By Yusuf Idris Gusau Within the last few days, there have been what seems to be an orchestrated campaign to incite the Zamfara public against the personality and administration of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle by certain elements in the society. The elements who have been apparently waiting in the wing for quite a while, where they retreated to after their unsuccessful bid to bring Matawalle’s administration down through sustained onslaught in the media, now see the recent distribution of vehicles to traditional rulers and clerics as veritable leeway with which to launch themselves back. And they seem to have succeeded…
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Apparently piqued by the raging killings across the country, especially in the north as human beings die everyday like chickens, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately tender his resignation letter. The Director, Publicity and Advocacy of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, made the call on Tuesday. “The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari does not appear to have answers to the challenges of security to which we are exposed. We cannot continue to live and die under the dictates of killers, kidnappers, rapists and sundry criminal groups that have deprived us of our rights to live…
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has condoled with former President of the Senate and Secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, over the death of his wife, Felicia Wabara. This was contained in a statement signed by the Minority Leader of the House, Hon Ndudi Elumelu and made available to news men in Abuja on Tuesday According to the Caucus, “Mrs. Wabara was a very graceful, peaceful, humble and exceptionally kind lady; a devout Christian, who loved God and cared deeply for the wellbeing and happiness of others…
A new Bill at the House of representatives when assented to by the President is set to restrict the appointment of the Comptroller General of Customs within the Service, and make appointment of same from outside the Service illegal.This is coming against the backdrop that the current Comptroller General came in from outside the service a situation many believe will discourage the struggle for excellence among the heirachy of the service.The House of Representatives had on Tuesday considered and approved the report of the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise, on a Bill seeking the repeal of the…
By Tunde Olusunle I would most fittingly have earned the citizenship of any country in Europe and the Americas, if I had lived the duration of time I did in Benin City, in any such nation. As a little boy, I attended the old St. Joseph’s Primary School for my first school leaving certificate. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, a Brigadier in the Nigerian Army at the time, celebrated as the architect of the erstwhile Midwestern State, was governor. When I began secondary school at the very highly competitive and respected Immaculate Conception College, (ICC), a Catholic all-boys institution, George Agbazika Innih,…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has warned Multichoice Nigeria not to dare their host country by going ahead with the planned hike in tariffs of it’s products while the matter is yet being investigated. Inaugurating a seven-member adhoc Committee of the Senate headed by the Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate President warned that no foreign operators in the country should take Nigeria for granted. The committee was set up by the Senate on Wednesday, 30th April, 2022 against the backdrop of an announcement of tariff hike by the Multichoice pay TV service provider,…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Jibrin Barau, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the bill establishing Federal Polytechnic Kabo in Kano State.Senator Barau in a statement on Tuesday, said the establishment of the Polytechnic in Kabo which is his home town, will fast track development of the place aside affording the people, opportunities for acquisition of knowledge.The statement titled: “Appreciation”, reads: “I, Distinguished Senator Barau Jibrin representing the people of Kano North Senatorial District in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , heartily thank President Muhamnadu Buhari for the approval given for the establishment…
Participants at a two-day Forum on the Development and Recovery of the Lake Chad Basin Region have called for all hands to be on deck to rebuild communities and populations around the Lake Chad Region affected by insurgency and other humanitarian crises. A statement by the special adviser to the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Managemen and Social Development Nneka Ikem Anibeze quoted, the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo in his keynote address at the opening of the ‘Inaugural Forum on the Development of Lake Chad Basin’ to have assured that the Federal government will be an active participant in…
By Aisha Audu The Chief Medical Director, Kogi Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, Prof Isah Yahaya has described The Graphic Newspaper’s New Direction Pathfinder Award given to the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaha Bello, as well deserved. Speaking in a chat with The Graphic in Lokoja, the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Yahaya, noted that the award was a confirmation of the governor’s sterling leadership and successes recorded in major fronts. The Chief Medical Director who rejoiced with the Kogi state governor for being conferred with the New Direction Pathfinder Award said Alhaji Yahaha Bello’s choice by the newspaper could not have come…
An aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state, Surveyor John Tondus, has accused Nigerian governors of being responsible for insecurity in the nation for deliberately standing against Local Government Autonomy.Hon Tondus, who is also a former Commissioner for Local Government in Benue state, said the state governors were making huge money from the insecurity in their respective states, hence they don’t want it to end.Tondus made the allegations, Tuesday in Abuja, after he received an award of recognition from the National Association of Northern Nigerian Students as an Icon of Societal Development.The PDP chieftain…