GBV: NASFAT sensitises communities across 3 most prevalent LGs in Sokoto
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto The campaign against Gender Based Violence (GBV) is gaining grounds in Sokoto state as an Islamic group under the auspices of Nasrul- Lahi – Fatih Society( NASFAT) takes the course to sensitize communities across three local government councils considered most affected with vulnerable records of gender based violence . The local […]
Environment: Sokoto adopts NA approach, reviews laws on forestry reserves, tree plantations – Commissioner
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto SOKOTO State government has resolved to adopt the Native Authority(NA) approach as well as review the laws on forestry reserves and tree plantation, management and control to properly ensure their development for environmental and economic potentials sustainability of the state. The development is coming as the state Ministry for Environment embarks […]
FG seeks law to regulate social, online media
Federal Government has asked the House of Representatives to enact a law to regulate social and online media in Nigeria. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Lai Mohammed, at a public hearing organised by the House on Wednesday, urged the lawmakers to amend the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act to empower the agency to regulate […]
Kaduna set to tackle flooding, other disasters
By EDDY OCHIGBO The media, environmentalists and stakeholders led by officials of State Emergency Management Agency(SEMA), during the week, successfully concluded a-weeklong monitoring exercise of the ongoing hazard profiling and mapping, being stepped down by the field officers recently trained and posted to all the 23 local government areas of Kaduna state. The exercise, which […]
APC leadership has selective amnesia …withdraw your cases from court so INEC can conduct by-election, PDP tells APC
…APC infringing on fundamental human rights of constituents The Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has observed with keen interest the sudden volte face and selective amnesia that has inflicted the leadership of APC in Edo state in recent times. Edo people recall how the leadership of APC conspired to deny 14 constituencies representation […]
Sack of 18 KASU Lecturers: A Case of Victimization?
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE The phrase ‘Accidental Public Servant’ was made prominent after the current governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-rufai, titled his incisive memoir. Wherein he narrated his eight years in government as an appointee, and afterwards his few years experience in exile cum activism and political journey. Even today as the […]
WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY 2021: GIVE BLOOD AND KEEP THE WORLD BEATING
By Dr. Bright Oniovokukor In Africa, blood is one thing that everyone is conscious about as the sight of blood is usually scary and people are weary of it. Some persons have actually attributed their phobia for the sight of blood as the major reason why they could not study health related courses while some […]
JUNE 12: BEYOND PROTEST & AGITATION
June 12th 1993 remains a day to always remember in the history of Nigeria not necessarily because of the annulled election nor the election itself but rather because it was that day after the Nigeria Civil war that Nigerians defiled ethnic, religious and tribal sentiment to make a decision. However, what the aftermath of that […]
SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY ON 12TH JUNE, 2021
Fellow Nigerians, I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria. As with all democracies we will always be going through improvement processes in our desire to reach the goal of a mature democracy, a […]
Making Sense of Buhari’s Nonsense Now Senseless.
By Farooq A. Kperogi (Twitter: @farooqkperogi) As I pointed out in my Facebook and Twitter status updates in the aftermath of Muhammadu Buhari’s June 10 interview with Arise TV, Buhari’s thought-processes, whenever they’re publicly expressed, are often so devoid of basic rhyme and reason that to even try to make sense of them is a […]