The Etsu Chikun, Dr. Danjuma Barde, a first class traditional ruler in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state is dead. He was said to have died in the early hours of Wednesday at the 44, Nigerian Army Referral Hospital Kaduna, following an illness. President of the Gbagyi Development Association (GDA), Mr. Peter Aboki confirmed…
A group of 60 members of the House of Representatives, known as the Parliamentary Group, have initiated a bill seeking to end the presidential system of government and revert to the former parliamentary system that operated in Nigeria’s First Republic. The group on Wednesday set the move in motion by presenting a bill on the…
Kaduna state governor- elect, Senator Uba Sani, has said that Nigeria would be a better place if citizens imbibe the values of humility, love, compassion, peace and righteousness. Sani stated this in a message marking Easter celebrations in Kaduna. He admonished Christians to strive to imbibe the values which Jesus Christ lived. Sani called on…
The federal government has appealed to labour unions to continue negotiations regarding the new minimum wage. Addressing a press conference on Monday in Abuja, Minister of Information , Mohammed Idris, said the government is committed to peaceful and mutually beneficial outcome of the issues. The minister said recent efforts by both the National Assembly and…
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Kaduna on Thursday for a two-day working visit. Muyiwa Adekeye, spokesman to the Governor Nasir El-Rufai, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna. Adekeye said, during the visit, the president “will commission several important projects”during the two-day visit from Thursday to Friday. According to the statement, Buhari will…
By Simon Reef Musa When Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, during the election of the new Senate Presidency for the 10th National Assembly, aligned himself with the choice of a northern candidate, Senator Aziz Yari, some people accused him of not truly representing the interest of his zone. Taking into consideration the eight years of political…
