The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on governments at all levels to take urgent against the menace of anti social behaviour and criminal acts going on in schools across the country. The forum made the call in a statement on Saturday, while condemning the killing of a five year old school girl, Hanifa Abubakar by…
An elder statesman and a prominent member of the Keffi Old Boys Association (KOBA) an umbrella body for old students of the famous Government College, Keffi, Wantaregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo, has urged members of the association to save the college from collapse. Unongo, a former minister of Power and Steel during the Second Republic, graduated…
A document purported to be from the Kaduna state ministry of Local Government Affairs, directing 11 of the 23 Local Governments Areas to contribute N10 million each for “additional security” during President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state has gone viral on the social media. Buhari arrived Kaduna on Wednesday night from Banjul, The Gambia,…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has declared that he will not allowed any presidential aspirant who raise an army of thugs to force himself on the people. Buhari stated this in an address on Thursday at the place of Alhaji Muhammadu Isa II, the emir of Jama’a, Kaduna state. Buhari was in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jama’a Local Government…
Former head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) has warned that an increase in the price of petrol will make many Nigerians poor. Speaking at the 19th Daily Trust Dialogue in Abuja, on Thursday, Abubakar said the increase will worsen the challenges facing the masses. There are indications that the federal government might increase the…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to consider and pass three critical bills needed to effectively fight corruption in the country. The bills are: Proceeds of Crime Bill, Whistle-Blower Bill and Witness Protection Bill. The President’s request was contained in a letter dated 14th January, 2022, and…
