Taraba State chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Bawa, has dismissed speculations that Governor Agbu Kefas is planning to defect from the party. In a statement on Thursday, in Jalingo, Bawa said Taraba remains a stronghold of the PDP in Northern Nigeria. “Taraba State is the stronghold of PDP in Northern Nigeria….
The Concerned Plateau Youth Forum, has rejected the nomination of Cyril Tsenyil as the managing director of the newly established North Central Development Commission (NCDC). In a statement issued on Tuesday, Danladi Pam, spokesperson of the group called on President Bola Tinubu to withdraw the nomination, describing it as politically motivated and lacking broad-based support…
Adebayo Adelebu, minister of power, says Nigeria needs $10 billion annually for 20 years to have stable electricity supply. The minister spoke in an interview with journalists on Tuesday after commissioning the 2.5mw solar hybrid power project at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. He said infrastructure deficit in the power sector has piled up over…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Rimamnde Kwewum, has said that political parties in Nigeria have become mere vehicles for contesting elections, rather than platforms grounded in ideology. Shawulu who represented Ussa/Takum federal constituency of Taraba from 2015 to 2023 stayed this on Monday while featuring on AIT programme, “Focus Nigeria”. According…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, says President Bola Tinubu’s interventions in the north has reduced the level of poverty in the region. According to him, no government has invested in the agricultural sector like the President in the last two years. The governor stated this at the distribution of presidential palliative relief materials at…
Chris Piwuna, a professor of medicine and a consultant psychiatrist, has been elected president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Pinwuna, a former dean of student affairs at the University of Jos was declared winner AIT the election which held during the union’s 23rd National Delegates Congress at the University of Benin (UNIBEN),…
