GOVERNOR LALONG CONGRATULATES GBONG GWOM JOS AT 68
The Executive Governor of Plateau State Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong has congratulated the Chairman of the Plateau State Traditional Council Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba on the occasion of his 68th birthday. The Governor in a message by his Director of Press and Public Affairs Dr. Makut Simon Macham described the Royal […]
KADUNA BUDGET 2020: Civil Society Raises Alarm Over Town Hall Meeting
13 civil society organisations under the aegis of Concerned Civil Society in Kaduna on Thursday raised concerns over Kaduna State 2020 draft budget’s planned town hall meeting. Political Adviser to Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Ben Kure, had in a letter of invitation sent to the Co-chairman (citizen arm) of Open Government Partnership (OGP), Mustapha Jumare, said, […]
Climate Action: CALPED sets to plant 10 million trees in Kaduna
Proposes Collaboration With National Forestry Research Institute. A multi-stakeholder project to plant 10 million economic trees in Kaduna state in the next six years is in the works towards enhancing the state’s vegetal cover, in accordance with the renewed global campaign against climate change. Head, Social and Enterprise Development of the Coalition of Associations for […]
2020 budget not sustainable – Sen. Abaribe
The Senator representing Abia-South Senatorial District in the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, says the 2020 budget is nothing but a budget of taxation, one that is not sustainable. Speaking at the Senate plenary on Wednesday, Senator Abaribe argued before other lawmakers that the budget is not sustainable because debt servicing is higher than capital expenditure. He […]
Gunmen attack school in Kaduna, abduct principal.
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Government Technical Secondary School located at Maraban Kajuru community in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna. The latest attack, where the principal of the school was kidnaped, comes just a week after suspected kidnappers abducted six female students of Engraver’s college at Kakau Daji village in Chikun […]
2020 BUDGET SPEECH:
Budget of Sustaining Growth and Job Creation Delivered By: His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja Tuesday, October 8, 2019 PROTOCOLS I will start by asking you to pardon my voice. As you can hear, I have a cold as a result of working […]
Tambuwal dismayed over nurses rejecting rural postings
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Sokoto state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has expressed concerns over attitude of some nurses rejecting postings to local government areas.Tambuwal’s reaction to the unhealthy development came to bare on Wednesday in Sokoto while declaring open the State’s Council Quadrennial delegate conference of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives of Nigeria(NANNW).The […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Rice Politics
by Alex Agbo That there’s shortage of logic in Nigeria is not in doubt. Most Nigerians have settled with anomaly. They have normalized it and even glorified suffering, torture and hardship as ‘being strong’.Well that is not my business. It’s their choice. What you see depends on where you stand. My business is with the […]
SWAN SUSPEND’s FORMER NORTH WEST VP.
By Abdulgafar Oladimeji, Kano. Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN Kano state chapter on Tuesday pronounce the suspension of the immediate vice president, SWAN North West zone , Ado Salisu. SWAN Kano said, the suspended Ado Salisu had acted in manners that should be considered as back stabbing, unethical , anti progressive and retrogressive. The […]
New HIV Prevention Drug
F.D.A. Approves New H.I.V.-Prevention Drug, but Not for Cisgender Women Citing a lack of evidence, the agency will require Gilead to conduct additional trials. By Apoorva Mandavilli The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new drug, Descovy, for prevention of infection with H.I.V., only the second drug approved for this purpose. The first, Truvada, […]