Governors from the north-west have pledged to collaborate in tackling insecurity in the zone. The governors also agreed to work together to boost agriculture and drive economic development in the zone. The governors announced the resolutions on Monday after a meeting with the United Nations (UN) delegation led by Amina Mohammed, its deputy secretary-general, at the Katsina…
Sa’id Alkali, Minister of Transportation, says the transport sector is a strong enabler for the nation’s economic growth. Alkali stated this in a key note address at the Management Retreat of the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said the transport sector is crucial to Nigeria’s economic growth, stressing that …
President Bola Tinubu, has appointed Abdulkarim Chukkol as the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC). The appointment of Chukkol followed the suspension of Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the commission. Chukkol is an alumnus of the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy, Quantico, the European Center of Security Studies, Germany, and also…
Sunday Katung, the senator representing Kaduna South senatorial zone, has called for more deployment of security personnel to the area to check renewed wave of banditry and kidnappings. Katung made the call on Sunday at a special church service at the Fountain of Life Baptist Church, Kafanchan, Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state. His…
The Kaduna state governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has called for the establishment of a Theatre Command in the northwest to tackle security challenges in the region. The governor spoke while receiving the 2021 annual security reports presented by the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on Tuesday at the Government House, Kaduna….
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has described the immediate past governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, as a dangerous politician that must be avoided by President Bola Tinubu. El-Rufai had in a recent video that went viral narrated why he discriminated against Christians in Kaduna state, stating that Muslims will continue to rule the state…
