Zazzau Emir By Wole Mosadomi, Henry Umoru, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Marie-Therese Nanlong & Ibrahim HassanWuyo Chairman, Kaduna State Council of Chiefs and 18th Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, has died. The Waziri of Zazzau, Mallam Ibrahim Muhammad, who confirmed the emir’s death, said he  died at the 44 Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna in the early hours …

File: Students in a classroom By Wole Mosadomi More startling revelations have come out of the ongoing screening of all categories of civil servants in Niger State as 80 per cent of staff of the state Ministry of Education have been uncovered to be in the service for several years with forged certificates. Already, the principal …

FRSC-operatives By James Ogunnaike Eight persons were, weekend, burnt to death in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus around Saapade Bridge by Straight Gate College on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ahmed Umar, who disclosed this yesterday, said the accident occurred around 8:45pm and was caused …

THE Federal Government’s focus on railway and seaport development is a necessity to drive the nation’s economy, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said. Amaechi stated this at the virtual 15th Annual Kaleidoscope Global Business Conference hosted by the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York yesterday. “Many Nigerians have asked why the …

By Joseph Erunke Elders from the North East have expressed worries over the worsening security situation in the country, saying excuses by service chiefs are no longer tenable. The elders, who expressed their concerns in a statement yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, listen to the voice of the majority …

…Buhari, Atiku, Bode George, governors, others hail Obaseki …It was a contest between Edo people and Oshiomhole — Owie …Poll massively rigged, we’ll decide on next step —APC …I’m studying situation, ‘ll meet with my party for action, says Ize-Iyamu By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Gabriel Enogholease, Festus Ahon, Ozioruva Aliu, Johnbosco Agbakwuru,  Dirisu Yakubu, Chris …

…Villager battles gunman, seizes AK-47 rifle By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Gunmen, weekend, raided Gobirawan Cali community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, kidnapping over 40 peasant farmers. A villager told the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Hausa Service that the gunmen stormed the communities, shooting sporadically, as inhabitants ran into the bush to avoid being hit …

A clergyman, Rev. Bassey Umoh, has advised Christians to live a good life as it is the portion of every Christian to die. Umoh in his sermon at the funeral of Chief Kalu Okonta, at his country home, Igbere, Abia, on Saturday, said what was not the portion of Christians however, was an untimely death. …

Education has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19 and the lockdowns imposed in almost all jurisdictions. We refer to the second instalment in June of COVID-19 impact monitoring, a publication of the National Bureau of Statistics in partnership with the World Bank. It noted that 35 per cent of households with children of school attending age …

Dear Cross Riverians today we take another bold step to respond to the needs of our people who seek health from our various healthcare facilities in Cross River state. By early January, less than a month after my appointment as commissioner for health, I began to receive complaints from Cross Riverians far and near about some …

As the last quarter of the year draws near, individuals, groups, corporate organisations and governments are assessing the impact of Covid-19, reflecting on how the pandemic had disrupted their goals, plans and achievements for the year. For Biliden Kod, the pandemic truncated a plan that was very dear to him. “In January, I had plans of …

President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and grief over the death of the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris. President Buhari in a condolence message to Governor Nasir el-Rufai, the government and people of Kaduna State, said the state has lost one of its longest monarchs. According to him, …

By Adeola Badru THE Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), has suggested that for Nigeria to escape poverty and infrastructural deficit, Federal Government must engage Private-Public-Partnership approach, while local solutions should be found to funding and execution of projects. The body made this known yesterday, at its 2020 Annual Colloquium tagged: ‘Oyo State Development …

A Catholic cleric, Rev. Fr. Kale Francis, has advised parents to always pay attention to their male children as most of them are being sexually abused by friends and relatives. Francis, the Parish Priest at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Nyanya, Abuja, gave the advice during the Holy Mass on Sunday when more than …

Governor Darius Ishaku *Drums support for govt’s peace moves By Victor Ajihromanus Taraba-based pressure group,  Taraba Interest Group,  TIG, has called on Tiv communities in the state to see the marriage of Governor Darius Ishaku’s daughter to a Tiv as symbolising the governor’s commitment to peace. It also explained that such an event should convince even …

Twelve (12) Nigerian students from the University of Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of Port Harcourt have succeeded to qualify for the Huawei Global ICT Competition following an excellent performance in the Cloud and Network examination at the just concluded Huawei Sub-Saharan AfricaRegion ICT Competition finals. The Huawei ICT Competition which generally …

Ned Nwoko …Eziashi backs Ned Nwoko, Aligbe challenges them, points the way out Today, we conclude the first part of our report on the land tussle tearing Udumuje-Ugboko, a Delta community apart. For over five years, since 2015, the crisis that has engulfed the people of Idumuje-Ugboko, a quiet suburb in the Aniocha North Local Government …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday directed his Chief of Staff Professor Ibrahim Gambari, to lead a group of Ministers and senior government officials to Zaria to represent him at the burial of the Emir, Alhaji Shehu Idris. On the delegation were the ministers of: Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; …

Ize-Iyamu By Nwafor Sunday Hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Godwin Obaseki, winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Sunday said “he is studying the results’, noting that he would announce his next move. Ize-Iyamu had …

Dangote Cement Plc, says it has committed over N4 billion into various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects in its 14 host communities in Yewa land in Ogun. The company made this known in a statement signed by the Media and Community Relations Manager of Dangote Industries Limited, Mr Francis Awowole-Browne, on Sunday. “Since the inception …