Our vision is to build a united, secured, prosperous Plateau: Being full text of the inaugural speech of the Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, delivered on May 29, 2023, at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium, Jos. Protocol: Fellow Plateau citizens, 1. It is with great pleasure and immense gratitude to God that I address you…
Former Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd) has said that corruption thrives more under civilian leaders than under military rulers. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Friday, Babangida said the military are saints when compared to what is happening under a democratic dispensation. He recalled that when he was military…
The senate has given a 48 hours ultimatum to the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy to account for N13.9billion collected from service wide votes from 2017 to 2021. The ultimatum was given on Tuesday when officials of the ministry appeared before the Senate Committee on Public Accounts. The ultimatum followed the failure of the…
A female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has committed suicide. According to The Punch newspapers, the deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was said to have drunk an insecticide. The Punch reports that the incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank. Ugochukwu had around 1pm made her way into the…
The Emir of Zuru, Kebbi State, Major General Muhammadu Sani Sami, has passed on. Sami died in a London hospital following a brief illness. He was aged 81. The Kebbi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Garba Umar-Dutsinmari, confirmed the monarch’s death in a statement on Sunday. The Kebbi state government expressed deep…
Africa is entering another dangerous cycle of food insecurity, and this week’s Security Update reveals worsening indicators across Nigeria and the continent. According to Reuters, 35 million Nigerians are now at risk of severe hunger, driven by escalating insurgent attacks, shrinking humanitarian funding, and the collapse of farming activities across major food-producing regions. In Nigeria,…
