President Bola Tinubu has directed that ministers and heads of agencies of the federal government to restrict the vehicles in their official convoys to a maximum of three. In a statement on Thursday, Tinubu said the measure is cut cost. The statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy,…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo Muhammed Alkali, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), says the commission has initiated 134 projects in various sectors across Taraba state. Alkali disclosed this on Monday when he led members of the NEDC board on a courtesy visit to the state governor, Agbu Kefas, at…
Full text of an open letter to ECOWAS by eight leading northern civil society groups (CSOs), cautioning against the proposed economic and military actions in the efforts to resolve the political crisis in Niger Republic. 5th August 2023 HE Bola Ahmed Tinubu President, Federal Republic of Nigeria And Chairman of ECOWAS, Presidential Villa Asokoro Abuja. Your…
Three police officers have been injured in an attack by bandits on the Maraban Jos Divisional Police Station, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state. In a statement on Saturday, spokesman of the Kaduna state police command, Mohammad Jalige, said the incident occurred on Friday when the hoodlums, who arrived the police division in three…
We are here at last in the decisive year before the 2027 General election; and under a political sky shaped by cooptation, consolidation, realignment and fatigue. The governing order described in the first part of this essay has narrowed the arena of contest and redrawn the boundaries of participation. Power has been personalised through coordination…
The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission(KAD-SIECOM) has fixed the October 19, 2024 for the conduct of Local Government elections. Hajara Mohammed, Chairperson of the commission, announced this at a meeting with political parties and other stakeholders on Tuesday in Kaduna. The tenure of the 23 council chairmen and councillors who were elected on November 1,…
