APC issues template as Ganduje, Shekarau share Kano party structure
In a bid to address the lingering crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, the national leadership has provided template for the harmonisation of the party structure in the state. The party has set up a peace committee tagged ‘The National/State Joint Supervisory Committee’ headed by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and assisted by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau. Other members of...
Zamfara Assembly serves impeachment notice on deputy gov
The Zamfara House of Assembly has formally served the state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau, with notice of impeachment for alleged gross abuse of office. Alhaji Shamsudeen Bosko, the Chairman, House Standing Committee on Information, confirmed this at a news conference in Gusau on Monday. He listed the allegations against the deputy governor to include abuse of office in breach of...
FG moves to avert aviation workers’ strike
Following the threat by aviation workers under the aegis of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), to withdraw their services effective from 8th February 2022 over poor welfare and unimplemented agreements, the Federal Government has begun discussions to avert the strike. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, convened a...
Public office not instrument for wealth accumulation, Osinbajo tells politicians
Public office is an instrument of service and responsibility to the people and should not be synonymous with the accumulation of power, privilege, and wealth, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. Osinbajo stated that professionals interested in politics and nation-building must turn the tide where “holding public office in Nigeria at any level is largely perceived as synonymous with the...
Amuneke is Super Eagles’ Chief Coach
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced former Super Eagles forward, Emmanuel Amuneke, as the head coach of the Nigerian senior men national team. NFF stated that interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen, will be the team’s Interim Technical Adviser. The announcement was made known by the NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, on Monday. The statement read: “The NFF Board has approved a...
Artistes promoting drug abuse on social media ― NDLEA Chair
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has accused some artistes of abusing drugs and also encouraging others to do the same through their work and activities on social media. Marwa said this on Monday during a meeting with the leaders of the Nollywood industry under the aegis of the Actors...
Sunday Igboho: Buhari’s aide mocks Shehu Sani on Twitter
Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, has told Senator Shehu Sani, to head to Cotonou in Benin Republic to protest the continued detention of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho. Igboho, who was arrested in 2021, is facing allegations bordering on trafficking in arms, inciting violence, and causing disunity...
Sanusi: Nigeria’ll be in much deeper hole in 2023
The 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Monday predicted that Nigeria will be in much deeper hole in 2023 than in 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office. Sanusi, a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who warned that Nigeria will sink deeper into more problems, declared that the country "is living on extra time" due...
Rivers vs Imo: S’Court decides ownership of 17 oil wells May 6
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed May 6 for judgement in a legal tussle between Rivers and Imo over the ownership of 17 oil wells in their territories. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who led a six-man panel of justices, fixed the date after taking arguments from lawyers involved in the suit. Rivers, the plaintiff in the matter, represented by Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN),...
EU donates 2m doses of J&J COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria
The Federal Government has taken delivery of two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine donated by the European Union. The handover of the vaccines was done on Monday at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), National Strategic Cold Store, Abuja. The EU ambassador, Mr. Samuela Isopi, who presented the vaccines, said the donation was part...
