Court Bars Kano Anti-Graft Agency From Inviting, Investigating Ganduje Over Dollar Video
A Federal high court in Kano has held that the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) lacks power to invite or investigate the former state governor and All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, over the dollar bribery video. Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman delivered the judgement on Tuesday in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Ganduje...
Change From Your Immoral Ways Or Leave Kano In 2 Weeks, Hisbah Commander Warns
Kano Hisbah Commander General, Aminu Daurawa, has announced a two-week grace period for those involved in “immoral activities” to repent or leave the state. Daurawa told BBC Hausa that following a meeting with the Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, the disagreement had been resolved. ABN TV had reported how Daurawa exited the job suddenly after the governor criticised the modus operandi of...
Dangote Breaks Down In Tears During Tribute To Wigwe, Names Refinery After Him
An emotional Aliko Dangote struggled to hold back the tears when the funeral rites for the late Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings Herbert Wigwe began in Lagos State on Monday. Dressed in black attire, the Chairman of the Dangote Group broke into tears as he paid tributes to Wigwe whom he described as brother and friend. “To immortalize...
Oyo Health Professionals Commence 7-Day Warning Strike
Health professionals under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) working in various health facilities owned by the Oyo state government on Monday, March 4, embarked on a 7-day warning strike. The strike will involve laboratory scientists, physiotherapists, dental technologists, dental therapists, medical social workers, radiographers, nutritionists, dietitians, and health records and information managers in all general, state,...
Lagos Pledges Enforcement Of Monthly Rental Policy
The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, has disclosed that the state’s monthly rental scheme will be enforced before the end of 2024 or early next year. She stated it during a recent press briefing of the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority in Ikeja, Lagos. She said, “We all see what is being done in other...
12 Killed, 28 Injured In Car Crash On Zaria-Kano Expressway – FRSC
Mr Kabir Nadabo, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna State Sector Commander says no fewer than 12 persons died and 28 sustained injuries in a road crash along Zaria-Kano expressway. Nadabo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kaduna that the fatal road traffic crash occurred at Tashar Yari village at 7:36 a.m. on Monday. “The trailer with...
Alleged IGR Diversion: Soludo Closes Market, Calls Fleeing Leader
Anambra State Government has sealed off Odera Shopping Complex/Market, Awka, following alleged disappearance of the Chairman, Emmanuel Nwonwu, who is being quizzed to explain allegations of non-remittance of market levies to the government coffers. The shutting was at the instance of tax/revenue compliance enforcement team of Anambra Internal Revenue Service (AIRS), operating through a task force called Unified Hybrid Enforcement Team...
Police Arrest 15 Over Looting Of Abuja Warehouse
Police authorities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested 15 suspects over the looting of a warehouse in the area. Some residents had on Sunday morning looted a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Department of Agriculture in the Tasha area of Abuja. But hours after the incident, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command said 15 persons...
Hardship: Muslims Hold Special Prayers In Zaria, Encourage Alms Giving
Some group of Muslims in Zaria, Kaduna State, conducted a special prayer to seek Allah’s intervention on the present hardship being faced by Nigerians. The special prayers that was performed at Mallawa Eid praying ground in Zaria had in attendance both male and females from different parts of the town. Leading the special prayer, Chief Imam of Bakin Kasuwa Jumaat Mosque...
Hardship: FCTA Confirms Looting Of Warehouse In Abuja
The Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration confirmed the looting of its warehouse in Dei-Dei on Sunday, by residents in the FCT, over the economic hardship in the country. Confirming the incident to our correspondent, the spokesperson for the ARD Secretariat, Zakari Aliyu, said the Secretary, had earlier visited the warehouse, where the residents had...
