Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, has warned that he will deal ruthlessly with any attempt to incite crisis in the state through fake information. On Saturday, 22 travellers were killed following an attack that occurred along Rukuba road, Jos. The victims were said to be commuters who attended a religious programme in Bauchi and were…
By Patience Dombin, Jos There was massive voter turnout for the Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency by-election in Plateau state. AmazingTimes Correspondent who visited some polling units in Kabong- Gada Biu, in Jos North Local Government Area, reports that a large number of people came out to vote. Accreditation and voting were conducted simultaneously, a development which…
The Kaduna State Coordinator of Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project, Maryam Dangaji, has disclosed that over 40,000 girls have enrolled in the programme. In an interview with journalists on Friday in Kaduna, Dangaji said the girls also received conditional cash transfers of between N5,000 to N10,000 paid through their caregivers. She…
Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani has lamented that insecurity has retarded developments in critical sectors in the north. Speaking when the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), paid him a courtesy visit on Monday at the Government House, Kaduna, Sani lamented that the north “faces an existential”. He lamented that criminal elements were…
Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna central senatorial district, has identified reasons for the increasing re-emergence of military takeover of governments in Africa, especially in the West African sub-region. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Sani frowned on what he considered the increasing re-emergence of juntas…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Nigeria is poised to redefine its energy landscape and spark substantial economic growth. The recent renewed commitment by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to recommence drilling operations at the Kolmani oil field, coupled with the groundbreaking ceremony for the Bauchi Oil and Gas Academy, signifies a pivotal convergence of…
