The immediate past minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung has revealed that the Nigerian government is funding a counter protest ahead of the planned nationwide hunger protest. He made the revelation in video on his verified TikTok, which has gone viral, where he spoke for … minutes in Hausa describing the plan as a wrong step to take. He mentioned names of high profile Nigerians that are expected to speak at the government planned protests under the auspices Coalition For The Protection of Democracy, saying they are going to be led by the Edo state governor Adams Pshomole…
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The North’s content of the creative landscape of Nigeria’s film industry is said to be conspicuously absent and it’s contents are missing in the global arena. This is made known by Prince Daniel, a Nigerian Producer, Director and Filmmaker while presenting a north based movie, Mai Martaba’ in Kano on Saturday. He further explained that between 2016 and 2022, NATFLIX about $175 million dollars in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa without a dime coming to the north film industry. Daniel added that in the mean time there is no structured industry in the north that can compete with other parts…
Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to see Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) as an enemy, but should be wary of praise singers. In a statement, Adeyanju who commended Ndume for taking sides with the people in order to draw the attention of the president to the present situation in the country, added that the same praise singers who want him to see Ndume as an enemy would destroy his government. “In recent times, Senator Ali Ndume has taken the uncharted path of drawing the government’s attention to its failings. Despite being of the same…
The appointment of a Former Majority Leader of the 8th Kano House of Assembly, Baffa Babba Dan Agundi, as Director General National Productivity Center, by President Bola Tinubu, is testimony of the government’s hopes in the nation’s youths for a better Nigeria. Members of the 8th Assembly who spoke in a release they signed congratulating Dan Agundi, as well as the president for the appointment, said that Nigeria today needs youths like Dan Agundi to bring new ideas that will put Nigeria in the path of progress. The former assembly members, believe that DanAgundi, who was their former Majority Leader…
… As Emir Sanusi harps on fairness in sharing Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state has issued a stern warning to state officials against any possible diversion of fertilizer distributed to 52,800 farmers across the 44 local government areas. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director General, Media, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Thursday. The governor issued the warning during the flag-off of the distribution of free fertilizer to farmers across the 44 local governments, held at the Open Arena, Government House, Kano. The Governor mandated the Kano Project Protection Association (Kano-PRO-PA) to ensure adherence to…
President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 (seventy thousand naira only) minimum wage for Nigerian workers, promising to review the national minimum wage law every three years. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information, announced this at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday. According to Idris, the president made the announcement at the meeting with leaders of the organized labour. Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Comrade Festus Usifo, President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), were at the meeting alongside some members of their unions. Leaders of the organised Labour have given reasons for accepting the N70,000…
A leading Kano politician and member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Danbilki Kwamanda has cried out saying the Kaduna state governor Uba Sani instructed policemen to abuse his fundamental rights and torture him. He made a video on Thursday revealing the injuries he sustained as a result of the torture saying they even threaten to drown him in the river. In an earlier video that had gone viral in public he was shown handcuffed and was beaten by some men who even instructed him to kneel down. He was badly beaten and was pleading with them that he…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has expressed shock over a fire incident that engulfed the lives of daughter, elder sister and a sibling of the Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim Kofarmata. This was made known in issued to newsmen in Kano on Thursday by the Director General Media, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa. Yusuf described the incident as shocking and devastating as it’s resulted into the loss of lives of three innocent citizens of the state, and property of huge value. “We received with shock, the sad news of fire incident that led to the loss of three…
The Senate has removed the Chief Whip of the House, Senator Ali Ndume on Wednesday following a letter by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) seeking for the action. The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio read the letter signed by the National Chairman of the APC Abdullahi Ganduje. The letter accused Senator Ndume of uttering some unethical words which has also discouraged investors from coming to invest in Nigeria. It was after reading the letter that a vote was cast to confirmed the opinion of the members concerning removal of the Chief Whip of the Assembly, to which they all…
The Kano state Governor Abba Yusuf has assented into law the new Kano state Emirate Law 2024 establishing there new second class Emirates in the state. The governor while thanking the state assembly for answering the yearnings of the people on Tuesday also appreciated their ability to live up to their constitutional responsibility. The three new Emirates Councils include Gaya Emirate made up of Gaya, Ajingi and Albasu local governments: Rano Emirate made up of Rano, Kibiya and Bunkure local government: Karaye Emirate, made up of Karaye and Rogo local governments. “The Kano State House of Assembly has achieved another…