A group under the umbrella of Coalition of Kaduna Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar (aka Mairago) to fill the ministerial slot for Kaduna state. Tinubu had earlier nominated ex- governor Nasir El-Rufai for appointment as minister. However, the senate withheld El-Rufai’s confirmation and those of two…
The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has described the appointment of Wale Edun, Minister of Finance, as “a round peg in a round hole.” Edun was among the 45 minister assigned portfolios on Wednesday by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Friday in Kaduna, the group said it is optimistic that, with Edun as finance…
The federal government on has announced a N5 billion palliative for each of the 36 states of the federation, including the federal capital territory (FCT), to cushion the biting effect of the removal of the petrol subsidy. Governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum, announcement this on Thursday in Abuja while addressing State House correspondents at…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that three officers and 22 soldiers were killed in the ambush and helicopter crash that occurred in Wushishi and Shiroro Local Government Areas of Niger state. According to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Director of Defence Media Operation, Edward Buba, disclosed this during a biweekly…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed displeasure about a video trending on the social media, purported to be the wreckage of its MI-171 helicopter on which crashed on Monday in Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The video recorded by the bandits also showed dead bodies of soldiers. In a…
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday swear in new ministers who have been assigned portfolios. This was announced in a statement on Wednesday by the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). The statement signed by William Bassey, director of information in the office of the SGF, said the ceremony will take…
