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MAISHANU's  WINDOW DRESSING AND SHAMELESS PROPAGANDA  By Sharafadeen Muhammad In a desperate attempt to present a good picture of the administration of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to the visiting APC presidential candidate Alhaji Bola  Ahmed  Tinubu to Sokoto on February 9, 2023, one  Dahiru Maishanu, in a restricted  circulated open letter, embarked on a shameless image laundering propaganda, for the outgoing governor In a piece, which he titled "OPEN LETTER TO THE JAGABAN", Maishanu, tried to call Tinubu's attention to Tambuwal's projects in different parts of the state, as testimony of his achievements for the two term tenure that he has spent as governor of the state.He tried to do a good job of his propaganda, through meticulous listing of those projects, which he said lined the routes from the Sultan Abubakar International Airport, up to the Sokoto metropolis While this may be seen as a lobbying tactics to some extent for a dream politi...

Alh. Nasir 'Babbar Harka' Canvas Votes For Uba Sani, Says APC will win 2023 elections in Kaduna State.   By Comrade Musa Mohammed A member of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna state, and chairman and CEO Babbar Harka Resources and Global Links Limited, Producers of Babbar Harka Fertilizer, Alhaji Nasir Shuaibu (Babbar Harka) has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the 2023 elections in Kaduna State. Nasir 'Babbar Harka' made the statement in an interview with newsmen in Kaduna on Wednesday. He said they would generate votes for the governatorial Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) Senator Uba Sani in Kaduna, in the forthcoming general election. "We have the capacity to bring in votes". “As a grass root mobilisers in Kaduna, which includes all the 23 local government area's, we have supporters from wards to polling units and we intend to make sure we generates votes from each polling units"  He...

Public service recognition a morale booster for us, FIRS The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, has stated that his recognition by the LEADERSHIP Awards as the Newspaper’s Public Service Person of the Year 2022 is a morale booster for the Service to do more.  Mr. Nami stated this while speaking to journalists after receiving the LEADERSHIP Public Service Person of the Year 2022 Award at the 14th Edition of the LEADERSHIP Annual Conference and Awards, held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja yesterday.  “We feel honoured to receive this award, and in fact feel more indebted to Nigerians to do better in the years to come,” he noted.  “We are grateful to the media, and most especially the LEADERSHIP Newspaper for finding us worthy of this honour. “Permit me to dedicate this Award to the FIRS family, and rename it as ‘the LEADERSHIP Public Institution of the Year Award 2022’—not Muhammad Nami’s. This Award is the res...

Fuel Scarcity : ACF Supports Removal of Subsidy as Solution ...Commends Kyari Led NNPCL Management  for Proactive Measures  Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has thrown its weight behind the clamour for removal of subsidy as the only remedy for recurring fuel Scarcity across the country. According to the northern based political and socio-cultural organization, the best way for the National Nigerian Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)to  make fuel available always is to removed subsidy  completely.  The Secretary-General of ACF,Murtala Aliyu, who disclosed this in an interview said ,"For as long as we continue to import fuel, we have to  subsidize it and  doing so, will certainly  make government resources to continue to be limited .  He vehemently  kicked against the idea of  borrowing money to pay for subsidy, adding that government has been shying away from the issue of subsidy and this is  where the problem resides ....

Activist advises FG to bring board members that will serve govt agencies better ....he reminds Buhari expiration of many board Chairmen, Members An activist of Human rights and social justice, Comrade Adeyinka Joshua Owolabi has reminded the outgoing government of President Muhammadu Buhari to purge and purify the system before he hand over power to the incoming government. Owolabi said one of the ways to do that by the Buhari-led government is to bring on board good chairmen and members as board members of many government agencies and parastatals. According to him some of the board Chairmen and members' tenures are about to elapse and unfortunately, some of them didn't do well in adding value to their respective places of primary assignments. He gave examples of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, (NCPC), Muslim Pilgrims commission, Ministry of Information and Culture, Ministry of Educational, TetFund and Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) are ministries and agenc...

Rivers High Court Docks Cletus Ibeto A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt and presided over by Hon Justice A. Enebeli this morning, January 30,2023 put Anambra-born multibillionnaire businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto in the dock in further cross examination by the defence counsel - Barrister E.C Ukala, SAN, in one of the suits between his companies and Dozzy Oil Ltd. Ibeto on the resumption of proceedings this morning disputed his previous documented evidence that was already before the court. Under cross examination, the defence counsel, Barrister Ukala, SAN, asked to know the size of the property in dispute, the location, the original owners from where he derived his title and at that point he denied the contents of his own document. He further added that it was his lawyers that prepared the details, and that it wasn’t correct. At that moment,a ding dong battle ensued between him and the defence counsel seeking to clarify the document. It lingered till the pre...

Zulum visits Gwoza, upgrades General Hospital to Specialist, sites Nursing College … Leads APC’s campaign rally  Governor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Gwoza town of southern Borno on Sunday. He announced the upgrade of Gwoza’s General Hospital to a Specialist Hospital which will undergo some expansion, get more equipment and consultants for different specialized areas of medical needs. Zulum also announced a plan to establish a new college of Nursing studies to be sited in Gwoza.  The Governor made the revelations when he paid homage to the Emir of Gwoza, Mohammed Shehu Timta.  “Your royal highness, insha’Allah, we have appropriated the establishment of a College of Nursing in the 2023 budget and insha’ Allah when voted for a second term, we will ensure the college is completed during the first six months of our next tenure in office” Zulum said. The Nursing College, he explained, will train Gwoza residents and the neighbouring communiti...