Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that the over N1 trillion expected to be saved from withdrawal of electricity subsidy will be reinvested in improving power supply and the provision of social services. The minister stated this on Saturday while featuring as a guest on Hannu Da Yawa, a Hausa interview…
The Coalition of Concerned Northern Groups (CCNG) has berated the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), declaring that it has no influence on northerners. The CCNG was reacting to recent comments by the spokesperson of the NEF, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, who said the north made a mistake by voting President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 elections. Suleiman had…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state has lamented that 32 general hospitals in the state, have not been renovated in the last 20 years. Sani said the situation has unfortunately made citizens travel to neighbouring states for medical care. Sani stated this while addressing All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders from the 23 local government areas…
The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has asked President Bola Tinubu to implement the report of the 2014 national conference without further delays. The group also called for an immediate ban on nomadic cattle rearing and abolishment of the RUGA project. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, chairman of the forum and former deputy governor…
The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce has expressed concern over what it described as “dire and disastrous implications” of the recent increase in electricity tariff by the Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, Ishaya Idi, president of the chambers, said the increase is ill timed considering the fact that businesses are…
The Taraba State Commissioner for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Habu Phillip, has condemned Monday’s attack on travellers along Wukari-Tsokundu roadTiv militia. Habu, who is the political leader of the Tiv in Taraba State, said the incident is reprehensible. According to him, those behind the attack are criminals and agents of destabilization who do not have…
