Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday inaugurated a 14-Member Committee which he gave 30 days to develop an action plan for reformation of ‘Tsangaya (another name for ‘almajiri’) system of traditional Islamic education in Borno state.
Khalifa Aliyu Ahmad Abdulfatahi, a famous cleric and leader chairs Zulum’s reform committee. Sheikh...
A prosecution witness Kakwagh Ngunan, in the ongoing money laundering trial of Senator Bassey Albert by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday October 19, 2020 narrated how the senator, as Commissioner for Finance in Akwa Ibom state, received vehicles as gift from Olajide Omokore whose companies...
More than 50 percent of health complications reported across public hospitals resulted from poorly treated malaria-related cases, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday, reiterating his commitment to the global fight against the disease that experts say is number one killer in sub-Saharan Africa.
The governor spoke in Ilorin at the...
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to a report trending in the social media regarding a certain Dominic Akpan, who claims to have resigned from the employ of the Commission to join the #EndSARS Movement. He cited undisclosed “ugly experiences” he had...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s led administration on Thursday, began the construction of a teaching hospital and a college of medical sciences to enable Borno State University eventually start the award of degree in medicine and surgery as well as other medical programmes.
At Zulum’s honorary request, Nigeria’s Minister of Health,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, October 15, 2020, presented the fifth prosecution witness against Rabbi Okpara and Jude Ugeaja (at large), who are facing criminal prosecution for international passport racketeering before Justice D.Z. Senchi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja.
Both defendants were re-arraigned...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun has congratulated the Governor of Yobe State and Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni who turns 53 today.
Oyetola in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, said he was delighted to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to act in unison with rededicated efforts, using latest available technology and tools, to address the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide.
In his goodwill message to the roundtable conference of the Board of the "Global...
The World Bank has released to Kogi State the sum of $5million for achieving 90% of the budget Implementation procedure as at November.
The money released by the World Bank to the State is prize money for establishing a fiscally sustainable policy, was disclosed by the Kogi State Commissioner for...
The Northern Governors Forum has inaugurated a Committee on Youth and Civil Society in order to enhance engagement towards tackling the challenges of the region.
While parforming the inauguration in Kaduna, Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State Simon Bako Lalong said the setting up of the committee...
