Power is often imagined as force. It is seen as something loud and visible. A president signs a bill. A governor deploys security agents. A judge pronounces a sentence. Yet power, as the French philosopher, Michel Foucault, taught us, is far more subtle and far more pervasive. It does not only command. It shapes, trains,…
By Solomon Selcap Dalung Since the passage of His Royal Majesty, Chief Edward Zhattau, the second Ponzhi Tarok the first to be selected under enacted legislation, unity has eluded the descendants of Vwarka, the ancestor of prototype Tarok who migrated from Tal in present day Pankshin Local Government Area to Lagan hills currently in Langtang…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sanctioned nine Deposit Money Banks with fine a fine N150m each for failing to ensure cash availability via Automated Teller Machines during the festive season. This follows spot checks that revealed non-compliance with the CBN cash distribution guidelines. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja CBN’s Acting Director…
The Kaduna state government has reacted to a list trending on the social media, purported to be names of “family and friends”, of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who were allotted plots of land in choice locations in Kaduna by the government. According to a report by Peoples Gazette, an online newspaper, those who benefited from the…
Governor of Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani, has approved N72,000 as new minimum wage for civil servants in the state. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Malam Ibraheem Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. Musa said the new wage is with effect from November 2024. In July 2024, President Bola Tinubu…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Afam Osigwe, has cancelled the appointment of Abdulrasheed Maina as patron of the Abuja branch of the association Osigwe disclosed this on Friday in a post on his verified X handle. He added that the NBA has also commenced disciplinary proceedings against the Chairman of the Abuja…
