Former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, has dismissed the report of the House of Assembly ad-hoc committee that indicted him of corruption and money laundering, describing it as jaundiced probe and should be disregarded as a politically motivated hatchet job it is. El-Rufai was reacting to the report of an ad-hoc committee set up…
The Kaduna state government has said that dwindling finances and high wage bill were responsible for the sacking of workers on its payroll. In a statement on Monday, the government declared that it had no choice than to reduce the workforce due to high wage bill without corresponding revenues from the Federation Account Allocations Committee (FAAC)…
The Nigerian Army has denied allegations by residents of Mbator in Shangev-Tiev of Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State that at least 70 innocent persons were killed during an invasion by soldiers. In a statement on Friday the army said the allegations were not true. A group known as Shangev-Tiev Assembly (STA), had at…
Kaduna state government tertiary institutions under the auspices of Joint Unions of Tertiary Institutions of Kaduna State (JUTIKS), have threatened to go on strike over issues that had lingered on, for over 12 years. Noah Danlami, chairman of the union stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna. He said some of the issues…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered for the immediate release of all minors arraigned over the #EndBadGovernance protest. Briefing State House correspondents on Monday, the minister of information, Mohammed Idris, said the president issued the directive to Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation. “I recall that I had a short briefing with Mr President early this…
The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) says the monetary policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria is ill-timed and poorly implemented. The group also condemned the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, for supporting the policy amid excruciating hardship Nigerians are going through. A statement signed by signed by Israel Uwejeyan,…
