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The federal government has approved N656 billion as fresh loan for the 36 states of the country. According to details of the loan as announced during the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday, each state is expected to receive N18.2 billion. In a statement issued by Laolu Akande, spokesperson to the vice-president, the loan…
Alhaji Sulaiman Baba Ali, a one time honorable commissioner of health from 1999-2003,is an outstanding Nigerian. As a politician and chairman,Sulaiman Baba Ali Foundation (SBA) apolitical organization created to give helping hands to the vulnerable and provide employment opportunities for the youths, has built bridges of unity across the three senatorial districts and religious lines,…
Dr. Sani Abdulahi Shinkafi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lamented that the ward congresses conducted by the party at the weekend in Zamfara State remain valid and no court can set it aside. The former All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) scribe stated that the congresses were conducted according to the constitutional provisions, saying…
The Plateau State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has raised alarm over the looming food crisis, skyrocketing prices of foodstuffs, cooking gas among other household consumables in the country. The Union urged government at all levels to take decisive steps in ameliorating the situation. The NUJ also called on members of the…
In the recent months, a number of support groups, hitherto unknown, have been touting the presidential aspiration of Mr Bello. A political support group, Niger Delta Coalition for Governor Bello 2023 (NDCGB 2023), has urged the Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, to declare his interest to run for the presidency in 2023. In the recent…
Anthony Ehilebo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Director of New Media, has called for the sack of Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, over the EndSARS panel report. Ehilebo also called for the immediate removal of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai’s immunity. The Abuja-based lawyer made the call while…
The Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils, LGCs, on Wednesday, shared N671.910 billion as Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, for October. A statement by Oshundun Olajide, the Acting Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said that the allocation was distributed at FAAC meeting in Lagos at the end of the National…
The Igbo community Association, Kogi state chapter, will present an “Award of Excellence” to the chairman, Kogi state Forestry and Produce, Hon. Ahmed Bakaso Dan Fulani a.k.a Quincy. According to the association,the event is schedule to take place on Saturday, 20th of November 2021 at Lokoja Confluence stadium,by 1pm prompt . According to the statement,the…
The senator representing Kano Central, Ibrahim Shekarau, has taken a swipe at the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, over the famous dollar videos showing the governor stuffing wads of dollars into his pockets. Mr Ganduje had fired the first salvo on October 14 at a political gathering at Africa House, Government House, Kano, when…
The University of Ilorin has expelled a final-year student of the Department of Microbiology, Salaudeen Waliu Aanuoluwa, who was caught on camera assaulting a female lecturer of the same department. In a statement by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, the verdict was handed down by the Student Disciplinary Committee on Monday. He…
