Northern States Call for Energy Diversification Amid Blackout Crisis

…Tinubu Issues Directives for Immediate Action The governors of the 19 northern states have called on the Federal Government to diversify energy sources following widespread power outages that have crippled 17 states in the region over the past two weeks. Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Gombe, and Katsina are among the worst-hit states, with others like Sokoto, Zamfara, Bauchi, Borno, Adamawa, and Nasarawa also heavily affected. The power outages, attributed to vandalism of the Shiroro-Kaduna transmission line...

Nigerians Shouldn’t Die Before Benefits Of Your Reforms Are Felt, Sani Tells Tinubu

Senator Shehu Sani has told President Bola Tinubu to consider the fact that Nigerians are suffering as he implements economic reforms, saying that the citizens shouldn’t die before the benefits of the reforms would be felt. The lawmaker who represented Kaduna Kaduna Central at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly spoke on Arise TV on Monday where he stated that the leaders’ should be seen to be making sacrifices as well. He said, “There’s...

Atiku Hails Obasanjo Over Swift Assent To WOTCLEF Bill

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hailed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the swift assent to the bill creating Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). He also commended the National Assembly for passing the bill even as he urged that no child should be denied education and no woman should suffer from trafficking. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections stated this on Monday at the...

Tinubu’s Daughter Appointed Ambassador for ‘Almajiri’ and Out-of-School Children’s Education

Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of President Bola Tinubu, has been appointed ambassador for the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children’s Education. The commission’s executive secretary, Muhammad Idris, announced her appointment on Friday during a visit to her residence in Lagos. Idris expressed concern over the condition of Almajiri children, who he said have been “brainwashed” into engaging in activities such as begging, terrorism, banditry, and other social vices. He stressed the need for joint efforts,...

Politics: 19 Traditional Rulers Quit Their Positions In Sokoto

For their allegiance to Senator Ibrahim Lamido, nineteen traditional rulers including district and ward heads in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State have resigned their positions. They are ward heads of Sabon Birnin Gabas, Tsilba, Sabon Garin Danbaki, Magajin Dawakin, Dan Faru, Zumbuli, Dawakin, Kanwuri, Hande, Sabon Fegi, Tudun Dankusu and Alhazzai among others. Recalled that few weeks ago, the District Head of Sabon Birni, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad Bawa, resigned his position as...

17 Trafficked Nigerian Girls In Ghana Rescued

The combined and coordinated efforts of the Ghanaian Anti-Human Trafficking Police, Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Ghana, and the Nigerian High Commission in Accra has rescued seventeen young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the spokesman of NiDCOM, said the rescued girls were repatriated back to the country while five traffickers were equally arrested. This latest rescue operation brought the number of girls repatriated back to Nigeria from Ghana alone since July 2024 to 130. Balogun...

NASU, SSANU Begin Indefinite Nationwide Strike Over Withheld Salaries

The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, will commence an indefinite strike from midnight on Sunday, 27th October 2024. A circular signed by NASU’s General Secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, and SSANU’s President, Mohammed Ibrahim, directed all members across federal and state universities, as well as inter-university centres, to fully comply with the directive. The unions are demanding...

NNPP Sweeps All 44 Chairmanship Seats, 484 Councillor Positions In Kano

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...

Security Chiefs Assure Hitch Free Burial Of Late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu

Security Chiefs in Imo State have given an assurance of adequate security during and after the burial ceremony of former President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, the late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, whose burial is slated for November 2, 2024. The security chiefs gave the assurance while paying a condolence visit to the family of the late leader of the Igbo socio-cultural organization at his country home in Umuohii Atta, Ikeduru LGA of the state over the...

Over 200 Environmental Law Violators Arrested In Kwara

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...

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