Al Kassim emerges Kaduna FA Chairman

Following the unanticipated death of former Chairman Honourable Abdulkadir Magaji Kapaka recently, Hon Sheriff  Alkassim has emerged to replace him in a decision unanimously adopted on Monday in Kaduna.

How Jonathan, Wike prevented my government from possessing the controversial helicopters – Amaechi

  By PRECIOUS IBINABO DAVIDS, Port Harcourt The media office of Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi said their attention have been drawn to misrepresentations and innuendoes as it concerns the immediate past Governor of Rivers State and current minister of Transportation Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi in the purchase and importation of two helicopters into Nigeria…

Oil wells: Bury your heads in shame, Rivers APC tells Wike, PDP

*blames governor, his party for loss of Rivers oil wells to neighboring states By PRECIOUS IBINABO DAVIDS, Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has hit out hard at Governor Nyesom Wike and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), asking them to bury their heads in shame over the ceding of oil wells…

FG will not tolerate destruction of national monuments, Lai Mohammed warns

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will not tolerate the destruction of national monuments anywhere in the country for whatever reason. According to a statement signed by his SA, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister gave the assurance when he visited the site of a national monument – the…

Group accuses Saraki, Ekweremadu, Dogara of N630m fraud

​ A Civil Society organisation, Citizens Action to Take Back Nigeria (CATBAN) has alleged to have unearthed what it called ‘a huge financial theft, fraud and corruption to the value of N630,125,499.90 involving principal officers of the National Assembly. The organisation in a statement signed by its Co-convener Ibrahim Garba Wala and made available to newsmen…

​el-Rufai appoints new heads for 3 ‘juicy’ agencies in Kaduna State

The Kaduna State Government has appointed new heads for three of its agencies. According to a statenent signed by Special Assistant to the Governor (Media and Publicity), Samuel Aruwan, they are Dominic Bincike Dogo, General Manager/CEO, Kaduna State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA) and Bashir Umar Lere – Director General, Rural Water Supply and…

Sports Development: 75 universities to participate in maiden NUGA AMK Foundation annual Basketball Tournament

*winners to represent Nigeria at World Universities Tournament   In its bid at bringing a new lease of life for university sports, the Nigeria University Games (NUGA) Basketball has concluded a sponsorship arrangement with the Ahmadu Musa Kida (AMK) Foundation to begin an annual 3-Aside Basketball Tournament from 2017.   This was disclosed to newsmen in…

Kaduna Capital School decries shortage of staff, other amenities at 60th anniversary

*Ango Abdullahi insists North developed Nigeria’s economy   The famous Capital School Kaduna, established 1957 for children of the rich, by the late Premier of Northern Region, Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, is now surviving on its past glory, as 35 per cent  of its teaching staff are operating on part time basis. 

OPINION BY FEMI FANI-KAYODE: The travails of Apostle Johnson Suleman and the inciting words of the Sultan of Sokoto (Part 1)

Nothing sums up the dangerous way in which the DSS is handling the Apostle Johnson Suleman affair better than the words of the Southern Kaduna-based Pastor Owojaye Matthew. He said, “you want to arrest Christian clergymen who asked Christians to defend themselves against killer FULANI Herdsmen while you allow hundreds of foreign FULANI herdsmen invading…

Arewa Academy stun Alausa Babes in Nimrod Super Cup opener

Arewa Football Academy stunned hosts Alausa Babes 2-0 in the official opening ceremony of the maiden edition of Engineer Musa Nimrod YSFON Super Cup played at the Maimuna Gwarzo Primary School football pitch on Sunday.