The senator representing Plateau south senatorial district, Simon Lalong, has urged President Bola Tinubu to fill Plateau state’s vacant ministerial slot. Lalong, a former governor of the state stated this on Monday at the stakeholders meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jos. Lalong was appointed minister of labour and employment by President Bola…
The General Secretary of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Yunusa Nmadu has said that Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s recent admission that terrorists were running a parallel government in Kaduna state was an “admittance of failure coming a little too late”. Speaking in an interview with journalists in Kaduna, Nmadu said the Christian Association of…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman As journalists, we are trained not merely to read words but to interrogate meaning, intent, and consequence. That skill becomes indispensable when examining government budgets, which often reveal truths official speeches carefully avoid. Budgets are political and moral documents. They show what leaders truly value when resources are scarce and choices…
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) have raised the alarm over plots to oust Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), from office on trumped-up terrorism charges. Addressing a press conference in Abuja , Tochukwu Ohazuruike, convener of the coalition, alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) has “secretly” filed…
One person has been confirmed dead following an explosion on Saturday at the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) in Kaduna. Several other staff members sustained injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment. Public Relations Officer of DICON, Maria Sambo, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Saturday. According to her, the explosion…
Governor of Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani has said that his administration will continue to prioritise workers’ welfare and equip them appropriately within available resources. In his address marking workers day on Wednesday at the Murtala Square, Kaduna, Sani said his government is training and retraining workers to put them in good stead to contribute…
