The Northwest Progressives Forum (NPF) has declared that a former governor of Zamfara state, Abdulhazeez Yari, is the most suitable to be the President of the 10th senate. Addressing a press conference on Saturday in Kaduna, Convener of the group, Nasir Danbatta, said, among all those from the northwest aspiring for the position, Yari is…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has again assured that the security challenges facing the country would soon be over. In a special Christmas message he personally signed to mark Christmas, he also said his six and half-year administration would fulfill all the promises made to Nigerians before the end of his second tenure in 2023. …
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, resolved to invite Deposit Money Banks, also known as commercial banks, on Wednesday over the scarcity of new naira notes. The Punch reports that the Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers of the banks, under the auspices of the Bankers’ Committee, are to meet with an ad hoc committee of the…
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that poor infrastructure, widespread smuggling, and the absence of effective copyright enforcement are key issues affecting the textile industry in Nigeria. The emir said this in an interview with journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday shortly after a tour of United Textile Company Limited (UNTL) by …
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on Tuesday, boycotted the call to bar ceremony of 4,711 new lawyers inducted into the legal profession. The NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, in a statement on Tuesday, said the decision to boycott the event was due to the refusal of chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Wole Olanipekun (SAN)…
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has condemned the persistent abduction and killing of Christian clerics by terrorists. In a statement made available to journalists on Sunday in Kaduna, President of the PFN, Bishop Francis Oke, called on the federal government and security agencies to put an end to such dastardly acts. The statement condemned…
