LIBERATION

Our attention has been drawn to a frivolous, mischievous, false and highly embarrassing publication making the rounds on online newspaper “SAHARA REPORTERS” dated 28th September 2021 and captioned “How AGF Malami, Emefiele, Kemi Adeosun, Ex-Governor Yari Diverted N19billion Paris Club Legal Service Fees” approved as legal fees by President Muhammadu Buhari to Joe Agi, SAN. It is unfortunate that an esteemed newspaper has not got its publication right and every effort we have made to contact the Editors had not yielded positive result to state our own side of the story. A publication under this heading was earlier published in SAHARA REPORTERS. However, an unscrupulous publisher has gone ahead to include paragraphs of totally untrue matter published and posted on his online newspaper.  We the North-West Peoples Forum for Good Governance hereby refutes this publication as frivolous, mischievous and totally false. Our findings revealed to us that the The AGF is not involved in any fraud r...

Kaduna state was created with past governors and administrators since it’s creation in early sixties, and they did their best to ensure development was evenly spread to all nooks and crannies of the state. The statement made by Engr. Kabiru Adamu, the CEO iKABEER ENGINEERING GLOBAL SERVICES, while chatting with newsmen on Governor Nasiru Ahmed Elrufai’s achievements across kaduna state. Engr. Kabiru said when Governor Nasiru El-Rufai assumed the leadership of state in 2015, the state was in the news as a state where decaying infrastructures were crying for attention, workers moral at its lowest ebbs, the state that is blessed with resources to transform the state in the whole northern part of the country, did not utilise its full potential until the current regime of Governor Elrufai came to power. “Now we all saw the transformation of Kaduna State under Governor Elrufai with prudent management of resources which makes me to praise his efforts and called on other states in the country ...

  The Kano State chapter of the Arewa Consultative Forum ( ACF) has been resuscitated. It has also nominated a 14- member Interim Executive Committee to run its affairs for the next six months after which a general congress may elect a new council.  The inaugural ceremony presided by a member of ACF Board of Trustees, Brigadier- General Halliru Akilu (rtd), the non-partisan voluntary organization also nominated delegates to its National Executive Committee (NEC) engagements. A statement issued by  ACF Kano chapter Publicity Secretary, Bello Sani Galadanchi, on Monday said General Akilu tasked the new leadership to work in unity, and restore all ACF organs and activities for the betterment of our society. ‘’He stressed that the ACF which is apolitical, believes in the unity of the country, but aspires to see the glory of the north restored, and the economic fortunes of the region tapped for the greater benefit of our people and the nation as a whole, ‘’said the statement.   ‘’In his acc...

It’s to notify you on the above subject matter. Recall Proposal and Petition for Removing you from the state house of Assembly. As our elected official, member Kaduna State House of Assembly,  Representing Doka/Gabasawa have become grossly negligent in doing your job,which is suppose to be representing the Doka/Gabasawa people. Its past time for us to clean you out through the recall proposal (voting you out of the house) and save our constituency. We will organize a press conference next week at Nigeria Union Of Journalists (NUJ) Kaduna regarding the recall proposal. “It is truly hard to know what to say, beyond uttering something like “fools” when forming a thought about our representatives in the National Assembly and states House of Assembly’s, who are all, of course, fools. I’m suggesting all of us, DOKA/GABASAWA CONSTITUENCY regardless of our affiliations – put the vitriol on hold and take a bold and quiet step into the center. We firmly demand “HON.  HARUNA INUWA DOGO TO QUIET” ...

ICPC officials tracking execution of constituency projects did not see evidence of execution of eight of such projects in Potiskum/Nangere Federal Constituency of Yobe when they went on inspection. Officials of Federal Government agencies supervising the execution of the contracts refused to talk to newsmen about their findings. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who accompanied the officials reported, however, that the team could also not find any individual or community to state that they benefitted from the projects. The projects include two contracts for the supply of motorcycles in Yobe, a state where the use of motorcycles had been banned since 2012. It is on record that the contracts were awarded to AD Multi Business Links Ltd. Two other contracts for Peace Building Training for Stakeholders, also awarded to AD Multi Business Links, could not be tracked. Also untraceable are four contracts for the Supply of agricultural implements and equipment awarded to Muhbash Glob...

Granting amnesty to bandits will encourage impunity, abuses – Rafsanjani Read: https://newsdigest.ng/granting-amnesty-to-bandits-rafsanjani/ How Beninese mother bore children for her sons in Kwara – NSCDC Read: https://newsdigest.ng/how-beninese-mother-kwara-nscdc/ Nasarawa Assembly suspends deputy minority leader over alleged job scam Read: https://newsdigest.ng/nasarawa-assembly-job-scam/ Kogi prison attack: Security forces on the trail of gunmen, fleeing inmates — Aregbesola Read: https://newsdigest.ng/kogi-prison-attack/ Many Yobe Federal Constituency projects exist only on paper – ICPC Read: https://newsdigest.ng/many-yobe-federal/ Abducted Zamfara students regain freedom Read: https://newsdigest.ng/abducted-zamfara/ I’ll not take excuses, COAS tells Nigerian Army Commanders Read: https://newsdigest.ng/ill-not-take-excuses/ Over 100 inmates escape as police confirm invasion of Kogi prison Read: https://newsdigest.ng/over-100-inmates/ Ignore sit-at-home order, Uzodimma urges Imo re...

  The widely disseminated statement by Kaduna-based Muslim cleric Dr. Ahmed Gumi titled “War has never been a solution anywhere anytime” is too sweeping to be true. He was referring to the Nigerian Army’s recently stepped-up campaign against bandits in Zamfara and other north-western states, which he says will not end banditry. He said only negotiation and a peaceful settlement with the bandit leaders will do. For starters, it is not true that war has never resolved any issues. It may not be ideal but throughout human history, nothing resolves contentious issues quite as conclusively as victory on the battlefield. The early Muslim community in Medina managed to survive and to ultimately triumph over their Meccan enemies because of a string of military victories at Badr, Uhud, Khandaq and conquest of Mecca in 629AD. More recently, Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grand Armee was only stopped from total conquest of Europe by military defeats in Russia in 1812 and at Waterloo in 1815.  Ten years ago ...

A golf driver met his untimely death on Sunday, when personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service allegedly opened fire on his vehicle.  investigation has unravelled the circumstances surrounding the death of the golf driver. Reliable source revealed that the driver died instantly in Gezawa town along Kano/Gumel road. Our findings revealed that Customs officials on patrol on the highway allegedly shot the driver of a  Volkswagen Golf 3 vehicle whom they suspected was carrying smuggled rice and was flagged down to stop for search but allegedly refused to stop. But according to an eyewitness which said that the Customs officials shot the driver at a close range after they stopped him and the bullet caught him on the stomach and he died instantly. The eye witness added that it took the intervention of policemen from Gezawa division who arrived the scene arrested the Customs officials and took the corps to the hospital. Meanwhile, efforts to reach the PRO Kano/Jigawa command, proved abortive,...

Alhaji Faruku Udulu B/Kebbi the Chief Executive Officer of Bentex zully Nigeria limited  have expressed optimism that the proposed Dangote Refinery and the fertilizer Plant would bring development across the country. When completed, the refinery will be the world’s largest single line refinery, Petrochemical Complex, and the world’s second largest Urea Fertiliser plant. According to Faruk, the refinery will have the capacity to refine 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day.  "Our dream of ending fuel importation could materialize if the $12bn refinery is ready". He said The Petrochemical Plant is also expected to produce 780 KTPA Polypropylene, 500 KTPA of Polyethylene, while the Fertiliser project will produce 3.0 million metric tons per annum  of Urea, and will be adding value to our economy as all these projects will be creating about 4,000 direct and 145,000 indirect jobs. Faruku Udulu further stated that the Urea Fertilizer plant was built to tap into Nigeria’s demand ...