Adamawa Government Receives Relief Materials From NEMA

The Adamawa state government has received food and non-food items from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for onward distribution to victims of the recent flood disaster in Yola South LGA that claimed 25 lives. The items include 500 bags of 25kg rice, 500 bags of 25kg maize, 500 cartons of spaghetti, 50 cartons of seasoning cubes, 50 cartons of tomato paste, 50 kegs of vegetable oil, and 50 bags of iodized salt. Other items...

Press Freedom: CJID Launches Openness Index

To strengthen Press Freedom in Nigeria, the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) on Thursday launched its Openness Index report. The initiative is Nigeria’s first-ever subnational assessment of press freedom and civic space across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is supported by The Embassy of the Netherlands in Nigeria. Dapo Olorunyomi, CJID’s Chief Executive Officer, said the index is the first comprehensive attempt to systematically assess the state of openness...

Appeal Court Affirms Musa Mohammed As President, RTEAN

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld Dr. Musa Mohammed’s position as the duly elected National President of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). The judgement has effectively putting to rest a prolonged leadership dispute within the transport union. In a ruling delivered in Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CB/467/2021, the appellate court dismissed the suit filed by Mr. Eriyo Osakpamwan, ruling that the matter had become purely academic and no longer held any substantive...

Oil Suppliers Clash With Dangote Over Plans To Bypass Traditional Fuel Distribution Network

…Seek FG Intervention Over Looming Job Loss The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) has raised an alarm over Dangote Refinery’s imminent plan to distribute petroleum products directly to end users, bypassing established distribution networks. Benneth Korie, NOGASA’s President stated that the approach could hurt Nigeria’s fuel market, threaten thousands of jobs, and potentially result in long-term product scarcity if not carefully managed. Korie, while speaking at the association’s Annual General Meeting...

Tinubu Extends Tenure Of Comptroller-General Of Customs, Adeniyi

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi. The presidency has, in a press statement signed on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,  announced that the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, which is due to expire on August 31, 2025, has been extended by one year. The...

Minor Kill Stepmother, Man Stabbed His Biological Father In Adamawa

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested 16 years 16-year-old Ijai Anthony of Pallam District in Madagali LGA, who killed his stepmother during an altercation. Adamawa State Command Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, in a statement, said the suspect struck his stepmother, Rhoda Anthony, on the head with a piece of wood. The statement said: “Preliminary investigation reveals that a physical confrontation erupted between two co-wives, Rhoda Anthony, aged 55,...

Two Northern States Ban Sign-Out Rituals By Secondary School Students

Worried by the new trend of painting uniforms adopted by some outgoing secondary schools by painting their uniforms with makers, take to the streets, thereby constituting a public nuisance, Adamawa and Jigawa State Governments have banned such act henceforth. This is contained in separate releases by the commissioners of education of the respective states. According to a circular signed by the Adamawa State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr. Umar Garba Pella, the...

Adamawa State Assembly Summons 21 Council Chairmen over Accountability

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has summoned all the 21 Local Government Council Chairmen in the state to appear on the floor of the assembly and account for their stewardship in the last year. The resolution followed a motion raised under matters of public importance by the member representing Numan Constituency, Pwamwakeno Makwando, and was unanimously approved by the lawmakers during Wednesday’s plenary. According to the resolution, the Council Chairmen will start appearing at the hallowed...

House of Representatives Probe Slow Rollout Of CNG Policy

Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has described the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) policy as a cornerstone of Nigeria’s clean energy transition, highlighting its potential to provide a safer, cleaner, and more cost-effective alternative to petrol, particularly in the transportation sector. Speaking at an investigative hearing convened by the House Ad-hoc Committee on the Implementation of the CNG Policy on Thursday, Abbas, represented by Hon. Sada Soli (Jibia/Kaita Federal Constituency, Katsina...

The Leadership Deficit: Why African Governance Lacks Philosophical Grounding

Leadership across nations is shaped not only by policies but by the quality of the individuals at the helm. History has shown that the most transformative leaders often draw from deep wells of ethical, philosophical, and strategic thought. Yet, in many African countries—and Nigeria in particular—there appears to be a crisis in the kind of men elevated to govern. This deficit is not merely political; it is intellectual, philosophical, and deeply structural. There is a...

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