Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has expressed shock over the death of former Nigerian leader and the Abese of Egbaland, Chief Ernest Oladeinde Shonekan GCFR. Bello in a condolence message by his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed described late Shonekan as a fantastic lawyer, political colossus and complete statesman, saying, he would be sorely missed. The governor said the late Interim Head of Government had contributed immensely to the unity, progress and political developments of the country noting that his release of political prisoners detained by the military government within three months in office united the country more along…
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Former Abia State Governor and Chief Whip of the Senate Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has boasted that he will be ready to contest the All Progressives Congress(APC) Presidential ticket with Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu if the party zones it to the South. In a statement by Barrister Emeka Nwala on behalf of the senator, Kalu said though he has nothing against the aspiration of Tinubu, he believes that his own Southeast is ripe for the Presidency and that it should be the turn of the region to produce the next President that should be him. According to Kalu, he has…
***says history will be kind to him Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has described the former Interim Head of the Nigerian government Chief Earnest Shonekan as a patriot and gentleman who gave his all for the sake of Nigeria. Senator David Mark.Reacting to the demise of the elder statesman in Abuja through a statement by his special adviser on media Paul Mumeh Senator Mark recalled that Shonekan was appointed Head of the government during the critical period of national challenges to pilot the affairs of the nation. Senator Mark noted the finesse, humane and due process Shonekan…
By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse The Organisation for Community Civic Engagement of Nigeria (OCCEN) and National Endowment for Democracy have urged Nigerian youths and women to participate in politics and vie for elective positions in 2023 general elections. The two organizations made the call during a panel discussion for inspiring the aspiring young politicians in Jigawa state, held at the Manpower Development Institute (MDI) in Dutse the state capital. The executive director of OCCEN Comrade Abdurrazaq Alkali said “It is the right time for the Youths and women to fully come out to participate in politics and contest for elective positions…
From Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse The Jigawa state government has asked a youth group, Youth Partnership to Engage Reform and Learning (YOPERL) to monitor and effectively supervise multi-billion Naira orthopedic hospital contract sited in Gumel town recently awarded by the state government The acting commissioner of Health, Dr. Salisu Muazu charged the youth group when they paid him a courtesy visit in his office.He said, “The present administration under governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar is committed to delivering on it’s responsibilities of providing social amenities to the people in the state”. Muazu said “Government alone can not do everything, as it also…
By Ola Awoniyi When Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan graduated from the University of Maiduguri in 1984 with a B.Sc. degree in Geography, taking an active role in partisan politics was not on his mind. The young man did not consider himself cut for the “dirty game.” Rather, his focus was firmly on academics. And so for the next 10 years, he was in the Ivory Towers researching and imparting knowledge for the enlightenment and development of society. He was good enough at what he was doing such that in 1990, he was offered a scholarship by the European Union, one of…
***As NEMA assess Damages The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has sympathized with victims of the Central market, Nguru fire disaster which razed over three hundred shops and destroyed goods worth millions of Naira in Yobe state at the weekend. Special adviser to the minister on media Nneka Ikem Anibeze in Statement on Monday quoted the minister to have described the loss as colossal while she has directed the National Emergency Management Agency to conduct an on- the – spot assessment of the inferno to ascertain the extent of damage. “I commiserate with…
Some founding members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa state, under the aiges of APC Stakeholders Forum, Jigawa, have petitioned the national leadership of the ruling APC under the leadership of Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), alleging that the state governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar ‘terrorising them’. The APC members also demanded for immidiate cancellation of the state congress. Although the first petition addressed to the Chairman of the CECPC, Governor Mai Mala Buni, dated 30th of October 2021, the reminded obtained by newsmen Monday in Abuja is dated 23rd December, 2021. In the said petition, signed by…
By Ehichioya Ezomon In the lead-up to the February 2023 general election, the main issue of discourse in the polity is the region, between the North and South of Nigeria, that will produce the next president.Going by “a gentleman’s agreement” by politicians, and political parties in Nigeria to rotate the “Office of President” in every eight years, the odds appear to favour Southern Nigeria in 2023.As President Muhammadu Buhari from the North is rounding off his eight-year tenure of two terms of four years each in May 2023, the South is expected to produce the president for the country.The agitation…
From Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse Efforts of the National Youth and Civil Society Coalition for Development (NYCSD), a non governmental organization in collaboration with the Jigawa state Government to increase the percentage success in NECO and WAEC examination has started yielding positive outcomes. The National president of the coalition (NYCSD), Comrade Aminu Aminu gave the indication while delivering his speech at a one day public lecture on drug abuse and immorality in tertiary institutions organized by the NYCSD, NTA and NITDA at the 3 Star hotel in Dutse, Jigawa State. The National president explained that his organization collaborated with the ministry…