Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, says 36 state governments have submitted their reports on the creation of state police to the national economic council (NEC). Sani spoke in Abuja on Thursday after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Sani stated that many states support the plan to establish state police, noting that…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Every electoral cycle in Nigeria begins with the same familiar spectacle. Political parties unveil elaborate timetables, aspirants purchase nomination forms worth tens of millions of naira, and party officials appear before television cameras promising “free, fair, and credible” primaries. Yet by the end of these exercises, what emerges bears little resemblance…
The chairman of the fact-finding committee on killings in Plateau, Maj. Gen. Nicholas Rogers (rtd) has said that 11,749 people in the state have been killed between 2001 and 2025 due to various violent attacks. Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’, on Friday, Rogers said the committee presented its report to the Plateau…
A coalition of 19 civil society groups under the umbrella of Mega National Movement for Good Governance (MNMGG), has expressed “deep concerned” over the instability of prices of petroleum products resulting in policy somersault. Addressing a press conference at the weekend in Kaduna, Ibrahim Tijani, spokesperson of the group, also lamented “the sudden scarcity of…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has decried the state of the country, and urged for a change in the system. Kukah said this on Wednesday during the Pastor E.A Adeboye’s eighth annual public lecture held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God camp, kilometre 46, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. He said, “Successive uncaring governments…
President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, left Nigeria for Europe on a working visit ahead of his swearing in on May, 29. A statement on Wednesday, signed by Tunde Rahman, media aide to the President elect, said Tinubu will use the opportunity of the trip to finetune the transition plans and programmes, and his policy options…
