A federal high court in Lagos has ordered, a former minister of humanitarian affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq, to account for payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million vulnerable Nigerians. Umar Farouq was minister from 2019 to 2023 in the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. In a judgment delivered by Deinde Dipeolu on June 27, Farouq…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has expressed disappointment over the recent attacks in the state, lamenting that despite intelligence reports about the attack, it still happened. On Monday, 27 people were killed by suspected fulani bandits in an attack on Bindi community in the Riyom LGA of the state. The assailants reportedly invaded the community at about…
FULL TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY KUTEB YATSO OF NIGERIA (KYN) IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIKAM AND AKENTE RULING HOUSES OF UKWE TAKUM, READ BY THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF KYN, COMRADE EMMANUEL UKWEN, ON JANUARY 23, 2024, AT NUJ PRESS CENTRE, JALINGO. The attention of Kuteb Yatso of Nigeria (KYN), LIKAM AND AKENTE RULING…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Ajaero: NLC, TUC, issue six-point demands to FG, threatens nationwide strikeTrade Union Congress (TUC), is to embark on a nationwide strike over the arrest and brutalisation of the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero. The strike, according to a statement on Friday, is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, November…
A former finance minister, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman has said that the social contract between the Nigerian state and its citizens has broken down, leaving development efforts stranded. Usman stated this on Thursday night at national dialogue on development attitude organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) on Thursday night at Arewa House, Kaduna. The…
Former governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye, has said that his imprisonment for N1.126bn fraud was politically motivated. Dariye governed Plateau for eight years – from 1999 and 2007. He was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2007, over allegations of diverting N1.126 billion from the state government’s ecological fund. After…
