Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has asked traders in the state to continue using the old naira notes for their transactions. At a meeting on Tuesday with the traders in Kaduna, the governor old the traders not to take their money to banks, saying that if Bola Tinubu is elected President he will review the…
Taraba state governor, Agbu Kefas, has approved the payment of N50,000 medical allowance to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to schools across the state. The Taraba state Commissioner for Information and Re-orientation, Zainab Usman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. She said the governor also approved N25,000 as accommodation allowance…
Chairman of THISDAY/Arise Media Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, has advocated for the enactment of laws that will ensure that Google, Facebook and other social media platforms pay for intellectual property and news items produced by the Nigerian media. In a Keynote Address at the Lateef Jakande 2nd Annual Memorial Lecture on Tuesday at Radisson Blu…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has condemned the rampant killings in Benue state, alleging that some indigenes of the state were responsible for the killings. The forum also attributed the killings in the state to the activities of the livestock guards, set up by the state government to enforce the band on open grazing. The…
Ten people have been killed in an attack by bandits in Kulben community, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. A resident of the community, Moses Fwan, confirmed the attack to The PUNCH on Monday in Jos. Fwan said the incident happened on Sunday night, adding that the criminals set several houses ablazed before fleeing…
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…
