INSECURITY: FCTA Crushes 639 Impounded Motorcycles
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have crushed 639 impounded commercial motorcycles, popularly called okada in Abuja. Addressing journalists after the crushing of the motorcycles on Thursday, the director of FCTA Directorate of Road Traffic Services, Dr Abdulateef Bello said the motorcycles were impounded for operating in restricted areas in the territory. Bello disclosed that […]
Hajj Institute Graduates Second Batch of Students
The second batch of graduates of the Hajj Institute of Nigeria (HIN) – mid-wife by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has completed the training programme with the award of professional certificates to 54 participants. The graduation ceremony marked the climax of the one month physical and virtual study for NAHCON and State Muslim […]
Governor Dikko Umar Radda: Raising the Bar of Visionary Leadership
By Ibrahim Dan-Halilu The emergence of Mallam Dikko Umar Radda as the Executive governor of Katsina State took many stalwarts of the ruling party and observers alike by surprise partly because he was not on the list of the frontline aspirants up until two or three months to the governorship election. At the time other […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: The Honeymoon is Over
CHAIRMAN’S MEMO By Garba Dangida The emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the seventh democratically elected president of Nigeria is an act of providence considering the massive pressure and opposition mounted by some stalwarts of his party and other external forces to stop him from getting the party ticket to contest for the presidency. Even […]
NEMA: GIANT STRIDES OF MUSTAPHA HABIB AHMED
By Ibrahim Dan-Halilu Barely two years in office, the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Habib Ahmed has redefined disaster management in Nigeria with his new approach and initiatives. Having spent over 25 years in the private sector where he managed different logistics businesses, Mustapha came into NEMA with preparedness and […]
Uba Sani’s Inroads Into Southern Kaduna
By Ibraheem Musa Normally, introspection, stock taking and projections, are the stock in trade of December, as governance and business activities slow down at that time of the year. Festivities, social activities and merrymaking, on the other hand, are usually on overdrive, running at full throttle towards the New year. However, in Kaduna State, the […]
Uba Sani’s Budget for the People
By Ibraheem Musa Entirely, it drives the SUSTAIN manifesto, serves as its fulcrum and dictates the policy direction, as well as the programmes of Kaduna State Government. However, in chronology, it is listed down below but in the real sense, Nurturing Community Engagement tops the bucket list. Largely, the people’s views, observations and critique, were […]
UBA SANI AT 53: UBA SANI FOUNDATION MARKS 53RD BIRTHDAY OF ITS FOUNDER WITH DONATIONS TO ORPHANS, OTHERS
The Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Uba Sani through his Foundation has distributed food and other personal care items worth millions of Naira to orphanage homes and other vulnerable communities in the State to mark his 53rh birthday which falls on December 31st. The distributed items include hundreds bags of parboiled rice, Indomie noodles, […]
Kaduna Pensioners Smile To The Bank
By Ibraheem Musa Perhaps, the late Engr Abdulkadir Kure, former governor of Niger State, encountered pension scam in the most dramatic manner. In 2001, he went to the state pension office and demanded for the payroll. Personally, he scanned through the list and within a few seconds, a familiar name caught his attention. The find, […]
NEMA Urges State Governments to Embrace Disaster Risk Reduction
The National Emergency Management Agency has urged state governments in the country to support the new drive for disaster risk reduction. The Director-General of the agency, Mustapha Habib Ahmed made the plea when the Deputy Governor, of Anambra State, Gilbert Ibezim, visited him in Abuja recently. Mustapha Habib appealed to the deputy governor to convey […]