The federal government has declared Monday and Tuesday public holidays for Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The permanent secretary in the ministry of interior, Aishetu Ndayako, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ndayako said the minister of interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, congratulated Muslim faithfuls at home and abroad on the celebration. She added that the minister also…
Ex-members of the Kaduna state executive council under the administration of former governor Nasir El-Rufai, have dismissed the recent report by the adhoc committee of the state House of Assembly alleging the stealing of N423billion and money laundering. In a statement on Friday in Abuja, the former officials maintained that the report is the outcome…
The Coalition of Indigenous Ethnic Nationalities (CIEN) says the time for restructuring Nigeria is now considering the faulty political and socio-economic problems threatening the corporate existence of the country. The group stated this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. The statement was jointly signed by Benjamin Okaba (Chairman), Timothy B. Gandu (Co-chairman) and Nubari…
Deadly bandits’leader Buhari Alhaji Halidu (popular known as Buhari Yadi), who was terrorising communities in the North-west, has been killed by troops of Operation Whirl Punch. Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. Yadi was killed alongside some members of…
Minister of state for defence and ex-.Zamfara governor, Bello Matawalle, has distributed 4,860 rams and N390 million to leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state “to celebrate sallah with ease and happiness”. This was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday by Yusuf Gusau, the spokesperson of the APC in…
The Department of State Service (DSS) and the police have warned those planning to stage protests in some parts of the country on Wednesday during the celebration of Democracy Day to desist from such acts. A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday in Abuja by the DSS Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Peter…
