A four-year-old boy, Miguel Ovoke, a pupil of BrickHall Schools in Abuja, has died under controversial circumstances. The pupil died during the school’s feeding hours, but was rushed from his school located in Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja yesterday, to Excel Specialist Hospital, in the nation’s capital, reports The PUNCH. The death certi...
•Governor Nasiru Idris Alhaji Rufai Ibrahim, the Chief Imam of Wala Jumat Mosque in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, has tendered his resignation amid controversy surrounding a N500,000 Ramadan gift by the Governor Nasiru Idris to chief imams in the state. Architect Muhammed Sani Aliyu, the Commissioner for Religious Affairs, who disclosed this duri...
•Governor Bago Chika Otuchikere writes that although Niger State Government has denied the ban on alcoholic drinks, some local governments are insisting that the drinks remain banned in their areas, reports The PUNCH Niger State is a signatory to the Islamic Sharia law which allows the Islamic or Sharia law to operate side by side […]...
Controversy has continued to trail the implementation of the 50 per cent Federal Government discount for inter-state travellers, as one of the foremost transport unions, the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, has said it was not carried along in the decision-making and implementation process. This was as some travelers wo...
•Abba Kabir Yusuf Kano governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, yesterday unveiled construction of two critical projects, Tal’udu Interchange (Clover Leaf Flyover) and Dan Agundi Interchange (Flyover and Underpass) at the cost of N27billion. The unveiling of the projects, being funded under state and local government joint account, came under public critic...
•Lagos LagRide Scheme The Lagos LagRide Scheme is currently embroiled in an ongoing controversy following the decision of Ibile Holding Company, an investment arm of the Lagos State Government, to withdraw vehicles from its investing partners who legally leased the vehicles from the Lagos State Government on a four year repayment plan. This is...