THE tension generated in the northern part of the country by the violent activities of Boko Haram continued yesterday to draw condemnation amid efforts by state governments to evacuate their indigenes from Borno State. Ekiti, Imo and Abia were among states that expressed their intentions to evacuate their indigenes in Borno yesterday while the Rivers […]
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has inaugurated a six-man committee on the provision of 20,000 jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the state. This is to be achieved within his 100 days in office. While inaugurating the committee, the governor said the provision of jobs for 20,000 unemployed youths in the state was […]
A Permanent Secretary in the Taraba State Ministry of Finance, Asabe Maiangwa, has told a High Court in the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja, how N450 million was paid by the state government to several persons to supply stationery and office equipment. The permanent secretary said out of the N450 million only N16 million […]
Governor Abdul’aziz Yari Abubakar of Zamfara State is at loggerheads with his predecessor, Alhaji Aliyu Shinkafi. Yari lamented that he inherited a whopping N42billion debt without any handover note. Shinkafi, however, insisted few days before he left office that he left substantial amount of money that would finish all ongoing important capital projects in the […]
The Nigerian Army has started local construction of gunboats for use by its amphibious unit, thereby saving the country money. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika said hitherto, N300million was used to service 10 boats for the unit, an amount which he said was high. He said this N300million was being […]
Former Borno State Governor, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, has denied a claim credited to former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) General Jeremiah Oseni (retd) that he was the brain behind the creation of the Islamic fundamentalist, Boko Haram. The group, he said, had been in existence before he got into office in 2003. […]
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, dismissed the suit filed by a former deputy governor of Lagos State, Mr Femi Pedro, against the state House of Assembly and state government. Pedro had filed the case in 2007, to ask the court to make an order declaring his impeachment as deputy governor of […]
TEN persons were reportedly killed, on Thursday, in Kona village near Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, following a land dispute between the people of Mumuye and Kona. Following the development, the state government has set up machinery to identify the culprits and the cause of the crisis with the aim of bringing them to book. […]
FOLLOWING contined violence as a result of the war declared on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, more state governments have ordered the evacuation of their indigenes studying in the town and those on exchange programmes. The Bauchi State government, in a release signed by the Director of […]
TWO thousand workers employed by the immediate past administration in Ogun State were sacked, on Wednesday, by the administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. But, the government, in a reaction by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Taiwo Adeoluwa, denied the sack, saying that the workers were directed to re-apply before they could be absorbed […]
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