Sunday Katung, the senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District has offered scholarship to five of the students of Bethel Baptist High School who were abducted in 2021. Katung announced this during a fund raising programme organised by the Kaduna Baptist Conference for the rebuilding of the school. He promised to pay the tuition fees of…
Governor of Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang has attributed the alarming rate of school dropouts in some communities to mining activities. Speaking on Sunday during a church service at the headquarters of the Church of Christ in All Nations (COCIN) in Jos, the governor said his administration is determined to combat illegal mining activities. Mutfwang called…
Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has lashed at Nasir El- Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, saying he is “coming to equity with dirty hands”. Sani asked El-Rufai to account for the $350 million loan he collected from the World Bank while serving as governor. The former senator was…
The Kaduna Electric Distribution Company KEDCO has reacted to the ongoing industrial action that has thrown states within its franchise into darkness. The company’s chapter of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) had on Monday embarked on an industrial action following alleged sacking of 900 workers. The management of the company in a statement on…
Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna state, has accused his successor, Governor Uba Sani of sycophancy, and support to President Bola Tinubu for personal gain. El- Rufai was reacting to comments made by Sani in an interview on TVC news on Monday. The governor had during the interview, expressed suprise increasing criticism of the…
Governors from the north-west have pledged to collaborate in tackling insecurity in the zone. The governors also agreed to work together to boost agriculture and drive economic development in the zone. The governors announced the resolutions on Monday after a meeting with the United Nations (UN) delegation led by Amina Mohammed, its deputy secretary-general, at the Katsina…
