No fewer than 2,500 ghost workers have been uncovered from the payroll of the 23 Local Government Areas in Benue State. The state governor, Hyacinth Alia, disclosed this in a press statement issued by his spokesperson, Kula Tersoo, on Thursday in Makurdi. The governor, said there was a need to sanitise and clean all the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) will on Friday arraign three ex-appointees of former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, in a fresh N64 million money laundering charge. The ex-appointees are former Senior Special Adviser/Counsellor, Mr Olajimi Lawal, a former Accountant General of Kaduna State, Mr. Umar Waziri and the…
President Bola Tinubu, has urged universities to partner industries and entrepreneurs in their researches to commercialize their ideas. Speaking on Saturday at the 43rd convocation ceremony of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna state, he noted that Nigerian universities have contributed immensely to research and development, hence the need for them to partner industries…
An unspecified number of police officers have been reportedly killed at Enugwu-Ukwu community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State by gunmen who opened fire on the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. The attack was said to have taken place on Sunday night. Sources said about six of the police operatives in the convoy…
Six students of Government Secondary School Fadan Chawai, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna state, have reportedly died in a river. The students were said to have been drowned in the river while returning home after writing their Junior WAEC on Tuesday at about 5:30 pm. Simon Chinge, Public Relations Officer of Ribang Development Association,…
Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that any bandits operating in the state will “most likely end up dead”. The governor spoke on Sunday while featuring on Channels Television programme, “Politics Today.” According to him, the solution to this problem of banditry and kidnapping is to intensify military operations from the air or the…
