Mohammad Sabo Joji, the caretaker chairman of Dambam Local Government Area of Bauchi state is facing a probe by the Bauchi State House of Assembly following petitions from indigenes on allegations of misconduct. The deputy chairman of the State Assembly Committee on Public Petitions, Habib Umar, while fielding questions from journalists after Tuesday’s plenary session, said the committee had received petitions from three indigenes of the LGA against the caretaker chairman. “The first petitioner, Umar...

The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has signed into law the bill establishing three second-class emirates in the state. The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly and member representing Rimin Gado/Tofa state constituency, Muhammad Bello Bututu, provides for the establishment of Kano as a first-class emirate and other second-class emirates of Rano, Gaya, and Karaye. The newly created second-class emirates are expected to function under the first-class Kano Emirate, of which...

Newly elected 21 local government council chairmen in Adamawa have been warned to avoid absenteeism in office, as the present administration will not condone such habit for a chairman to abandon his official duties for no reason. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State on Monday gave the warning while swearing-in the newly elected 21 local government chairmen held at the Mahmud Ribadu Square Yola. Fintiri charged them to eschew corruption in the discharge their...

The State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) in Delta and Adamawa States have declared the results of last Saturday’s local government polls conducted in their respective states with People’s Democratic Party (PDP) sweeping all the chairmanship seats. The Chairman, of Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr Jerry Agbaike who announced the results in Asaba said the People’s Democratic Party won the 25 local government chairmanship seats and settled 499 councillorship positions, while the Allied People’s Movement...