Felix Duru Mbah

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2027: Buba Galadima Questions El-Rufai’s Credentials, Says Coalition Noisemaking Exercise

2027: Buba Galadima Questions El-Rufai’s Credentials, Says Coalition Noisemaking Exercise

By our reporter Towards the 2027 general elections, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) stalwart, Buba Galadima, has revealed alleged plans to make immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) placeholder for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flagbearer in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, should the latter miss out on the PDP ticket. Galadima, a respected Northern elder, also wondered why Abubakar, popularly known as Atiku, would consent to team up with El-Rufai, whom, he claimed, dished out all sorts of derogatory statements against the former Vice President during the President Muhammadu Buhari era,…
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Labour Speaks On Minimum Wage In Sokoto

Labour Speaks On Minimum Wage In Sokoto

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto Sokoto State council of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed a claim attributed to tNational President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ali Haruna Kankara, who reportedly listed Sokoto among states yet to implement the new wage of N70,000 monthly. NLC Chairman in the state, Aliyu Abdullahi Jangale, alongside the state NULGE counterpart, Ibrahim Abubakar Giro, described the report as “misleading and completely untrue.” Speaking at a joint press conference held in Sokoto on Wednesday, April 9, both labour leaders strongly refuted a report that the North-West state had not implemented the new wage…
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Zamfara Chamber Chief Visits Victims Of Burnt Gusau Market

Zamfara Chamber Chief Visits Victims Of Burnt Gusau Market

By John Bassey, Gusau Zamfara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ZACCIMA) has sympathised with victims of a fire outbreak in Gusau Central Market, Zamfara State. Goods estimated at N350 million were burnt in the inferno which gutted the facility in the early hours of Tuesday, April 8. ZACCIMA president, Alhaji (Dr) Hassan Buhari Tafida, paid a courtesy visit to traders at the market, especially those who deal in traditional medicine and provision stores, who were the major victims of the inferno. Represented by his deputy, Alhaji Chika Abubakar Galadima, the president, who holds the traditional title of Maradun…
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Ajayi Crowther Varsity Launches Website, New Branches Abroad

Ajayi Crowther Varsity Launches Website, New Branches Abroad

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Ajayi Crowther University Alumni Association (ACUAA) has expanded its global network with the launch of new branches in three countries, including the United States of America (USA), Canada, and the United Kingdom (UK). The association has also launched new branches in Abuja, Lagos, and Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. These were contained in a statement signed by the association's president, Busoye Ogunlade, and made available to journalists in Ibadan on Monday, March 24. Ogunlade said the alumni inaugurated new executives that would run the affairs of the organisation in the aforementioned countries and states for the…
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Wike Vs Fubara: Tinubu’s Ex-aide Lists Major Hindrance To Gov’s Impeachment

Wike Vs Fubara: Tinubu’s Ex-aide Lists Major Hindrance To Gov’s Impeachment

By Felix Durumbah There is only one major obstacle to the plot to potentially impeach Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State by the majority 27 lawmakers in the State House of Assembly: the State Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Simeon Amadi. This was the view of Mahmud Jega, former Special Adviser, Public Affairs, to President Bola Tinubu when the latter was presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 elections. Jega is also a respected editor and political analyst. He spoke on Arise TV on the protracted Rivers State crisis involving the governor and his estranged political godfather,…
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Commonwealth Ex-Scribe, Anyaoku, Lauds Mbah For ‘Genuinely, Quietly Transforming’ State

Commonwealth Ex-Scribe, Anyaoku, Lauds Mbah For ‘Genuinely, Quietly Transforming’ State

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has described Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State as an epitome of good governance. According to him, the governor was genuinely and quietly transforming the South-Eastern state. Anyaoku, however, stressed that visionary leadership and speedy development, such as being witnessed in Enugu State under Mbah, would become a mere routine with a genuine federal constitution. The diplomat spoke at the 14th Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance, themed 'The Imperative of Good Governance: Nigeria in a Global Comparative perspective', organised by the board of Youth…
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Model School Maitama Appoints New Prefects For 2025/26 Academic Session

Model School Maitama Appoints New Prefects For 2025/26 Academic Session

Prominent public school in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Model Secondary School (MSS), Maitama, known for its academic excellence and discipline, has appointed new student leaders. The new prefects will serve for the 2025/2026 academic session, taking on the responsibility of maintaining order and upholding the school’s values. At the official decoration ceremony, the Director/Principal of the school, Dr. Judith Olure, emphasized the significance of student leadership, stating that the transition was necessary as the outgoing prefects in Senior Secondary (SS) 3 prepare for their West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations scheduled for May this…
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Private School Owners Promise Scholarships To Sokoto Orphanage

Private School Owners Promise Scholarships To Sokoto Orphanage

By Shafa'atu Suleiman, Sokoto The milk of human kindness flowed freely from private school owners in Sokoto State as they pledged scholarships to children of Sokoto Orphanage Home. State Chairman, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Malam Ahmad S. Fada, disclosed their position during the NAPPS Award Night which held in Sokoto, the state capital, on Saturday. Malam Fada said the gesture is in line with the association's commitment to giving back to the community and promoting social responsibility. He said that NAPPS is committed to promoting excellence in the education sector and providing support to the community.…
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N5.2b contracts payment: Again, FCT local contractors urge Tinubu to order Wike to pay

N5.2b contracts payment: Again, FCT local contractors urge Tinubu to order Wike to pay

Three weeks after local contractors of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), owed about N5.2billion by the Administration, penned an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over their plight, they claim no word has come to them yet from Aso Villa on the vexed matter. The contractors also claim that the payment bill is for public welfare contracts given, procured, executed and certified for payment in the life of the administration of current FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike. These include jobs in school and hospital equipment, furniture in Minister's conference room, drainage and others.However, they remain downcast that the Minister…
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