Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has approved the appointment of 15 special advisers to help drive his administration. This is contained in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Malam Bature Dawakin-Tofa, in Kano on Tuesday. According to the statement, retired Col. Abubakar Garin Malam is appointed as the …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, refused to extend its July 10 interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari pending …

A middle aged man, identified as Umar Faruk, has allegedly committed suicide over his inability to pay accumulated debt of N1.7m used in floating his point of sale POS business in Adamawa. Faruk, who appeared in court with a bottle of rat poison hidden in his pocket, took it and …

The suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has spent 33 days in the custody of the Department of State Services. The secret police arrested Bawa on June 14, hours after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu.   The Director of Information, Office of the Secretary …

The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Monday, visited the family of two-year-old Ivan Omorhiakogbe, who was killed by a stray bullet allegedly fired by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at Okpanam area of the state capital last Thursday. Oborevwori visited the family at the Federal Medical …

Ogun State government has reiterated its determination towards ensuring a conducive and safe learning environment for students across the state, as it constituted a committee to conduct integrity tests on various school infrastructure. During the inspection of a collapsed building at Agbado District Comprehensive High School, Ifo, the special adviser …

A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has charged state legislators to effectively check the excesses of governors and hold them to account for their stewardship. In a paper titled: “Effective Leadership for Emerging Legislatures: Lessons, Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations” he presented at the technical session …

For the embattled national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and the national scribe, Senator Iyiola Omisore, it was fait accompli that was doomed to happen. After several weeks of intrigues in the six-week President Bola Tinubu administration, the night of ‘long knives’ eventually caught …

Gunmen, on Monday, reportedly shot and killed the Traditional Ruler of Ezuhu na Amadi Autonomous Community in Abor Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo, Eze Nnamdi Mmirioma. Reports said that the incident occurred about 3.00 p.m. when the gunmen allegedly invaded Mmirioma’s palace and shot him severally.   The incident …

A consortium of constitutional and human right lawyers have commence committal proceedings against Director General of the State Security Service (DSS), Mr. Yusuf Magaji Bichi, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), for allegedly violating multiple judgments and orders of court directing the release of suspended Central Bank …