Month: January 2016

Toryila KAJO, Makurdi Benue state government in the past has not been assessing funds from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for the provision of infrastructural development of primary education which has piled up to the tune of N3.8 billion in the past eight years. The Executive Chairman of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board…

By Monday EBALU, Benin City Properties valued at about N40million such as luxury cars, houses and personal effects were last week destroyed when armed thugs wielding axes and shot guns allegedly invaded the Ogheghe-Osewende community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Council of Edo state. Although no life was lost, many community dwellers said many of them…

Lola SERIKI -IDAHOSA, Kaduna Kano state government has granted amnesty to 39 ‘repented’ cattle rustlers in the state. The repented criminals were until recently among those supposedly involved in cattle rustling, kidnapping and other crimes within Falgore forest in the state. The remorseful persons independently and separately submitted themselves to the member representing Sumaila Constituency…

The call for Nigerians to explore the hospitality and tourism sector to boost the country’s economy has started yielding dividends with the upgrading and overhauling of the facilities for effective service delivery at Kaduna Command Guest House. Disclosing this to newsmen recently in Kaduna, the Managing Director of the re-positioned Command Guest House, Chief Sunny…

Plateau State Police Command has said it recovered about 1,000 ammunition and 26 assorted arms from men of the underworld, even as it lost 15 personnel in various attacks in the preceding year. The state commissioner of police, Adekunle Oladunjoye, stated this in Jos while briefing journalists on the challenges and success recorded under the…

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir Lawal, has commended the achievements of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, saying he was surprised that such performer existed in the Peoples Democratic Party. Lawal who was on a one-day visit to Ebonyi State on Thursday, added that Umahi’s performance had become a challenge to…

Students of the University of Jos may have to stay a bit longer at home as a result of the lingering three months old internal strike action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, ASUU, in the institution. Indications to this emerged early January, when national TRAIL gathered that the institution’s senate was…

In his efforts to boost the internally generated revenue (IGR) in Kaduna State, Governor Nasir el-Rufai has appointed a new interim management for the state’s revenue board. The change was made known in a statement signed by Kaduna State Commissioner of Finance, Suleiman Abdu Kwari. According to the statement, the new board chaired by Moukhtar…

Former Governor of Benue state, Gabriel Torwua Suswam on Saturday in Kaduna said the late Premier of the defunct Northern Region, and Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello was not a tribalised leader and focused leader. The former governor who also praised the Premier for promoting a united Nigeria during his days, described him as…