The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) has announced that candidates aspiring for the positions of Local Government Chairman and Councillor in the upcoming elections will be required to pay a non-refundable nomination fee of N10 million and N5 million, respectively. This was disclosed by the Chairman of KANSIEC, Professor Sani Lawan Malunfashi, during a press briefing held in Kano on Thursday. Professor Malunfashi unveiled the electoral timetable and guidelines for the local government elections, stating that the fees are mandatory for all candidates seeking to participate in the electoral process. He emphasized that the charges are meant to ensure…
Author: Abdoulaye Kay
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointment as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). In a statement released on Thursday, NJC spokesperson Soji Oye disclosed that the decision was made during the Council’s 106th meeting, presided over by the current CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. The meeting took place on August 14 and 15 in Abuja, just seven days before Justice Ariwoola’s retirement. “This is imperative as Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, will formally bow out of office as the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria next week, Thursday, 22 August…
ASHENEWS reports taht the Sokoto State government has made a bold move to address the growing economic challenges and food insecurity in the State, and approved ₦14 billion for the purchase of 300 trucks of rice. This rice will be sold to the public at subsidized rates to alleviate hunger and ease the burden on the state’s residents. The announcement was made by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ibrahim Dadi Adare, following a State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Ahmed Aliyu on Wednesday. Adare emphasized that the decision to procure the rice is a direct…
“We declare today this public health emergency of continental security to mobilize our institutions, our collective will, and our resources to act swiftly and decisively,” said Africa CDC Director-General John Kaseya.
“The chairman was entitled to SR15,929 but he got SR50,000; three commissioners who were meant to get SR 15,929 each received SR 40,000 each. The secretary got SR 30,000 instead of SR14,336. Directors/Chief of Staff received SR 30,000 instead of the SR2,550 they were entitled to. The total of SR314,098 were recovered from all of them.”
I could not see this skit among recent Danbello’s posts. I wish I can shed some light there on the education aspect of his skit on Bauchi State without holding brief for its present Commissioner of Education. Yes. The popular thing is to believe that there is shortage of teachers in public schools and in rural areas especially— he correctly mentioned. Facts But there is the need for a deeper appreciation of the issue because the facts speak differently, for Bauchi State at least. As at the time I became the Commissioner of Education, the teacher-student ratios in the State…
The Seaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas has bowed to pressure, and withdrawn the controversial bills, which seeks to criminalise refusal to sing Nigeria’s reintroduced national anthem. The speaker caved into heated opposition and outrage that trailed the introduction of the controversial bill which prescribed a 10-year jail term for those who refused to sing the newly reintroduced anthem, ‘Nigeria, we hail thee‘. Abbas, alongside Senate President Godswill Akpabio and other federal lawmakers, passed the National Anthem Bill 2024 into law in May at the separate chambers. On May 29, 2024, on the one-year anniversary of the current…
ASHENEWS reports that the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), has appointed Professor Bashir Garba as the new Vice Chancellor. He succeeds Professor Lawal Bilbis, whose tunure expired recently. A statement by UDUS’ Pro-Chancellor, Professor Attahiru Muhammad Jega, made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday, said the Governing Council approved Garba’s appointment during its 168th Special Meeting on Wednesday. “The Governing Council, at its 168th Special Meeting held on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, approved the appointment of Professor Bashir Garba as the new Vice Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. “The appointment is for a single term of five years and will…
Nigeria’s northern region is experiencing continuous armed violence and a decline in rainfall as a result of climate change, both of which are hurting the region’s mainly artisanal farming population and worsening food insecurity. By Ahmad Sakida The country’s six geopolitical zones are beset by various crises, including insecurity, poverty, hunger, and climate change, as governments struggle to find solutions. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) foresaw this climatic anomaly and issued reports about the late onset and early cessation of rains in some northern states. Despite these warning notes, there is nothing anyone, including local authorities, could do under the current…
De Renaissance Patriots has replied to a columnist, Lekan Sote over his characterization of the Lagos De Renaissance Patriots as a far-right group. According to a statement by the Media Office of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation and made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday, the socio-cultural group, which is composed of senior, eminent citizens of Nigeria, culturally and constitutionally recognized as indigenes of Lagos State, took exception to Sote’s comments, describing it as “uncharitable, malicious, and reckless language unacceptable.” The Patriots said: “The inflammatory name-calling tarnishes our moral, social, intellectual, and political struggle, which is grounded in the promotion of our…