Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna state, has accused his successor, Governor Uba Sani of sycophancy, and support to President Bola Tinubu for personal gain. El- Rufai was reacting to comments made by Sani in an interview on TVC news on Monday. The governor had during the interview, expressed suprise increasing criticism of the…
Most of Nigeria’s elites and rulers do not believe in anything beyond themselves and their perceived narrow interests. This assertion may sound very strange and even contradict the widely held belief that Nigeria is one of the most religious countries in the world. Of course, our religiosity is easily noticeable from the vast congregations of…
The federal government has declared Monday, June 14, as public holiday to mark Democracy Day. The was contained in a statement on Thursday by Shuaib Belgore, Permanent Secretary, ministry of interior. The statement quoted the Interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola, urging Nigerians to embrace the spirit of brotherliness for peace to thrive in the nation. The…
Stakeholder and civil society organisations in the north who attended a colloquium organised on Thursday by the Democratic Watch Initiative (DWI) in Kaduna, have asked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop imposing leaders on the National Assembly. In a communique issued on Sunday in Kaduna, the stakeholders noted that “the current attempt to…
The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce has expressed concern over what it described as “dire and disastrous implications” of the recent increase in electricity tariff by the Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, Ishaya Idi, president of the chambers, said the increase is ill timed considering the fact that businesses are…
The Kaduna state government has charged the 23 newly elected local government chairmen to prioritize primary healthcare in their localities. Hadiza Balarabe, the deputy governor, made the charge at a retreat organised for the council chairmen at the weekend in Kaduna. She said the state government has been making a lot of gains in primary…
