Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the deposition of the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak Chiefdoms, His Highness, Jonathan Paragua Zamuna, and His Highness, General Aliyu Iliyah Yammah (rtd), respectively. The State’s Commissioner of Local Government Affairs, ...
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Feed SubscriptionSenate Presidency: Akpabio Takes Campaign To NNPP, Labour Party
……Pleads with opposition parties to support Asiwaju Tinubu Frontline contenders for the Senate Presidency, Senators Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin on Wednesday took their ongoing consultations to the national secretariats of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and and the ...
Read More »Nigeria Heading For Debt Crisis, Govs Warn
Some state governors have voiced their dismay over Nigeria’s escalating debt profile, with fears that the country could face severe consequences if immediate measures are not taken to reverse the trend. The governors spoke yesterday at the sidelines of the ...
Read More »Multi-Million Dollar Coconut Plantation Destroyed In Akwa Ibom
…When I tell people how difficult it is to develop Africa, you now understand what it means – Gov Emmanuel …No, Not All Cocoa nuts were destroyed, few stands. It is a wake-up call – Staff …Why should the govt ...
Read More »N22.7trn Ways And Means: Crisis Brews In Reps Over $15m Executive Largesse
Members of the House of Representatives are poised for a showdown with Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila over allegations of unfair distribution of $15million largesse from the executive arm of government. The aggrieved lawmakers specifically alleged that Gbajabiamila had an underhand deal ...
Read More »Africa’s Newest Country, State of Birland, Celebrates 8th Founding Day Anniversary In Jakarta
Africa’s Newest Country and 55th country in the continent, State of Birland, Celebrates 8thFounding Day Anniversary in Indonesia, Jakartatoday 15th May 2023. The Secretary of Diplomacy of the State of Birland, His Excellency Amb. Prof. Joseph Legend Mfon,FIMC,CMC,FIOGR has issued ...
Read More »Mimiko Charges Tinubu On Power Devolution, State Police, Others
Former Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko has identified the daunting task before the incoming administration of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as uniting the country and devolution of power. Mimiko advised Tinubu to carry through with ongoing economic reforms ...
Read More »Akpabio Asks APC Candidate To Withdraw Petition Against PDP Senator-elect In A’Ibom
The senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Eket Senatorial District (Akwa Ibom South) of Akwa Ibom State in the February 25 National Assembly polls, Hon. Martins Udoinyang, at the weekend, withdrew his petition filed against the election ...
Read More »FG To Stop Feeding Of Prison Inmates
…To spend over N22billion on 75,507-inmate this year for 244 prisons nationwide The federal government is to stop feeding the over 75, 507 inmates in the 244 federal correctional facilities nationwide as of December 31, 2023, as state governments are ...
Read More »Insecurity Worsening In North West – DSS, El-Rufai
State Directors of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the North West zone have expressed concern over the worsening insecurity in the zone and vowed to find a lasting solution to it. Also, Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai ...
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