President Bola Tinubu has directed the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, to commence a 90-day pre-retirement leave. The directive was announced in a statement on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. The statement also approved the…
The Senate has suspended action on the controversial tax reform bills currently before it. The Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, who presided during the plenary on Wednesday has said. The Senate also instructed its Committee on Finance to stay action on the public hearing pending the time the agitation in the public space is addressed….
The MTN Foundation is to train 86,400 students and 1,440 secondary school teachers across 12 states as part of its 2025 Anti-Substance Abuse Programme (ASAP), aimed at curbing drug abuse among young people. Abubakar Zubairu, a representative of MTN Foundation, disclosed this at a workshop with stakeholders on Monday in Kaduna. He described the rise…
A group known as Chalbak Supreme Council of Ngas Affairs (CSCNA) in Plateau state, has berated Yusuf Gagdi, a federal lawmaker for allegedly making inciting statements and ridiculing Governor Caleb Mutfwang. Gagdi represents Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam federal constituency of Plateau state in the House of Representatives. In a statement in Jos, the group lashed…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, says 36 state governments have submitted their reports on the creation of state police to the national economic council (NEC). Sani spoke in Abuja on Thursday after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Sani stated that many states support the plan to establish state police, noting that…
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, has ordered the withdrawal of senior police officers attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In a letter dated April 15, 2021, addressed to the EFCC Chairman and signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IG, Idowu Omohunwa, the police boss directed that officers from…
