By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has been commeded for the implementation of ₦30,000 federal minimum wage The commendation was contained in a statement signed by the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district, Senator Smart Adeyemi and made available to journalists on Tuesday in Lokoja. Adeyemi described Governor…
*** States can replicate this bill meant for FCT By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Amidst the controversies trailing the proposed monthly house rent bill, the sponsor, Senator Smart Adeyemi who represents Kogi West Senatorial Zone in the 9th Senate of the federal republic of Nigeria speaks exclusively to NationalWatch on the benefits of the…
In response to news making the rounds pertaining to a statement credited to the Honorable Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hajiya Ramatu Aliyu with concerns to Saturday, February 12, 2022 upcoming FCT Council elections, the CIVIL SOCIETY NETWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE (CSNDG), under the leadership of its Chairperson, Evelyn…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab A group under the auspices of FCT Observers and Good Governance Association, has called out politicians who are hiding under a pressure and are bent on tarnishing the image Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory ( FCT ), Hajia Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, to stop forthwith. The coordinator of the…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Senate has approved the establishment of six new campuses of the Nigerian Law School across the six geo-political zones of the country. The newly approved law schools, in addition to the seven existing ones, bring the total number of law schools in the country to thirteen, excluding that of…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has expressed grief over the death of Ibrahim Arewa, a cheiftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lokoja local government area. The Kupa-born politician died on Monday at the age of 62 years and was until his death…
*** Raises fund for supporting girl child education By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Kogi State chapter of the Arewa Women in Action, has launched the maiden edition of its twenty twenty-two Almanac, fund raising for supporting Girl Child education and presentation of awards to prominent Kogi indigenes at an event held at Amusement Park, Lokoja,…
*** says FCTA in a hurry to add value to lives By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has inaugurated peoples oriented projects and flagged off empowerment programme in Abaji Area Council of the Territory At the inauguration of the projects, the minister said the All…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Federal Capital Territory Administration has disbursed a total sum of N3,668,506,659.36billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of December 2021, The figure indicates a decline in revenue from N3,726,007,503.49billion disbursed in the month of November…
By Our Reporter Jennifer Douglas Abubakar, one of the wives of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has opened up on why she is requesting for divorce from the politician. In a statement titled “Putting the records straight,” Jennifer explained she had asked Atiku for a divorce on June 26, 2021, “in light of the breakdown…