No fewer than eight bandits have been killed and 17 other collaborators arrested by troops of Operation HARBIN KUNAMA III under the 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) the Division, Maj.-Gen. Hakeem Otiki, told the newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday that those apprehended were bandits’ informants and logistics suppliers. Otiki said…

The Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division, on Saturday upheld the decision of Federal High Court, Birnin Kebbi, which struck out suit challenging the validity of Sen. Bala Na’Allah’s nomination during the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries conducted in October 2018. The suit filed by Mr Sadiq Sule-Iko was challenging the nomination of Na’Allah as candidate…

BudgIT Nigeria has deplored the non-disclosure of the 2019 budget details by 12 states, despite the World Bank’s N270 billion support to encourage public finance transparency. The non-governmental organisation made this known through a report of its eight-month painstaking investigation of the availability of public finance documents by state governments. It lamented that 11 states,…

Sir: We were groomed in catechism classes to be of good behaviour even when no-one watches us. My second catechism class was for the sacrament of confirmation and Catechist Michael Iyala (God rest his soul), did the best he could for us by training us correctly, more so since no-person other than the Bishop of…

Presidential media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, says the Buhari administration is working with state governments across the Northwest to pursue an urgent revamp of the national security apparatus in the subregion. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, Shehu, who is the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said the partnership followed…

The new Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Nagogo, deployed to Zamfara, has assumed duty, the command’s Spokesman, SP Muhammad Shehu, said on Friday. Shehu said in a statement in Gusau that Nagogo took over from Mr Celestine Okoye, who has been redeployed to Force Headquarters, Abuja. He said that before his new posting, he was…

There are growing concerns over the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP), which is a social safety net established by the Federal Government, in 2016, to tackle poverty and hunger across the country.

Gunmen on motorbikes killed 43 people in waves of attacks in northern Nigeria, police said Monday, the latest violence by criminal gangs raiding villages and stealing livestock.

Lagos residents served by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC), and about 500, 000 electricity consumers in Kaduna, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara States, who are serviced by Kaduna Electricity Distribution Plc, may soon be metered as Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued permit to the companies through government’s Meter Asset Providers (MAPs) policy.…

I think it is important to start this with the story of a boy, Alhassan. Born in Bebeji, Kano Emirate in 1877, his father, Abdullahi died when he was eight. His mother, Amarya, then left for Accra, and left her children in the care of a slave named Tata. Tata sent young Alhassan to an…

The answer to your prayer that you find money is that “You will see money;” You will find money wariowo. The route to make sure of this insurance is the church – evangelicals; the mallam and the mosque etc. So when money gets to the principal of the school, he uses some and keeps some.…

The National Vice Chairman South-South of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Hilliard Eta captured the feeling of his colleagues, when he described the loss of Zamfara State to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a sad development.