The minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed has suspended indefinitely the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. Idris was arrested on Monday in Kano by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N80 billion fraud. In a letter dated May 18, 2022, Ahmed said the suspension “without pay” was to allow for…
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned leaders and members of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to desist from “name-calling and backstabbing”. The warning was contained in statement on issued on Saturday in Abuja by Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media. The statement titled, Buhari urged APC members to “remain steadfast and maintain unity if the…
A member of the Kaduna state House of Assembly, representing Chikun constituency, Garba Madami is dead. Madami, a member of the PDP, died on Saturday in the hospital where he was on admission. He died three days after the inauguration of the house on June 13, 2023, which he was unable to participate as he…
Spokesman of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Mr. Luka Binniyat has been arrested for alleged “defamation of character, injurious falsehood and incitement of public disturbance.” The Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs disclosed at a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said Binniyat in a report published online, Binniyat allegedly quoted…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), are to “embark on an indefinite and total shutdown of the country”on October 3, to demand solutions to hunger and mass poverty Nigerians are going through as a result of removal of petrol subsidy. This was announced in a communique issued at the National…
The governor of Rivers state, Mr. Nyesom Wike, was at the Plateau state high court, Jos, on Wednesday to witness the trial of the former governor of th state, Mr. Jonah Jang. Jang, alongside Yusuf Pam, former cashier in the office of the secretary to the state government (SSG), are being prosecuted by the Economic…
