Month: October 2017

By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said that weak and underfunded security agencies cannot live up to the task of protecting the country in the face of many security challenges. Hon Dogara therefore called for improved welfare for security agencies, this, he said, at the retreat of security…

By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said that the legislature in the process of passing laws to tackle poverty in Nigeria. Dogara, who stated that poverty eradication is closely linked to food security and rural development, also highlighted the relationship between poverty and social unrest. He made this…

 By Najem Francis, Sokoto Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, representing Sokoto North Senatorial District has said that the opposition parties will do worse win in 2019. The Senator spoke at his Gawon Nama residence in Sokoto when he received the winner of the APC’s primary election for the forthcoming bye election for the Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency,…

By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State have commended the Federal Government for commencing the rehabilitation of the 41-kilometre Ozalla-Akpugo-Amagunze-Ihuokpara-Nkomoro Ebonyi federal road. The road, earlier awarded in 2010, stopped due to poor funding, but was re-awarded by the present federal administration following…

  By Najem Francis, Sokoto Sokoto State Executive Council has approved over N1.5 billion for the construction, rehabilitation and expansion of a number of rural roads across the state. A statement issued by the Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, said that the roads would open up the rural areas and ease transportation…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The tenure of Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali as the 9th Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin will come to an end on Sunday 15th October, 2017. His successor is Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem. Addressing journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, on Friday, on the commencement of the 33rd Convocation Ceremonies…

By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi An international NGO, Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR) has called  on Federal Ministry of Health  to ensure that girl in hard to reach areas are immunized. A statement issue and signed by Knowledge Management and Communications Coordinator of CHR Asma’u Ahmad Rufa’i, made available to newsmen yesterday in Bauchi, said…

By Aaron Ossai By paying particular attention to capacity strengthening, the National Assembly has made appreciable progress in fulfilling its democratic obligations to Nigerians, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said. The Speaker explained that parliamentary capacity development is very important to ensure the balance of power between the branches of…

By  Ikhili Monday EBALU , Benin City The presiding Judge, Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of the Criminal Court 5 Division of Benin City High Court, yesterday, granted bail to the Edo State Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Aisosa Amadasun and four others with a bail of N1 million each and a surety of like…

By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi Over 4,500 members of All Progressives Congress (APC) and Green Party of Nigeria (GPN) supporters in Bauchi state defected to the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP). According to them, their defection to the new party was aimed at dislodging the ruling APC in the state in 2019. National trail reports that…