The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, has said the northern region is among the biggest beneficiaries of President Bola Tinubu’s infrastructure drive under the Renewed Hope Agenda. Alkali stated this on Wednesday at the Government-citizens’ Engagement Interactive Session organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Kaduna According to him, Tinubu’s administration has revived…
A former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said that the call by Nasir El-Rufai, ex Kaduna governor, to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027, should not be based on personal grievances but on national interest. El-Rufai who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP),…
The suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris is to be arraigned on Friday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Idris was arrested in Kano in May, after failing to respond to invitations by the EFCC to answer questions over allegation of N80 billion fraud. Two days his arrest, he was suspended…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja on Thursday refused to grant bail to Tukur Mamu, who is standing trial on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism. Mamu is alleged to have received $120,000 as ransom payments on behalf of the Boko Haram terrorists from families of those kidnapped during the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. He…
Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern the development with the hope that the parties involved would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest, but all that hope burned out without…
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), has appealed for more support and donations to victims of military air strikes on Tudun Biri village in Igabi LGA of Kaduna. The death toll from the miscalculated air strike, which occurred on Sunday, has now reportedly surpassed 100. In a statement issued on Saturday, caretaker committee chairman of…
