Hamma Kwajafa, Director General Textile Manufacturers Association, has said that it will be difficult for Nigeria to attract foreign investments without addressing the challenges in the power sector. Speaking on Tuesday in Kaduna while addressing the 35th annual National Education Conference of the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), he…
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the umbrella muslim body headed by the Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on the federal government to live up to its primary responsibility of protecting lives and property. In a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, the religious body also urged muslims to fervently engage in supplications…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and former governor of Anambra State Mr. Peter Obi, has said that fighting corruption is easy when a leader is not stealing. He also asked Nigerians to vote for him to rescue the country from becoming a failed state. Speaking on Monday at an interactive session organised…
Former Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd) has said that corruption thrives more under civilian leaders than under military rulers. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Friday, Babangida said the military are saints when compared to what is happening under a democratic dispensation. He recalled that when he was military…
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has constituted panels to investigate eight judges for alleged judicial misconduct. The Council, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said its Preliminary Complaints Assessment Committees filtered 35 petitions that were written against the judicial officers and found them to be meritorious. The statement said other petitions that were brought…
Bayelsa state governor Douye Diri, has resigned his membership of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Diri announced his resignation on Wednesday during a cabinet meeting at the Government House in Yenagoa, the state capital. The governor said he left the opposition party for “very obvious reasons”. He said, “Today, I have formally resigned my…
