The number of Presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the increase as the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele; Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu; former Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; and Senator Robert Boroffice, on Friday in Abuja, obtained…
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has described Yinka Odumakin, the late spokeman of Afenifere as a “fierce fighter for good governance, justice and democracy. In a statement on on Sunday, the President of SOKAPU, Mr. Jonathan Asake, said news of the death of Odumakin was shocking! According Asake, news of Odumakin demise “hit the people…
Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, was on Friday, arraigned at the federal capital territory high court in Abuja. TheCable reports that Emefiele was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on procurement fraud. He pleaded not guilty and was 5 remanded at the Kuje correctional facility pending ruling on his…
Africa is entering another dangerous cycle of food insecurity, and this week’s Security Update reveals worsening indicators across Nigeria and the continent. According to Reuters, 35 million Nigerians are now at risk of severe hunger, driven by escalating insurgent attacks, shrinking humanitarian funding, and the collapse of farming activities across major food-producing regions. In Nigeria,…
By Callistus Agwaza, in Jalingo The Chairman of Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba state, Dr. Jauro Hassan, says attention should be focused on the development of the grassroots as panacea for improving the living condition of the people. He stated this at the inauguration of supervisory councilors on Saturday in Jalingo, the Taraba state…
The Kaduna state government is to contruct 10,000 affordable housing units in the next four years. Mallam Rabiu Yunusa, permanent secretary, Kaduna state ministry of housing and urban development, disclosed this on Monday at a meeting of the National Council Lands, Housing and Urban Development which held in Kaduna. Yunusa said Uba Sani, governor of…
