Day: August 12, 2020
Just In: Bauchi governor dissolves LG’s Caretaker Chairmen.
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has dissolved all the caretaker chairmen of the 20 Local government Areas with immediate effect. The dissolution is coming ahead of the forthcoming Local governments elections scheduled for October this year in the state. The governor in a statement signed by the Secretary to the state government, Mohammed […]
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Borno: Governor Zulum appoints Prof. Isa Marte as new Chief of Staff
… Merges higher education with Science, Tech Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of Professor Isa Hussaini Marte as his new chief of staff. The appointment was announced on Wednesday evening by the governor‘s spokesman, malam Isa Gusau. Marte, a serving commissioner for higher education, since August, 2019, is to replace […]
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Boko Haram, Zulum’s Eruptions and Classified Outbursts
By Dr Nuruddeen Muhammad “I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it” That was Jack Nicholson, when he starred as Col Nathan R Jessep in […]
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UNILAG: Governing Council Sacks Vice Chancellor.
The Governing Council of the University of Lagos on Wednesday announced the sacking of its Vice -Chancellor , Prof. Olawatoyin Ogundipe . According to Punch Newspapers, the sack was announced at a meeting of the Governing Council of the UNILAG held at the National Universities Commission in Abuja. While seven members voted for the removal […]
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Beyond The 4 Walls of Nigerian Correctional Service Act
BY ASC HARUNA ISA mnipr, nuj No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones, said Nelson Mandela, who spent twenty-seven years in custody. The eleven years of advocacy by Nigerian civil society seem […]
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Kaduna: Police molest, detain NAN correspondent
The Sabongari Divisional Police has arrested and detained Malam Mustapha Yauri, Zaria District Correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Malam Yauri was arrested by Police while snapping a picture of trailer that blocked the Samaru- Zaria Fly-over road in a protest that rift between the KASTLEA and trailer drivers on Tuesday afternoon. “ I […]
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