The Tangale community overseas has written an opened letter to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, accusing the Gombe state governor, Alhaji Mohammed Yahaya for suppressing the rights of minority citizens in the state. The sultan was recently in Gombe state for a summit on peaceful coexistence and nation-building, organized by Dawah…
The People Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Yobe state in the 2019 elections, Ambassador Umaru Damagum has denied filing a suit seeking the removal of the state governor, Mai Mala Buni. Damagum and Alhaji Baba Aji, his running mate during the election, were reported to have filed the suit through Emeka Etiaba (SAN), maintaining…
The Chairman of council, All Nations Christian Assembly (ANCA) has said that Nigeria has never been as divided as it is under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Addressing a press conference on Friday at the end of its annual conference in Kaduna, Oibe, called on the President to do everything within his power…
Elder statesmen and seasoned public administrator, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, is dead. Joda, 91, died on Friday in Yola, Adamawa state. His death was confirmed in a statement on Friday by Humwashi Wonosikou, spokesman to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state. Born in 1930, Joda attended Yola Elementary School and Yola Middle School before proceeding to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a suit seeking the removal of Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, from office. In the suit dated August 12 and filed same day, the PDP maintained that Buni violated Section 183 of the Constitution, by serving as chairman of the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress…
The federal government has announced a new policy for tollgates in the country. The minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this through a statement on Wednesday by Tolu Ogunlesi, a presidential aide. The statement said the federal executive council (FEC) at its meeting on Wednesday granted approval for the “Federal Roads and Bridges…
