Day: February 23, 2018

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has sued the senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial zone, Shehu Sani, before the state high court. The governor is seeking N500m damages from the senator for each of the four alleged offences, one of which is defamation of character. The total damages being sought amounts to N2bn. El-Rufai was at the state high court to file the suit on Friday. The governor said he sought compensation for the injury allegedly suffered as a result of “the malicious statements” made by Senator Sani through the mass…

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The Federal Government on Thursday threatened to withdraw funding for the suspended N120bn Bonny-Bodo road project as a result of lack of cooperation by host communities meant to benefit from the project in the Niger Delta. It called on leaders of the affected communities to unite, adding that the fund released for the project by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company might be refunded if the host communities failed to agree on specified terms. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, gave the warning to leaders of the…

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna zonal office,has recovered N102 million diverted from the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) in Kebbi. A statement by the spokesman of the commission,Mr Wilson Uwujaren,said the funds were diverted by beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria Anchor Borrowers Programme,disbursed by BOA. Uwujaren said so far a total of N297 million had been recovered by the commission in favour of BOA in Kaduna and Kebbi states. The Head of Operations of the Kaduna office, Ibrahim Bappa,formally presented a bank draft for the N102…

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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has accused the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun of erecting barriers to peace in the ruling party. Tinubu in a letter dated February 21, 2018, specifically accused the national chairman of festering the crises through unilateral decisions regarding the crises in the Kogi, Kaduna and Adamawa chapters of the party. Meanwhile, the APC National Working Committee, NWC has constituted a team of national officers to investigate the fresh rumpus in the Kaduna State chapter of the party which led to the…

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Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari yesterday said the state was in need of additional 13,000 teachers to bridge the gap with educationally advantaged states in the country. Besides, the governor who disclosed that the state has a deficit of 16,000 classes lamented that the number was a major factor to realising the goal of having at least 50 pupils per class. Masari who stated this while receiving World Bank officials led by its task team leader, Dr. Olatunde Adekola in his office said he inherited the problem from his…

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