… Congratulates Hon. Usman AliBaba

This is to officially congratulate Hon.Usman AliBaba for emerging victorious at the Kaduna State Assembly Bye Election,Sabon Gari Constituency, which took place today. The PDP candidate secured 9,113 votes to defeat his APC rival, who came second with 7,404 votes. By this victory,Hon.Usman Alibaba has been signed, sealed,declared and delivered to the Kaduna State House […]

2023: BOLA TINUBU AND THE COST OF POLITICAL MISCALCULATION.

by Sanusi Muhammad The godfather of Lagos politics, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in 2015 led the South-West into an alliance with the North to birth the All Progressive Alliance (APC). His decision, evidently, was informed by the expectation that the two geopolitical regions will share power, invariably to the exclusion of the Eastern bloc. And […]