Borno state governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum on Tuesday charged stakeholders to work together in developing an ambitious, realistic and achievable master plan for the stabilization and development of the Northeast region. The northeast geopolitical region include Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states. Zulum who chairs the forum of northeast governors, spoke as special guest of honour of a multi-stakeholder consultation with the theme: North East Stabilization and Development Master Plan (NESDMP) project. The meeting was hosted by the Northeast Development Commission, NEDC at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. “Let me start by thanking President Muhammadu…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has told Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom to stop blaming the federal government for his alleged failures in the state. Ortom in recent times, has been attacking President Buhari on the governor’s perceived notion that the presidency has performed below average. However, Buhari in a statement by his presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu on Tuesday, said Ortom should stop blaming him for his failures in Benue State, including “unpaid salaries and pension arrears,” which according to the statement, “rather than find a way to raise the funds to pay them, he has blamed the President.” According to Buhari,…
… say ‘All we’re awaiting is for you to declare’ It was a mammoth crowd in Abuja on Tuesday, as women from across Nigeria gathered in the Federal Capital Territory for a solidarity walk in support of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, who they said had all it takes to be President of Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari. The women, who gathered under over 600 groups across the six geo-political zones of the country, and across key sectors, including Non-Governmental Organisations, Civil Society Organisations, religious, professional bodies, women in media, politics, Nollywood, market women, as well as top women…
The Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Auwal Rafsanjani has said that the fight against corruption in Nigeria must be holistic and collective. He stated this at the release of the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index, CPI, by Transparency International (IT). According to Rafsanjani, the CISLAC the findings in the index were solely an assessment of the entire public sector and not performance measuring of Nigeria’s government, its agencies, or anti-graft agencies. “We are not measuring the performances of the federal government, its agencies or any anti-graft agencies. It is solely a public sector assessment. “We spend billions…
…Told four killed, 110 buildings burnt By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday meets families of 24 abducted persons and recent attack on three communities in Chibok. Recall that insurgents recently attacked Kawtakare on January 14, 2022, Pemi on January 21 and Korohuma on December 30, 2021. The governor met families of 22 women and two men abducted by Boko Haram/ISWAP during the attack on Kawtakare, Korohuma and Pemi communities. “We are here in Chibok to commiserate with you, the immediate families of our sisters and brothers abducted as well as four of our brothers killed…
Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has budgeted N10,934,005,270 for the 2022 fiscal year, the State Project Coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammad has announced. The financial plan was approved late Monday evening, during a meeting of the project’s Steering Committee, chaired by the State Deputy Governor and Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Nasiru Gawuna. According to the Project Coordinator, the lion share of about nine percent of the total money was budgeted for crops and legumes value chain interventions, for small holder farmers across the state, to be conducted with technical cooperation of Sasakawa Africa and KNARDA. Although he did not give specific…
Eight persons have reportedly died and many others injured in a stampede at Olembe Stadium during a match between Cameroon and Comoros in Yaounde, at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations on Monday. A viral video that surfaced online, showed football fans struggling to get access to the stadium. Also a Cameroon-based television, CRTV, reported “half a dozen deaths and dozens have been injured”. A statement issued by Confederation of African Football confirmed the incident, saying that investigation is on-going. “CAF is aware of the incident that took place at Olembe Stadium during the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations fixture…
Aliko Dangote has retained his position as the richest man in Africa, with a net worth of $12.1 billion, according to the 2022 edition of the Forbes’ Top 10 Africa’s billionaires List. According to Forbes on its Twitter handle @Forbes, for 11th year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is the continent’s richest person, worth an estimated $13.9 billion, up from $12.1 billion in 2021. This according to the magazine, followed a 30 per cent increase in the stock price of Dangote Cement, his most valuable asset. A surge in housing developments in Nigeria and growth in government infrastructure…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno has described the outbreak of COVID-19 as one of the emerging biological threats to national security. Munguno disclosed this at a five-day training on Biorisk Management and Public Health Emergency Preparedness, organised by the Office of NSA in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and other technical partners on Monday, in Abuja. The NSA represented by the Director, Policy and Strategy, Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Amb. Aminu Lawal, said the outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 had brought the world to a standstill. He said that 340,543,962 confirmed cases of…
By Busola Samuel Nigerian youth have indicated their support for Modu Sheriff to be the next national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), soared Sunday with more Nigerians now coming out on the social and mainstream media to associate with him. Recall that some politicians within the All Progressives party (APC) had alleged that the two-term governor and senator was a sponsor of Boko Haram terrorists when he left for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). However, Sheriff in an interview with AIT on why he failed to respond to the allegation, said the wisdom in his silence was to enable…