Articles by Abubakar Labaran

The Kagoro Secondary School Old Boys Association (KASSOBA) has elected new national executives to handle the affairs of the association for the next 3 years. Swearing in the newly elected officials at the Bagaiya Library in the school at Kagoro Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State during the weekend, one of the board members of the school, and an Read More

Youth empowerment, entrepreneurship and creating business incubation hubs and skills acquisition centers for Nigerian teeming youth have been identified as keys in igniting a social change and spur economic development in Nigeria.  This was discussed during a one-day round table discussion held in Gombe yesterday by a group campaigning for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Daura returned all thanks to God for safety in life’s journeys over many years, highlighting the years of battle during the Nigerian Civil War and some personal challenges as testimonies of divine protection and guidance. President Buhari, who visited the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Faruk, after commissioning of two roads, said the destiny Read More

The Lagos state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday signed the 2023 appropriation bill of N1.76 trillion into law at the State House, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu said the budget tagged budget of continuity was to complete all on-going projects in different parts of the state. It would be recalled that on October 27, 2022, Sanwo-Olu presented a N1.692 trillion to the Read More

The Anambra state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Friday assured corps members serving in the state that they would be exposed and rewarded with entrepreneurial jobs and other opportunities. Soludo gave the assurance at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Permanent Orientation Camp at Mbaukwu/Umuawulu in Awka South local government area during a swearing ceremony of 1,300 new corps members Read More

The first Professor of Euthanasia and Medical Law in Africa, Bashiru Omipidan, has cautioned against legislation that will legalise the practice of mercy killing and assisted suicide in Nigeria. Omipidan, who is a lecturer in the department of private and property law of the University of Ilorin, also called for tightening of Nigeria’s criminal code, by providing sections that will Read More

The Young Surveyors’ Network (YSN), Kaduna state branch has sensitized students of Divine Progress School Narayi High Cost Kaduna, on the need to take land survey as a profession and build a future for themselves. Speaking on the career guidance and counselling carried out in collaboration with the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), the Chairman of YSN in Kaduna state, Read More

A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja Thursday, struck out a suit seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Mr Akanimo Udofia as governorship candidate of the Akwa Ibom All Progressives Congress (APC) for the March 11 election. In a judgement, Justice Emeka Nwite held that the court lacked jurisdiction to decide Read More

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has affirmed the conduct of a mock accreditation of voters across the country as a field test exercise in readiness for 2023 all inclusive general elections and to put finishing touches to its preparations. The INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, stated this Friday at the Commission’s meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the Read More

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Uba Sani, has donated N20 million grant to 700 traders across Kaduna state to enable them pay 10% mortgage down payment, and for others to pay rent on their shop. The Managing Director, Kaduna Market Development and Management Company, Ms Tamar Nandul, who disclosed this on Friday at the commissioning Read More

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday warned the over 3,800 foreigners that are resident in Anambra state to steer clear of the 2023 general elections or risk prosecution. The NIS controller, Anambra state Command, Mrs. Ngozi Odikpo, gave the warning at Awka, during a meeting with representatives of West African countries residing in the State. Odikpo, who said the Read More

The management of Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) on Friday debunked claims by proprietors of private schools in the state that the agency was imposing double taxation on them. The agency stated that it had not introduced any new tax for schools or corporate bodies nor added new items to old rates “between 2019 and now.” School proprietors under Read More

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged election observer missions and monitors in Nigeria to get balanced views by speaking to a broad range of stakeholders before making their conclusions on the outcome of the forthcoming general elections. He said being a multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multi-religious country, different people would naturally have different biases and push Read More

A centre that will provide capacity building for children with disability has been established in Lagos.  The Centre which is located in the Surulere area of Lagos state will provide training, learning aids and vocational education for children with disabilities in order to give them the opportunity to develop and harness their potential. According a statement signed by Adewale Adeoye Read More

The Kogi state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that no amount of media campaign of calumny against the party could distract it from its mission to rescue the nation from its present predicament. The party stated this while refuting a publication by Sahara Reporters on their January 22, 2023, edition with the caption “Gov Yahaya Bello Read More

‘…Cross River on precipice edge’ The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River state, Senator Sandy Onor, has described Governor Ben Ayade’s alleged plan to conduct recruitment exercise into the state civil service as “a voodoo exercise.” He said with the state being at the edge of precipice socio-economically, Ayade should not embark on such venture Read More

…Says you can’t get Biafra by killing your people Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has condemned the gruesome murder of innocent  Biafran citizens by the enemies of Ndigbo who are masquerading as freedom fighters. Recall that there had been many killings in the South-east in recent time; the most recent being the gruesome killing Read More

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has tasked stakeholders in disaster management, especially the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), to take proactive steps in planning the recovery and rehabilitation of victims of the 2022 floods. Speaking Friday in Abuja, during the presentation of Global Rapid (post disaster) Damage Read More

Thousands of Imo residents in the early hours of Friday stormed various banks in the state, especially Owerri, the state capital, in search of the newly designed Naira notes. However, our Correspondent who visited banks gathered that the notes could not be easily accessed. Our Correspondent reports that there were long queues both in the banking halls and at Automated Read More

All is now set for the commissioning of Dala International Inland Dry Port located at Zawachiki in Kumbotso local government area of Kano state on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The managing director of the Port, Ahmad Rabiu, disclosed Friday in Kano while addressing newsmen on the preparations for the inauguration of the Port at its headquarters. Rabiu, who was Read More