Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, has finally opened up on the huge debt profile of the state, disclosing that his predecessor, Nasir El- Rufai, left a crippling debt burden that is crippling his administration. Speaking on Saturday at a Town Hall Meeting, tagged: “The State of Kaduna state”, Sani said the situation is such…
By Jonathan Ishaku The news that a serving minister is distributing palliatives, in the form of foodstuff, to selected terrorist groups in Zamfara state wasn’t exactly surprising. From what I have observed in counterterrorism in Nigeria, such ambiguity has always been the pattern. Didn’t a serving governor in this country openly tell the media that…
The Defence Headquarters has declared eight persons wanted over their roles in the recent killing of 18 military personnel in Delta State. The military released the list on Thursday at a media briefing in Abuja. Those declared wanted are Prof. Ekpekpo Arthur, Andaowei Dennis Bakriri, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbo (a.k.a Amagben), Akata Malawa David, Sinclear Oliki,…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has granted scholarship to the 137 rescued Kuriga school children. On March 7, bandits invaded the LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School, Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state and abducted the children including one of their teachers who died in captivity. On Sunday, March 24, the…
The federal government said it will support ginger farmers in three states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with input packages worth N1.6b from the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF). Mohammed Ibrahim,executive secretary of NADF, disclosed this on Wednesday at the launch of “Ginger Blight Epidemic Control Taskforce Support Initiative” in Kaduna. Ibrahim said 15,000…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa has vowed that those behind the death of military personnel in Delta would be fished out and brought to justice. Speaking at the burial ceremony held for the slain soldiers at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja. on Wednesday vowed that the perpetrators of the heinous…
