Governor of Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani, has restated his administration’s continuous support to security operations to achieve lasting peace for sustainable development in the state. According to a statement on Sunday by Ibraheem Musa, spokesperson to the governor, Sani spoke on Saturday, during the 2024 annual cultural activities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF)…
The Supreme Court has ordered governors of the 36 states of the federation to henceforth steer clear of the funds meant for the 774 Local Government Areas. The apex court declared that the control of funds of the local government councils by the states is unconstitutional. The court orders that funds meant for the local…
The Sokoto State Police Command has disclosed that the prime suspects in the killing Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, were still at large. The spokesman of the command, Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH newspaper on Sunday in Sokoto. On May 12, 2022, Emmanuel, a…
Former head of the Interim National Government (ING) Chief Ernest Shonekan, is dead. Shonekan died on Tuesday in Lagos, aged 85. He was the Chairman of the ING that succeeded the military junta of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida between August 26 and November 17, 1993. Babangida had constituted the ING after he refused to hand over power…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), under the steadfast leadership of the Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, recently embarked on a rigorous campaign to tackle substantial ground rent arrears in the nation’s capital. This bold initiative targets 4,794 properties with outstanding rents for over 43 years. Amongst these are prominent places such…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that three officers and 22 soldiers were killed in the ambush and helicopter crash that occurred in Wushishi and Shiroro Local Government Areas of Niger state. According to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Director of Defence Media Operation, Edward Buba, disclosed this during a biweekly…
