The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, has said the northern region is among the biggest beneficiaries of President Bola Tinubu’s infrastructure drive under the Renewed Hope Agenda. Alkali stated this on Wednesday at the Government-citizens’ Engagement Interactive Session organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Kaduna According to him, Tinubu’s administration has revived…
Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Northern part of the country have declared support for power shift to the south. They have therefore, asked presidential aspirants from the north to withdraw from the race. The decision was announced in a statement issued by the governors at the end of their meeting on…
The deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shaibu, has been impeached by the state house of assembly. The impeachment followed the adoption of the report of a seven-man investigative panel set up by the Edo state chief judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa. Shaibu was accused of “misconduct, perjury and disclosure of government secrets”. The panel headed…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa Abuja President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has asked called on political leaders to be alive to their responsibility of ensuring the protection of lives and property of citizens. The senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier staged a walk out from the red chamber in protest against Lawan’s refusal…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that government appointments are skewed and lopsided on the basis of nepotism and mediocrity without regards to merit and competence. In a statement on Saturday, congratulating the Federal Government College, Kaduna, on its 50th anniversary, Obasanjo lamented the current state of affairs in the country. He said the economic situation…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Kutep Muslim Development Association (KMDA) has declared that the proposed demolition of Takum Central Mosque in Taraba state by the state government is an affront on Muslims’ right to worship and a deliberate attempt to erase the history of Kuteb Muslims. In a statement on Sunday in Jalingo, chairman…
