Month: October 2017
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DUNEAETA Applauds Umahi’s Election As Co-Chair, Southern Governors Forum
By Aaron Ossai A group operating under the aegis of DUNAETA said it received with joy the news of the election of Governor Dave Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State as Co-Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum after her recent meeting held in Lagos after over 12 years. This recognition once again proves our stand that…
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Universities Blamed For Africa’s Underdevelopment
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Vice -Chancellor of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Professor AbdulRasheed Na’ Allah has criticised African universities for their inability to bring about the desired development in the continent. Also, the Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Netherlands, Dr. (Mrs) Nimota Akanbi said that the Ivory Towers were not doing enough to translate their researches…
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BASG Partners CBN to Create 10,000 Jobs
By Sule Aliyu, Bauch Following the successful implementation of the massive Rice Farming scheme under the Anchor Borrowers programme, Bauchi State Government has gone into collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme that seeks to provide 10,000 jobs to unemployed youth. According to a Press Statement signed by Press Secretary to…
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2019 elections: Gombe APC set to capture power –Mu’azu
By Sule Aliyu Gombe A Gombe state 2019 gubernatorial hopeful on the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC), Alhaji Abubakar Habu Ma’azu has called on the party’s executives in Balanga Local Government Area of the state to continue to hold political activities as a way of consolidating on the gains of the new found unity…
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Southern Mandate of Nigeria Condemns Call for Buhari’s Re-contest
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin city Members of the defunct CPC from the seventeen southern states of Nigeria, under the auspices of Southern Mandate of Nigeria (SMN) has described the call by members of BUHARI Support Group for President Mohammadu Buhari to contest in 2019, as political sycophancy that do not mean well for their…
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N15 Million Edo Welders Association Fraud, EFCC Testifies
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin city The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said the documents before the commission shown that Gov Adams Oshiomhole approved the sum of N15 million for Edo Welders Association empowerment. Mr Ganiyu Ajisafe of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), stated this when he testified before Justice…
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APC wins Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency Bye-election
By Najem Francis, Sokoto Predictably, the All Progressive (APC) candidate, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad Kalambaina, has been declared the winner of last Saturday’s bye-election for the Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency of Sokoto State whose occupant, Alhaji Abdullahi Wamakko, passed on last July. He polled 31,288 votes while his closest rival, Alhaji Aminu Bello Kware of the People Democratic Party…
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Sokoto to Partner German Firms on Solar Power
By Najem Francis, Sokoto Sokoto State government has commenced the connection of a number of rural households with solar power as part of efforts to promote energy usage and enhance rural electrification in the state. The Spokesman to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Malam Imam Imam, said in a statement that a pilot scheme has already…
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Fire Outbreak In My House Act of God – Wamakko
By Najem Francis, Sokoto Former Sokoto Governor, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has described the collapse of a section of a building in his residence at Gawon Nama area of Sokoto on Sunday as an act of God. This was contained in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Bashir Rabe Mani, which…
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Saraki Vs Sahara Reporters: Judge Orders Transfer Of Contempt Case
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A Kwara State High Court judge, Justice Sikiru Oyinloye, has excused himself from a contempt application filed by Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, against an online publisher, Omoyele Sowore and his company, Sahara Reporters. At the resumed hearing of the matter on Thursday, Oyinloye also ordered a halt to further proceedings…