The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial Zone, Ali Ndume, has said that he is of the opinion that independence should be marked instead of the wasteful celebration. He made the observation during an interactive session with newsmen in Kano over the weekend after attending the recently concluded constitutional review retreat. He explained that in his opinion independence should be the time to review progress and achievements as well as setting plans for better future, which is less cost effective that the festivities of celebrating independence day on 1st October. “I don’t support celebrating of independence, but I support marking of…
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Sen Sani Musa (APC- Niger East), on Monday rejected the proposed establishment of state Police in the country, saying the outfit will be subjected to ‘political abuse.’ Musa told newsmen shortly after the deliberations at the just-concluded ‘Retreat of the Senate Committee on Review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’. “I am no longer in support of what we want to do in creating State Police. I just took a sample of the Community State Policing that we said we have introduced. It’s not working, look at the infrastructure, look at the demography of the people that…
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, while on a condolence visit in Kano, has expressed shock over the death of five police officers who lost their lives while returning from Edo State where they went for an official assignment. Ganduje also consoled the affected families of the deceased police officers in Bichi town in Kano State on Saturday saying he sympathizes with the family and the Inspector General of Police (IGP). “We are here not for celebrations but for condolence to sympathize with the families, IGP, and the entire Kano of those that died while…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has unveiled a new initiative aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state and advancing the implementation of a two-state solution. This announcement comes after decades of failed international efforts to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, which has brought the region to the verge of full-scale war. Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, introduced the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution during a speech at a high-level meeting attended by the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and Norway. Prince Faisal revealed that the initiative is a joint effort between Arab…
Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an air attack on Lebanon’s capital Beirut, according to Israel’s military and the Lebanese group, in what is a significant blow to Hezbollah as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks. “Hassan Nasrallah is dead,” Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X on Saturday. Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s southern front, and additional Hezbollah commanders were also killed in the massive air strike in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh on Friday, the Israeli military said. The strike levelled six apartment buildings while injuring 91 people,…
The Centre For Information Technology And Development (CITAD) has issued a communique at the end of it social influencers summit that took place in Kano recently making some proposals on Artificial Intelligence. As part of the communique signed by Yunusa Zakari Ya`u, Convener, KANSIS/ Executive Director CITAD, Chiamama Okafor, E.D, MILID, Professor Abdulhamid Abdullahi, ABU and Danlami Nmodu, Publisher, NewsDiary Online, four recommendations were made. Part of the communique reads: “The summit recommends the following measures to boost the penetrations and utilization of AI in Nigeria: “Called the Federal Government to put in place an adequate national policy, legislative, regulatory,…
Beneficiary states of the National Urban Water Sector Reform Projects funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) are meeting in Kano for project Coordination and review. In the annual 2-day workshop that started on Wednesday, Kano state is hosting Plateau, Ondo Enugu and Ogun states, begining from Wednesday in which the AFD project will be scrutinized for better implementation. The project in Kano state will cost more that N177.4 billion (€64 million), with the Federal Ministry of Finance as guarantor, which will involve the establishment of new water works at Challawa and Tamburawa, for the provision of portable drinking water…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to resolve some lingering issues or risk another industrial action. ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke gave the ultimatum in a statement on Wednesday, expressing frustration with the alleged delay tactics being used by the government to shy away from its pending commitments. Osodike stated that the government’s behaviour towards the union’s members is fueling crisis in the public university system. ASUU is seeking the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement based on the Nimi Briggs Committee’s Draft Agreement of 2021, as…
The Presidency has confirmed that a cabinet reshuffle to be undertaken by President Bola Tinubu was imminent any moment from now. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Onanuga, however, stated that he was uncertain whether the cabinet reshuffle would occur before October 1 or not, but emphasised that it was expected to happen anytime soon. It will be recalled that President Tinubu appointed his ministers in August of last year, and there have been clamour for cabinet reshuffle by some members…
The presidency has clarified that the federal government will not intervene in the ongoing fuel price controversy between Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Onanuga said both entities operate as independent companies in a deregulated market and noted that under the Petroleum Industry Act, NNPCL operates autonomously despite being owned by federal, state, and local governments. He added that the free market would ultimately benefit consumers, as other private marketers could…