The Yobe government has launched an ethical reorientation campaign in the state, tagged, “Operation Gyaran Hali”. While launching the campaign on Wednesday, Governor Mai Mala Buni noted that the initiative is timely, considering the decay and rot in moral values among the youth and the decadence in cultural and religious ethics in the society. “The increasing consumption of illicit substances, especially drugs is quite worrisome and calls for immediate and strategic action to stem the...

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...