Mallam Abdulkarim Muhammad Abdullahi, the Executive Chairman of the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), has described the call by a former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, on Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State to stop work on the ongoing Lafia cargo airport project, as the height of ignorance and malice. Mallam Abdullahi said this on Monday while berating the former Minister and All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate during the 2015 general elections, for elevating sentiments above common sense. He pointed out that Maku should have consulted wisely before shooting off his mouth needlessly on a matter that should be a pride…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has promised that his administration will not sack any teacher from the state civil service. But he said that his administration will not fail to reassign any teacher that does not have the requisite qualifications to be in the classroom. Tambuwal made the disclosure on Monday in Dogon-Daji, Tambuwal Local Government Area, at the annual national congress of the old Boys’ association of his Alma-mater, Government Secondary School, Dogon Daji. “Beginning from the next budget, government will ensure continuous training and retraining of teachers to update their knowledge and make them conform to modern teaching…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has commiserated with to the family of Hon. Makinde Oladejo Samson who died on Sunday. Hon. Samson, member representing Ife Central and Minority leader at the Osun State House of Assembly died at the early hours of Sunday after a brief illness. In a condolence message by the Director of the Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Semiu Okanlawon, Aregbesola described the death of the House of Assembly member as sudden and shocking. He prayed for the repose of Hon. Makinde Oladejo Samson’s soul and extended his “profound condolence to the immediate…
Blessing Agbomhere, an aspirant of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, disclosed it would be a mistake for Governor Adams Oshiomhole to support the Chairman of the State Economic Team, Dr. Godwin Obaseki, to pick the party ticket. Agbomhere, who described himself as the youngest aspirant in the race, said Oshiomhole was “only testing the waters” with the alleged support for Obaseki. Speaking at a maiden town hall meeting with youths in Edo where he unveiled his blueprint for developing the state, Agbomhere noted that the people of Edo and not an individual would decide…
Nigerians and some analysts are concerned about the ability of the present President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to fund the 2016 budget presented by the president. Several questions have been raised on how the federal government intends to fund the 2016 budget which is less reliant on oil than the previous budgets and also, with oil prices forecast to be going as low as $20 per barrel, significantly below the $38 benchmark price in the proposed budget. The federal government has now shed light on how it plans to fund the budget. “As a government, we inherited N1.5 trillion domestic debt and…
A 24-hour special task force has been setup by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to supervise and monitor petrol sales at depots and stations. It said the task force would sanction depots and stations selling above the recommended price. Assistant Director, Public Affairs in DPR, Mrs Dorothy Bassey, disclosed this in telephone interview with our reporter in Lagos, yesterday. Bassey said the special team was set up purposely for the Yuletide with powers to take over the sale of the product from those selling above the approved price. She said the agency had met with stakeholders to convey government’s displeasure…
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ogun State has impounded a truck load of cannabis sativa packaged as biscuits and cheese balls. The 3,542.25kg bags of banned narcotics were intercepted by officials of the NDLEA at the Odeda axis of Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government in Ogun State. The two suspects are Ihenacho Chinweuba (27) and Uche Enuosa (33). They were arrested in connection with the seizure. The Ogun NDLEA Commander, Bala Fagge, said the shipment was meant for consumption in Ogun and Lagos States. “A white Mercedes Benz Truck with registration No: Lagos KJA132XN was intercepted at Odeda…
Former Lagos State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) National leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged Christians to learn the lessons from the birth of Jesus Christ. In his Christmas message to the nation on Friday, Tinubu said: “The lessons of humility, selflessness, humanity and meekness that we glean from the evergreen Christmas story must not depart from our relationships here on earth”. According to Tinubu, this is the only way the blessings of Christmas will abide always beyond the celebration. “Nigeria is at the cusp of a new moral threshold and the role of religion in making a success of…
It is likely that th former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki may be returned to the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) for “security reasons”. Justice Peter Affen of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, on Wednesday granted bail to Dasuki, former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda; former Director of Finance in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Shuaibu Salisu, former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa and his son, Sagir Attahiru in the sum of N250 million each. Justice Affen also banned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from re-arresting the aforementioned…
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), who was the immediate past Senate Leader has said that since he left Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under whose platform he was elected to the Senate for three consecutive terms, he now has peace of mind. Ndoma-Egba, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) noted that the issues he aggregated that caused him agitation while in the PDP, have ceased since he dumped the party. He made this known in a chat with Vanguard in Calabar, Cross River State on Wednesday, claimed that he was sidelined in the PDP for three years but had to stay…