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A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogora, has accused  the Bauchi state governor, Mr. Bala Mohammed, for allegedly masterminding the suspension of his traditional title, “Jakadan Bauchi” by the Bauchi emirate council. The suspension of the traditional title was announced in a statement on Monday jointly signed by Ibrahim Saidu Jahun…

The 2021 Corruption Perception Index released on Tuesday by Transparency International (CTI) has rated Nigeria as the second most corrupt country in West Africa with Guinea topping the list. According to the CPI rating Nigeria, scored 24 out of 100 points in the 2021 index, ranking 154 out of 180 countries, going down five steps…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he will never return to partisan politics. Obasanjo stated this on Saturday the National Working Committee ,(NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by its chairman Dr. Iyorchia Ayu paid him a visit at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeakuta, Ogun state. Obasanjo had announced…

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…