My appointments are based on merit, President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed accusations of lopsided appointments insisting that his appointments were based on merit. The President stated this when he featured on Arise Television programme,”Morning Show” on Thursday. Buhari had come under attack by many sections of the country who accused him for skewed appointments in…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state The governor stated has presented staff of office to Mr. Ishaku Tagwai Sambo, the new Chief of Moro’a, Kaura Local Government Area of the state. Tagwai who ascended the throne as the 5th Chief of Maroa, succeeded his father, Mallam Tagwai Sambo who died on June 14, 2024, after…
Residents of Otukpo in Benue State on Tuesday staged a protest against the incessant cases of kidnappings and killings by suspected herdsmen. The protesters, mostly youths, occupy the Otukpo-Enugu federal highway, calling on the government to address the growing insecurity in the state. There has been a surge in cases of killings and kidnappings allegedly…
Acknowledging the successes recorded in increasing immunization coverage and reducing infant deaths from vaccine preventable diseases in state, Governor Badaru Abubakar, has pledged to support an iNGO, New Initiatives – All Babies Are Equal Initiative (NI-ABAE) in its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme. NI-ABAE is providing cash to mothers as incentives to encourage them to…
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday insisted that it is against the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the national chairman and presidential candidate to come from the same region. Speaking at the inauguration of a campus of the Rivers State University in Ahoada east LGA of the state, the resignation of…
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum has said that writing laws for political parties does not strengthen democracy. Speaking in an interview with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Tuesday, Kwewum said the political parties are democratic institutions and should be allow to make laws for themselves. Speaking on the…
