GOV. Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State, has approved N14bn for support to vulnerable persons in the state under the ‘Nigeria- Community Action (for) Resilience and Economic Stimulus’ (NG-CARES) programme. He has also reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to sustaining the NG-CARES…
By Thompson Eferakeya ON Monday, September 23, Daily Trust reported Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ex governor of Kano State, gloating over the highly controversial and questionable ‘victory’ of his party in the…
SATURDAY, September 21, 2024 went down as the lowest ever in the history of deploying ‘Dark Art’ to gain political supremacy over opponents. It has never been this bad since the return of democratic rule in 1999 in Nigeria. And…
THE Borno State Government on Monday said that only N4.4 billion of the N13.1 billion donations for victims of the Maiduguri flood has been received. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, disclosed this in Maiduguri, the…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised concerns about President Bola Tinubu’s directive to establish a Disaster Relief Fund, arguing that it unnecessarily duplicates the existing Ecological Fund, which is already set up to address environmental…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri SENATOR Aisha Dahiru Binani, the governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election in Adamawa state, has donated N50 million to the victims of the flood that ravaged Maiduguri and Jere cities,…
■ As counsel prays Court not to recognize arbitral awards; property owner joins issues An Arbitration Tribunal, headed by Miriam Kombo-Ezeh, Esq, has directed Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi to vacate a property he occupies in Maitama District of Abuja in the…
NIGERIA’s Vice-President Kashim Shettima is among the world leaders slated to address the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79) at the UN headquarters in New York. UNGA 79 opened on Sept. 10, while the General Debate…
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the construction of 14 roads and bridges, which were badly affected by floods, in Ekiti State, Adamawa, Kebbi and Enugu States. Works Minister David Unahi said this while addressing State House correspondents after the…
THE U.S. government has offered humanitarian assistance to victims of the devastating flooding, which recently occurred in Maiduguri and elsewhere. “The United States is deeply saddened by the devastating floods that have affected Maiduguri and other parts of Borno State,…
