The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed the death of 98 persons in Saturday’s tanker explosion in Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of the state. The Director General of NSEMA, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, who confirmed the casualty figures in a statement on Monday, said 69 people sustained injuries in the unfortunate incident. He added…
As our people struggle to survive Tinubu’s economic reforms, the President’s New Year address which promised the heavens and the earth to citizens who are not sure of the next day’s meal drew a little more than a passing interest, save for the mealy supporters of President Tinubu who are daily occupied with praising him,…
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has said that the northern governors generated unnecessary controversy over the tax reform bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had in October 2024, asked the national assembly to consider and pass four tax reform bills. The proposed legislations are the Nigeria tax bill, tax administration bill, and joint…
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…
The Nigerian military has expressed concern over the gradual influx of foreign terror fighters into the country from the Sahel region. Addressing a press conference at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday in Abuja, outgoing Director, Defence Media Operations, Major Gen. Edward Buba, the military is profoundly conscious of its role and responsibility in ending…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has filed a five-count charge against Jimi Lawal, a former aide to ex- governor Nasir El-Rufai, accusing him of corruption and money laundering. The case, with charge number FCH/KD/16c/2025, was filed on Wednesday at the Federal High Court, Kaduna by Osuobeni Ekpi Akponimishingha, ICPC’s Assistant…
