By Olawale Olaleye Since his emergence as Nigeria’s number-two citizen, different accounts had been flying around on how Professor Yemi Osinbajo, actually secured the coveted vice-presidential slot, a majority of which revolved around the person of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his former boss. Indeed, the recent revelation by Chief Bisi Akande in his book, “My Participations” was equally slanted to further pin down the narrative. You may recall that in 2016, Professor John Paden, authored a biography, ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of leadership in Nigeria’, where he dismissed speculations that Tinubu, influenced the emergence of Osinbajo as Buhari’s running mate, but…
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From’ Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse The All Progressive Congress Chairman (APC) chairman for Jigawa State chapter, Alhaji Aminu Sani Gumel has pleaded with Nigerians to reason with the Federal government on fuel subsidy removal as “The policy is not an APC initiative but fulfilment of IMF loans agreement since military era. Gumel gave the indication while speaking to newsmen during a ” Media Engagement Forum ” organized by the Jigawa State Correspondents’ Chapel.He said Nigerians should rather commend the party for signing the Petroleum Industry Act aimed at bringing prosperity to the nation ‘s economic sector”. The chairman explained that there…
By Aminu Atiku The recent All Progressives Congress (APC) congresses in Zamfara State has no doubt, brought to the fore, critical issues of politics and governance in the northwest state. It also betrayed the desperation of certain self-acclaimed leaders’ quest for power even at the cost of the state on which shoulders they rode to stardom. The desperation for power by certain elements had put the state on the spotlight since the run up to the 2019 general elections, stunting in its progress for many years, while other sister states prospered. Ahead of 2023 general elections, the same elements in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State under the leadership of Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani has commended the judiciary for standing by the truth over falsehood in the nation’s nascent democracy. The APC Publicity Secretary, Zamfara State, Yusuf Idris Gusau in a statement issued on Friday said the judgement at the state High Court, Gusau is an affirmation of the leadership of the APC under His Excellency, Mai-Mala Buni.According to him, the Ruling religiously followed the provisions of the party’s constitution to do the right thing in fairness to all members. “The selfish thinking of some yet to be verified…
Ensure you utilize every opportunity being made available to you because it will greatly impact your lives positively the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has advised Nigerian Youth Director Press and Public Relations in the ministry Mohammed Manga in a statement quoted Dare as having given the advice on Thursday in his office, in Abuja when he received the officials of the Nigerian Tulip International College, (NTIC), Abuja The officials of the college led the representatives of the 21 best students selected from the 2019 National Youth Games held in Ilorin, Kwara State, on a…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has urged the National Commission for disability to adopt the sign language as alternative means of communication. Special Adviser on media to the minister Nneka IKem Anibeze quoted the minister to have made the remark at the National Summit of Persons With Disabilities held in Abuja on Thursday. While formally launching the First Edition of the National Sign Language Dictionary, Umar Farouq stated that the Dictionary will provide a harmonized and consistent understanding of signs for Persons with Disabilities, especially the Deaf, in Nigeria. “I am pleased…
***submitted list of 15 commissioner nominees From Abel Abogonye, Lafia The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has on Thursday presented the 2022 budget proposal of N109,801,524,879.49) to the state house of assembly. Sule while presenting the budget indicated that N70,891,582,458.57 only representing 64.56% of the total budget is earmarked for recurrent expenditure. While the sum of N38,909,942,420.92 representing 35.44% of the total budget is earmarked for capital expenditure for the year 2022. Sule described the budget as budget of sustainable transformation saying that it is expected to focus on completion of projects that would take the state further on the…
From Abel Daniel, Lafia As part of his administration’s commitment to boosting agricultural production in the state, the Governor of Nasarawa State Abdullahi Sule on Wednesday flagged off the sale of fertilizer for 2022 dry season farming in the state. Addressing stakeholders at the flag-off ceremony in Lafia, the governor indicated that fertilizer was procured at the rate of N9,300 but would sold to Farmers at the rate of seven thousand N7,000, only. The governor however explained that Nasarawa State is the highest cassava producer in the region, and second in yam production in the country. He explained that Government…
***Insists its criminal to deny them opportunity to work The Federal Government on Thursday has announced that it is now mandatory for the provision of 5% employment opportunity for persons with disabilities spread across the 36 States of the federation through the operationalization of Federal Character.”This makes it criminal for any Ministry, Extra Ministerial -Department and Agencies of government to deny persons with disabilities the opportunity to work provided they have the requisite skills. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the disclosure on the occasion of the International Day/National summit of Persons With Disabilities which took place on Thursday in Abuja.…
By Naseer Mijinyawa Minna Some suspected armed bandits Wednesday stormed Ba’are village in Mashegu Local Government area of Niger State killing 16 worshipers in the mosque.The worshipers were massacred while observing their early morning prayer (Subhi)The gun men had invaded the mosque warning worshipers to remain in their respective positions.It was gathered that the gun men came into the village on a large convoy of motorcycles wielding sophisticated weapons as they took position at the entrance of the mosque before embarking on the killing of the worshipers.It was gathered that the mosque was filled to capacity when the gun men…