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The Presidential Steering Committee on Covid-19 has recommended the suspension of all Sallah durbar activities in six states as well as centralized eid gatherings, following the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. A statement by Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and chairman of the committee, said in a statement…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has told the National Assembly that the electronic transmission of results nationwide was possible. INEC’s position comes after the refusal to allow for electronic transmission of results in the Electoral Act. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate threw out the move to allow for electronic transmission of result…
Durbar festival is an annual festival celebrated in several cities, particularly in Northern Nigerian cities like: Kano, Zaria, Gombe,Bauchi,Dutse, Kazaure to mention few. Durbar festival marks the end of Ramadan and Sallah celebration, eid el Kabir and eid el Fitri in northern Nigeria. The maiden Lokoja Durbar and Horse Racing was initiated and sponsored by Hon. Danasabe…
NSCDC officers. Web image The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Board has shortlisted 6,500 applicants out of the 1,474,149 persons that applied for the 2019 recruitment exercise. About 670,000 were invited, 200,000 responded while 53,116 wrote the Computer-Based Test. Announcing this at a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, the NSCDC Commandant-General, Dr Ahmed…
—faults APC over dissolution of Zamfara executives A former Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, has distributed a total of 575 cows and 800 rams to members of the All Progressives Congress in the state. Alhaji Lawal Liman, the State Chairman of Yari’s faction of the party, stated this on Friday. Liman spoke at…
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee has shared N733.095 billion as June 2021 allocation from the Federation Account to the Federal, States and Local Governments Councils. This was revealed in a statement by the Office of Accountant General of the Federation on Friday. The statement disclosed that the N733.095 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory…
Few days after the conclusion of debate between Malam Abduljabar kabara and others ,the Kano state government has charged Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, a cleric famous for his controversial religious commentaries to court for blasphemy. TheAnalystNG reports that Abduljabbar’s utterances are regarded as statements mortifying the companions and sacrilegious to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) A statement issued…
Men of the Nigerian Military and other security agencies have launched an ‘aggressive’ joint operation at the Koton Karfe axis of Kogi State. A former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Major General Hassan Ahmed, was shot dead by unknown gunmen at Koton Karfe while he was returning to Abuja from Kogi State. His sister,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC on Friday deliberated on the commencement of the physical registration of voters as well as the scheduled appointments by online registrants and announced a new date for the exercise. INEC had on July 13 met with Resident Electoral Commissioners and noted that the commencement of physical registration of voters…
kogi state governor Yahaya Bello,Northern state legislators yesterday said the north deserves to retain the presidency in 2023 because the south has ruled for 14 years while the north would have ruled for 10 years at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. The lawmakers who assembled in Abuja on the auspices of an advocacy…
