Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that a democratic system that promotes insecurity and poverty must be abandoned. Obasanjo spoke in Oyo town on Friday during the inauguration of the rehabilitated 34.8-kilometre Oyo-Iseyin road. The former president said a democracy that nurtures poverty, unemployment and insecurity should be discarded as it only denotes backwardness. In…
One person was reportedly shot dead by a stray bullet in when armed thugs invaded Rigachikun ward, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state during Saturday’s re-run election in the area. The deceased, who was identified as Mansur Shafiu, who was in his shop was said to have been hit by a stray bullet when…
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has clamped down on unlicensed courier operators in Kaduna state. Many offices of the illegal operators were sealed off on Thursday by an Enforcement team headed by Shonde Dotun, NIPOST General Manager, Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department (CLRD). Speaking in an interview, Dotun said the activities of unlicensed courier, express delivery,…
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have been eliminated in the ongoing attacks across the country. The BBC quoted the Israel prime minister saying there are “growing signs” Khamenei, is “gone”. The BBC reports that satellite images showed damage to Khamenei’s compound in Tehran, the Iranian…
Ministries, courts, schools and commercial banks were shutdown on Monday in Kaduna in compliance with the nation wide strike declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The labour unions had on Friday declared an indefinite strike over a new minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariffs. Business activities…
