The Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has directed the immediate release of a teenager detained by the police for allegedly insulting the state’s number one man. Governor Buni who is not aware of the arrest and detention, said it was grossly unnecessary to arrest anyone for insulting or criticising him. “This is the price of leadership and we are Read More
The Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni, has urged clerics in the country to continue praying for the prosperity of Nigeria and its leadership. He made the call Tuesday when the national leader, Jama’atul Izzalatu Bid’a wa ikhamatu Sunnah (JIBWIS), Shiek Abdullahi Bala Lau, paid him a courtesy call in Abuja. He said religious leaders have great roles to play Read More
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated the Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni, on his 55th birthday. Lawan, in a statement released in Abuja Friday, applauded Governor Buni for “living a life of service for his people and for promoting good governance in his state.” “It is with utmost pleasure that I congratulate my friend and brother, Read More
Of all quotes about the importance of education, the one attributed to Malcom X is by far my favourite. Malcolm X posits that “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm should know, for he himself was a shining light of wisdom, a beacon of hope, champion of the fight Read More
How long is it going to take Yobe state and Governor Mai Mala Buni’s zigzag map to improve the education l standard in the state? A state of emergency on education was introduced in 2019 as part of the so-called administration’s efforts to address the challenges in the education sector. Consequently Governor Buni recently organised a gigantic campaign in Abuja Read More
Yobe state students across Nigeria and globally were left with questions about the silence of the state scholarship board and the state government itself. The students filled out all the requirements and even paid money to complete the registration. Since then, not even a cough, nobody has heard from the scholarship board. The students gave different excuses for the board Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) we knew under the erstwhile leadership of Governor of Yobe state, Mai Mala Buni, who was the Acting National Chairman Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee had members who agreed on some policies and programmes for the society with a view to promoting the common good. The APC we knew under Mai Mala Buni always sought Read More
Since 1999, the people of Yobe have continued to give mandates to the ruling party, what is now known as the All Progressives Congress (APC), with the hope that their lives will be better for all fronts-particularly in the education sector. The Yobe education sector is known to be one of the worst in the nation. This is manifested by Read More
Yobe state critical stakeholders on Friday in Damaturu purchased the expression of interest and nomination forms for the re-election of Governor Mai Mala Buni. The stakeholders comprised the chairmen of the critical stakeholders, local government party chairmen, representatives of business and community leaders as well as APC supporters from the grassroots. The deputy governor, Idi Barde Gubana, presented the nomination Read More
Rather than castigate Mai Mala Buni, governor of the backwater Yobe state, who has shown more preference for the chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (APC-CECPC), to providing leadership for the good people of Yobe state, and putting him in the dock for high crimes against the APC, a section of the media is Read More
One distinct feature of Governor Mai Mala Buni’s political trajectory is that he did not actually choose public life but it was rather public life or service that chose him. It is hard to find typical Nigerian elite, already exposed to the trappings of city life of such mega metropolis like Lagos being asked by his people to serve, not Read More
I watched Senator Kabiru Marafa recently during the popular Channels Television programme ‘Politics Today’ and I was surprised by what some of ‘our youths’ are yelling about which made me re-watch. Kabiru Marafa called Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state and the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee, a “Bush Man”. Although such a remark should Read More
The APC Youth Development and Solidarity Network has alleged that some cabals are desperately out to procure a court injunction against the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee under Governor Mai Mala Buni. The group said a whopping N5 billion has been earmarked for the purpose. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, the group led by its Secretary General, Read More
A national chairmanship aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, has hailed the Governor Mala Buni’s Convention Planning Committee for scheduling 26th of February for the party’s national convention. Senator Musa represents Niger East at the Senate stated this in Minna, Wednesday, in a press conference by his advisory council. Addressing journalists, the chairman of the advisory Read More
Some aggrieved members of the All Progresive Congress (APC) have dragged the Governor Buni led Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, over planned national convention slated for February. The applicants are seeking among other things an order of the Court to restrain the Buni-led CECPC from going ahead with the convention. Read More
The National secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has given stakeholders in Oyo state chapter one-week to reach agreement within themselves and report back to the leadership. The Oyo chapter had been thrown into crisis over the recent APC state congress which the national secretariat earlier postponed. The leadership of the party after a meeting with stakeholders from Read More
Ahead of Anambra state governorship election scheduled for November 6, the former frontline governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and current member of the House of Representatives, representing Aguata Federal Constituency in Anambra state, Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) along with two House of Assembly members and several party supporters. Umeoji defection Read More
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed 1, 101 members to Yobe state in the 2021 batch C , stream I mobilization. Our correspondent reports that of the 1, 101 posted to the state under the batch, 658 are males while 443 are female graduates from different institutions in the country. Speaking while swearing in the newly deployed NYSC Read More
The deputy state Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Yobe state, Alhaji Umaru Amale, the party’s assistant state secretary Ahmadu Biriri and others on Tuesday defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Receiving former PDP officials in Damaturu, the state Governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention, Mai Mala Buni, said they should be part of the movement to salvage Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe state on Saturday October 16, 2021 elected Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka to pilot the affairs of the state executive council of the party for the next four years. The committee chairman in charge of the state APC Congress Senator Osita Izunaso said Yobe had adopted the option of consensus for the exercise. Izunaso revealed Read More
The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced suspension of the ongoing State Congress in Oyo state due to forging of documents meant for the exercise and other irregularities. Governor of Yobe state and Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, gave the ordered. In a statement signed by the party’s National Secretary Sen. Read More
Ahead the 2023 general elections, a support group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the platform of Progressives Consolidation Group (PCP) has rated Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the best qualified to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. The APC members said Osinbajo’s presidency will increase party’s chances for massive success in the coming general elections and also accelerate growth Read More
Former governor of Nasarawa state and Senator representing Nasarawa West, Abdullahi Adamu, has assured that his committee will perform better than previous National Reconciliation Committees headed by former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and that of former governor of Osun state, Chief Bisi Akande. Both Tinubu and Akande were appointed at different times to reconcile various groups and Read More
Yobe state Governor Mai Mala Buni, Wednesday, commended philanthropist, Engineer Ahmed Musa Kida, for constructing and furnishing a diagnostic, maternal and child health centre at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital, Damaturu Specialist Hospital as well as toilets at the State Polytechnic Geidam. Represented by his Director General Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, Governor Buni said the support by Read More
A new group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged known as ‘APC rebirth’, demanding that a free and fair process of the national convention should be urgently announced to avoid implosion of the party. The group also kicked against the consensus option being deployed by the national leadership of the party to elect party officials from the Read More
Copyright © 2022 | About Us | Online Advert Rates | Mission Statement | Corporate Profile | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Site Map