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…
The Bwacha Political Organisation, a group supporting the governorship ambition of Senator Emmanuel Bwacha in Taraba state, has accused the state governor, Mr. Darius Ishaku of fanning the embers of religious strife. Bwacha who represents Taraba South Senatorial District, recently decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing a…
At least 17 people have reportedly been killed in a renewed wave of violence in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, following deadly clashes between bandits and illegal gold miners, according to reports by Agence France-Presse (AFP). The violence reportedly began on Thursday at an illegal mining site in Birnin Gwari district, where a notorious bandit leader…
A major political shake-up hit Taraba State on Monday as Speaker John Bonzena and all Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the State House of Assembly defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of Governor Agbu Kefas’ planned defection. The lawmakers made their switch public during a brief ceremony in Jalingo, where viral videos…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has suspended two of his commissioners from office and two special advisers. Gyang Bere, spokesperson of the governor, announced the suspensions in a statement on Tuesday in Jos. The statement said the suspended commissioners are Chrysanthus Dawam – Budget and Economic Planning and Jamila Tukur – Tourism, Culture and Hospitality….
The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council (NTRC), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar of Sokoto and Chairman Northern on Wednesday lamented the economic hardship in the country, saying that Nigerians are deeply frustrated and hungry. He also expressed concern about the millions of unemployed youths, without jobs and food noting that it poses serious…
