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…
By Idris Ahmed, Lokoja. Management of Kogi state Polytechnic, Lokoja, has announced the discovery and bursting of examination “Magic Centres” outside the campus. Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr. Salihu Ogbo Usman, who disclosed this at a press conference held in Lokoja on Monday, said the “Magic Centres” were created and controlled by a syndicate…
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…
Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong has congratulated the Nasarawa Old Students Association (NOSA), his Alma Mater, over the weekend for revisiting the school and intervening in construction of new structures as well as rehabilitating old ones. In a statement by Dan Manjang, Honourable Commissioner, Information and Communication, Plateau State, said the Governor was…
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…
Speaker, Nasarawa state House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi has during Monday’s sitting read before the House letter of defection from PDP to APC by Hon. John Osewu, Member Representing Doma South at the State Assembly. The letter titled “letter of Resignation from PDP to APC” contained two major reasons for the…
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…
By Yahaya Idris, Lafia. Grand Patron “Maikaya Development Foundation”, Alhaji Muhammed Musa Maikaya (Ciroman Toto), has distributed Study Materials to underprivileged students in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital. The distribution of the books and other learning materials kicked started last week Friday in Lafia LGA, with Government Science School Lafia, Government Senior Secondary School…
The Senator representing Nasarawa-west senatorial district of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Adamu has says the #EndSARS protests were sponsored by some prominent Nigerians to discredit the north. Recall the #EndSARS protests were staged by youth across the country to campaign against police brutality and all forms of illegality in October. Speaking during an interview, Adamu, who…
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…
Ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is again enmeshed in crisis as the the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, of the party insisted yesterday that it was not in a hurry to convoke a national convention because the condition precedent to having such an exercise had to be put in place first….
President Donald Trump’s tax records show signs of financial distress, he claims to have lost out on billions of dollars in income while in office and his eldest sons say the family business has forfeited dozens of potential deals across the globe. Now, denied a second term by voters, Trump may seek to return to…
Marlene Alfonso, who calls herself ’’Toothless Cindy,” or “Cindy sin Dientes” in Spanish, is one of the dozens of Venezuelan migrants who work on Bogota’s public bus system every day. With her pink cardigan and thick glasses, “Toothless Cindy” is becoming a musical sensation on Colombian public transport. When the music starts blasting from…
“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…
Trump’s defeat, said Shiv Sena on Monday while comparing the US Presidential election scenario with Bihar Assembly polls. Shiv Sena, through party mouthpiece Saamana, said, “President Trump never deserved the position of head of the state. The American public rectified the mistake made about the same Trump in just four years. He could not fulfil even a…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted approval to the Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, to run part-time degree programmes. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Malam Abdullahi Datti, Deputy Registrar and Deputy Head of Information and Public Relations Unit of the university, on Sunday in Kano. He said that…
