Hon. Kazaure Hon. Kazaure: Hero or villain? By LawalJet Kaugama Senator Mohammed Gudaji Kazaure, was a member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing Kazaure, Roni, Gwiwa, Yankwashi Constituency of Jigawa state. His political party platform is the All Progressives Congress (APC). He has stired […]
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2023:Jigawa’s moment of truth
2023: Jigawa’s moment of truth By Halidu Musa The year 2023 harbours a lot of promise for all politicians and ordinary citizens. It is the year Nigerian politicians will scramble to outsmart one another in order to realise their political ambitions. The much anticipated year of general election has come. Politicians at the local, state […]
How to preserve onions Those who know me well know that I like buying in bulk. (Sense will not kee me) But oftentimes, the preservation of perishables is a dilemma for folks like myself. Three month ago I went to the market with my friend’s house keeper, Mummu Winnie. She’s a real Market woman. We […]
DG hails Army records command for supporting NYSC
Major Generals Ibrahim (left) & Ali By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has expressed gratitude to the Headquarters, Army Records Command for its continued support for the scheme. General Ibrahim was speaking Monday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Commander, Army Records, […]
Corruption war: EFCC seeks corps members’ support for more enlightening
. Mr Bawa and Major General Ibrahim By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasuj Abuja The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, has appealed to corps members to intensify their efforts in public sensitisation on the dangers of corruption, stressing that the activities of fraudsters are giving the country a negative […]
IGP Alkali: Building people’s confidence in Police
IGP Usman Alkali Baba By Lawal Jet Kaugama On 6 April 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Baba Usman Alkali to replace Mohammed Adamu who retired from Nigeria Police Forcen in February 2021. As soon he assumed office, citizens became awareh that Buhari had indeed put a round peg […]
Editorial
Fuel subsidy removal unacceptable The Senate, Trade Union Congress (TUC) and experts disagree with the Nigerian government’s plan to remove petrol subsidy in 2022 and replace it with a N5,000 monthly transport grant to 40 million Nigerians, which translates to N2.4 trillion in a year. It is absurd for the Federal Government to […]
Editorial
Editorial Allowance for education students Federal Government’s planned bursary payment to higher education students every semester is a welcome development, more so that it is coming at a time the nation’s higher institutions of learning are running short of young men and women who show interest in education as a course. The youths no […]
NYSC DG bags excellence award from alma mater
From left VC Unijos, Prof. Ishaya Tanko; NYSC DG, Brig-General Shuaibu Ibrahim. NYSC DG bags excellence award from alma mater By Uji Abdullahi IIliyasu Abuja The Director-General of NYSC, Brig-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has been presented an award of Excellence by the University of Jos Alumni Association, Friday in Abuja. “This,” the university said, “is in […]
Unacceptable deaths in Nigeria
Editorial Unacceptable deaths in Nigeria In 2021, Nigeria’s life expectancy at birth is 60 years. To be specific, this figure amounts to 59 years for males and 63 years for females. Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria is among the lowest in Africa and in the world, even with human and material resources at government’s […]