A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Adams Jagaba, has said that the Southern Kaduna Senatorial seat is not for bench warmers and people who cannot speak for the senatorial district. Jagaba, a former federal lawmaker who represented Kachia/ Kagarko federal constituency for three terms, is one of the top contenders for the…
The Nigeria Police Force has debunked reports that its helicopter crashed in Bauchi. The police in a statement on Thursday by Frank Mba, its spokesman said the helicopter did not crash as it landed safely in Bauchi. The statement debunked claims by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), that the helicopter crashed and the people on…
A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) which took off from Abuja, has crashed at the Bauchi airport. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). The statement signed by the spokesman of the AIB, Tunji Oketunbi, said the accident on Wednesday at about 7:30pm. Oketunbi said,…
THE Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folashade Mejabi Yemi-Esan, on January 17, 2022 announced that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is not a trade union. I am not sure if this magisterial pronouncement is a result of ignorance, sycophancy or a fascist scheme to clamp down on the academics…
I am not a theologian by training and so in my effort to get a concise understanding of theological education in Africa, I decided to draw insights from the doctoral thesis of John K. Fulks, which was submitted in 2011 to Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in the United States as partial requirement for the fulfillment…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N215.8 billion as budget for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the 2022 fiscal year. The approval followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Finance during plenary. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (APC Lagos West), in…
