Nasarawa State House of Assembly says it is supporting Gov. Abdullahi Sule’s move for the thirteen Local Gvoernment Councils in the state to have a single salary and single revenue account each in order to block leakages at the third tier of government. Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House stated this…
By Abah Benjamin Eneojoh, Lokoja. Following the visit of the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello to the office of the Minister of Works and Housing, Hon. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and the subsequent call by the Kogi State Commissioner for Works and Housing, Engr. Abubakar S. Ohere on the need for Federal…
Former Malian President, Amadou Toumani Toure, is dead. BBC reports that the 72-year-old died in Turkey on Tuesday morning where he was undergoing treatment. It’s been reported that he had undergone an emergency heart surgery in the capital, Bamako before his departure from Mali. Toure was Mali’s President from 2002. He led the Sahel…
Following the destruction of about 1,975 bottles of beer estimated at N200m by the Kano State Hisbah Board in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has promised to increase the salaries of officials of the Islamic security outfit. Speaking during the destruction exercise at Kalebawa, Ganduje said the consumption of alcohol and…
Idris Ahmed, Lokoja. Following allegation of a gender based discrimination against Harzoyka Restaurant, the Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (“Commission”) on Sunday, November 8, 2020, received credible information and subsequently a complaint was lodged at approximately 11:00 P.M investigation commenced with a fiat Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Chief…
Following the sacked of the former Chairman of board, the Governor has approved the appointment of Alh Mohammed Alkali as the acting Executive Chairman of the Borno State Board Of Internal Revenue. Alh Alkali, until his appointment is the Senior Manager Tax, Federal Inland Revenue Service. He is ADKAR certified change management practitioner and…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday appeared at the office of the Auditor General For Local Government, venue of the ongoing pensioners’ verification exercise at around 3 o’clock in the evening. Zulum who earlier attended to several heads of Agencies and parastatal at his annexe office at the State Secretariat Complex charged the verification committee…
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has said that the 2021 budget is ready for presentation before the State House of Assembly, next week. Engineer Sule disclosed this while presiding over the monthly state executive council, at the Government House, on Monday. According to the Governor, the 2021 budget is ready for members of…
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has announced that he has tested positive to COVID-19. The Governor made this known via his Twitter handle: In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Mary Noel-Berje, the Governor said “his sample was taken for test, and unfortunately returned positive.. The Governor said he has…
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has directed members of the state executive council, to henceforth, send every item requiring expenditure, to the Nasarawa State Bureau for Public Procurement, for vetting. Engineer Sule gave the directive while delivering his opening speech during the monthly state executive council meeting, which held at the Government House,…
A popular YouTuber with a passion for motorbikes has died in an accident that occurred while she was riding her new bike. Amanda Andrade Maturana, known online as “Amanda da 160”, died in Londrina, Brazil on the night of Friday, November 6. Amanda, 22, amassed 70,000 Youtube subscribers and 50,000 Instagram followers by sharing her love…
The Northern Governors Forum has commiserated with the people of Bauchi State and family of the legendary hunter and crime fighter, Ali Kwara who died recently. A press statement issue by Dr. Makut Simon Macham, Director of Press & Public Affairs to the Governor of Plateau State, said the Chairman of the Forum and…
Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed into second reading “A bill for a law for the establishment of the Nasarawa State Infrastructure Maintenance and Haulage fee and other matters connected thereto. Speaker of the house, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi announced this after the house leader Umar Tanko Tunga moved a motion to…
Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi has expressed satisfaction with the commitments of the various house standing committees during oversight functions saying that the Nasarawa Lawmakers have key into what is happening at the National Assembly. The Speaker who was speaking during plenary when members resumed after a two…
By Yahaya Idris and Jameel Musa, Lafia. Youths of Toto Local Government Council has lauded the tireless efforts of the lawmaker representing Toto/Gadabuke constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly. The group was ably led by Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Toto Local Government Council, Comrade Musa Mansir Bashir on a…
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has restated that the consumption of alcohol and other intoxicants remain forbidden in Islam. This is as the Kano State Hisbah Board on Sunday destroyed 1,975,000 bottles of different beer worth over N200m, which were confiscated within Kano metropolis. Speaking during the destruction exercise in Kalebawa in the Dawakin…
“I am telling Mamata Banerjee’s people who indulge in mischief to correct themselves within six months or else their hands, legs, ribs and heads will be broken… If they increase mischief, then they will be sent to crematorium,” Dilip Ghosh said. West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Sunday once agains raked up a controversy as…
Yahaya Idris, Karu. In a bid to provide infrastructural development inline with his administration’s vision, the Executive Chairman, Karu Local Government Council, Hon. Akala Samuel Gajere, on Sunday led some members of his administration to inspect some ongoing projects in Panda community in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. In a statement he…
….. Begins oversight of centre facilities in South East, South South regions.. The Senate committee on Science and Technology led by its Chairman, Distinguished Senator Uche Ekwunife has commenced visitation to Technology Incubation Centres (TICs) in the South East and South South regions. A statement signed by Kinsley Ubani, SA Media, said the visit…
BY Abah Benjamin Eneojoh. Engineers from the Department of Highway Bridge and Design (Road Design North) of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing Abuja in partnership with the Kogi State Ministry of Works and Housing and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have begun visit to deplorable roads in Kogi State. This was revealed…
