Minister of solid minerals, Dele Alake, has that the federal government will soon establish the Nigerian solid minerals corporation. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, Alake said the corporation will be similar to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. According to him, the government is ready to take the bull by the horns…
Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state has assured residents of the state of his “commitment and determination to rally every resource to address the security challenges and make communities safer for life, liberty and livelihoods.” In a message on Monday marking Eid el Fitr, he congratulated Muslims in the state on the successful completion of…
“Who is the Presidency?”, an obviously irritated Babachir Lawal asked the excited journalists, who crowded him after emerging from the Federal Executive Council meeting sometimes in 2016, to inquire whether it was true he had been suspended from office by the Presidency. The journalists’ enquiry resulted from the allegation against Lawal that he cut the…
Taraba state governor, Agbu Kefas, has approved the payment of N50,000 medical allowance to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to schools across the state. The Taraba state Commissioner for Information and Re-orientation, Zainab Usman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. She said the governor also approved N25,000 as accommodation allowance…
Bashir Usman executive secretary of the National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE), has called on governors of the 36 states of the federation to provide adequate teachers and infrastructure for Nomadic Primary schools. He made the called on Tuesday in Kaduna, while declaring opened, a three – day workshop on skills acquisition and sustainable livelihoods…
Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has said that with the declaration of bandits as terrorists, the army now have the necessary legal backing to deal with the criminals. According to him, the Nigerian military was reluctant to bomb the bandits because of concerns about facing the International Criminal Court (ICC). A federal high court…
