The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has won all the Local Government elections in all the 44 council areas of Kano State in the Saturday’s Council polls. Chairman, Kano Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) Prof. Sani Lawan Malunfashi, who announced the results at the commission’s headquarters in Kano said six political parties participated in the elections. “Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) had exercised and observed its Constitutional mandates of planning, organizing, coordinating, observing and conducting...

No fewer than 200 persons were arrested and charged before mobile courts across Kwara state during Saturday’s environmental sanitation exercise for violating Kwara State environmental law. The spokesman of the state Ministry of Environment, Kamaldeen Aliagan in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday, said the Commissioner for Environment, Nafisat Musa Buge, She warned residents and commercial transporters against violating the environmental law of the state during the monthly sanitation exercise. The commissioner urged residents to...

Disturbed by the lack of electricity in some parts of Northern Nigeria for some days, the Northern Senators Forum has asked the federal government to swiftly restore electricity supply in the affected states. Some parts of the North are experiencing blackout following a fault at the 330kV DC Transmission Line. The incident, which caused a blackout in the North-East, North-West and parts of the North-Central, affected the line that is supposed to be a backup...

The alleged plan by the Federal Government to legalize abortion in the country has been opposed by the Catholic Church in Nigeria. It was reported that the Health Promotion Department of the Federal Ministry of Health is reviewing sections of the Criminal Code to decriminalize abortion, aimed at expanding access to safe termination of pregnancies and reducing maternal deaths. The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Very Rev....

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has blamed smugglers and grain hoarders for being responsible for persistent hikes in food prices in Nigeria. Tunji Bello, Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC made the blame at a town hall meeting with industry leaders, micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, market heads, farmers, transporters, and service providers on Wednesday in Kano. Bello said: “In addition to grain hoarding, also identified price fixing and artificial barriers imposed by market...