Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf, has vowed to eradicate polio and reduce the high rate of maternal mortality within the next four months. The governor stated this at the weekend in Kaduna while declaring opened a training for health personnel, tradional leaders, and council chairmen of the 44 Local Government Areas of the state. The training…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that Tukur Mamu, media consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi was arrested to answer questions on security matters. Mamu, who has been involved in negotiations for the release of abducted victims of the March 28, Abuja- Kaduna passenger train attack, was arrested in Kano on Wednesday. The DSS, in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ademola Adeleke, has emerged winner of the Osun governorship election which held Saturday. The result of the election was announced on Sunday morning by the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Toyin Ogundipe. According to Ogundipe, Adeleke polled 403, 371 votes to defeat incumbent Governor Gboyega…
The umbrella body for ethnic nationalities in the Southern part of Kaduna state, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), has accused the federal and the Kaduna state governments for allegedly abandoning victims of herdsmen attack in the area. In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, spokesman of the union, Luka Binniyat, said many communities were…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is to commence its bi-weekly media briefings and weekly updates ahead of the 2023 general elections. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on Wednesday in a message titled, “100 days to the 2023 general election”. The INEC chairman said Nigerians deserve the right to know about…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Taraba government says it has concluded plans to distribute the first batch of tractors to farmers in the state ahead of the farming season to boost food production. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security Prof. Nicholas Namessan disclosed on Friday in Jalingo, while inspecting the assembling of 20 Cabrio…
