By Waziri Isa Adam The Deputy Senate President, Senator Jibrin Barau, has appointed Professor Muhammad Ibn Abdullahi as Chief of Staff; Professor Bashir Muhammad Fagge, Special Adviser (Policy & Monitoring), and the Deputy General Editor of Daily Trust Newspapers, Ismail Mudashir, Special Adviser (Media & Publicity). In a statement byContinue Reading
The call on the President comes amid the public expectation of his list of ministerial nominees. A group under the umbrella of Forum for Transparency and Accountability in Governance on Friday urged President Bola Tinubu not to succumb to pressure from any politician with pending fraud cases in court orContinue Reading
By Aliyu Haidar Waziri Isa One of the leading supporters of Senator Uba Sani’s Administration, Engineer Dawud Saleh Zakari Sanga has commended the Kaduna state Governor for appointing another brilliant and smart daughter of Sanga Local Government, Ms Rachael Habila Averik, as one of his aides. Ms Averik’s appointment asContinue Reading
The BRICS alliance is all set to decide on the formation of a new currency in August next month. The currency is touted to dethrone the U.S. dollar by sending it on a path of global decline. BRICS is advancing to eliminate the dollar’s supremacy by making the new currencyContinue Reading
• Oniyangi Shrugs Off Claims, Says It’s False, Baseless Handwork of Disappointed Detractors • Accuses Groups That Could Not Secure Agency’s Patronage for Copying & Pasting Sahara Reporters’ ‘Malicious Allegations’ By Akpereshi Peter Akpereshi The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has refuted the allegations of corruption against the Executive Secretary,Continue Reading
The axiom, never vouch for a man’s character until you have given him money and power seems to have strongly re-established itself in Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) as Time and Chance may have conspired to change the former Comptroller General of Customs(CGC),Col Hammed Ali(rtd) from an overtly incorruptible and frugally- mindedContinue Reading
By Yusuf Alhaji Lawan It was in the year 2009, on a fateful Friday, I had a reason to visit my mentor in his office, who was a lecturer with a Federal College of Education (Technical). After I was done with the business of the day, he gave me aContinue Reading
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin will attend the BRICS summit in person, despite an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. Following the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Putin, there have been suggestions that the event could happen virtually. But,Continue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Thursday that it arrested 13 Chinese nationals for illegal mining activities in Ilorin, Kwara State. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwijaren. The suspects, comprising a female and 12 males, were arrested on Wednesday 12 July atContinue Reading