Explains benefits of voting APC in Saturday poll Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said his administration is determined to right the wrongs of the past, invest in human capital and physical infrastructural development, and improve the living standards of the people. "We are in government to serve our people....
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed said the crash in oil price on Monday was a shock to the country. Ahmed said this at a consultative roundtable meeting organised by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Abuja on Wednesday. The roundtable has as its theme “Going...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has refuted social media reports that he received N300 million and bulletproof cars from David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa. Mr Jonathan, who made the rebuttal in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, on Wednesday in Yenagoa, described the...
The Kaduna State Government has named deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, as the Chancellor of the Kaduna State University (KASU). He succeeds the pioneer Chancellor, Tagwai Sambo, the Chief of Moro’a, who was appointed to the role in 2005. A statement from the Kaduna Government House announced the new...
President Muhammadu Buhari has no hand in the dethronement of Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano, says media aide to the president, Garba Shehu. He said this in a series of tweets on Wednesday. "President Muhammadu Buhari has no involvement whatsoever in the dethronement of HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II from...
The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the novel Coronavirus, which had led to a huge drop in crude oil prices worldwide, would put a severe strain on the Federal Government’s budget. She said with the attendant effects of the spread of the virus, the...
Former Kano Governor Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of ordering the dethronement of former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II. He also denied the claim by Kano State Governorment that, his administration queried Emir Sanusi three times. Senator Kwankwaso stated these while speaking in an interview with...
The Attorney-General of Kano State, Ibrahim Muktar, says the state government did not banish the deposed Emir, Muhammad Sanusi II. Muktar said the state government was clear in its press statement on Monday that Sanusi was deposed but never made any reference to any banishment. The Kano AG said this on...
The Kaduna State Government has appointed Muhammadu Sanusi II into the board of the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA), about 24 hours after he was removed as Emir of Kano. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said that “the appointment is part of the reconstitution of the board of...
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, signed the Oyo State Security Network Agency Bill 2020 for the establishment of Amotekun Corps into law. The Oyo House of Assembly had on March 3, passed the bill to the governor for assent after organising a public hearing and after scaling third...