The trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele resumed on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama. Testifying as the fifth prosecution witness, Kingsley Obiora, former CBN Deputy Governor for Policy, revealed that the new naira notes issued under Emefiele’s tenure deviated from the President’s…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed a restriction on the former Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, from leaving the country following the seizure of his passport as part of his bail conditions. Okowa, who was reportedly detained by the EFCC last week over allegations of diverting N1.3 trillion in public funds,…
Kano state Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf will on saturday will be giving out Dr. Aisha Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s hands in marriage to Engr. Fahad Dahiru Mangal in a blissful marital conjugal. Dr. Aisha, the last daughter of Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) is set…
Senator Monday Okphebholo has been officially sworn in as the Governor of Edo State, along with Dennis Idahosa, who took the oath as the Deputy Governor. The ceremony took place on Tuesday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, the state capital, two months after the All Progressives Congress (APC) clinched the ticket to…
The Nigerian Government has confirmed its participation in the upcoming Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, highlighting close ties and regional proximity to the Middle East. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu will use the platform to address the ongoing Israel-Palestinian conflict, underscoring Nigeria’s call for an immediate…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Friday proposed N549, 160,417,663.00 appropriation for the 2025 fiscal year before the Kano state house of assembly. The proposed appropriation tagged, the budget of Hope, Human Capital and Economic Development, projected 57 per cent Capital expenditure and 43 per cent recurrent expenditure. The over N549 billion budget proposal for 2025…
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has successfully restored full services at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital following his prompt intervention. In a statement released by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Kano Chapter, Dr. Abdurrahman, confirmed the resumption of services today while addressing the…
In a significant victory for human rights and justice, the Federal High Court in Abuja has today discharged and acquitted 71 teenagers from Kano State who were arrested in connection with the #EndBadGovernance protest in August 2024. These young individuals, who were accused of treasonable felony after being found with Russian flags, have been cleared…
The Kano State government has finalized plans to immunize approximately 3.6 million children against polio-myelitis as part of the upcoming 2024 Outbreak Response (OBR4) campaign. The state commissioner for health and the Co-Chair State Taskforce Committee on Immunization, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, made this known during a committee meeting at the Africa House, Government House,…
The Kano State Government has regretted the recent total blackout of electricity supply caused as a result of the national grid collapse, hitting hard in Northern Nigeria, with significant economic loss worth billions of naira in the state. Worsen still, the state government worried over the obstructions and break down of services the power outage…
