Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has warned civil servants against embarking on industrial action over the ongoing workers verification exercise.
He warned that workers who fail to get verified risk being removed from the government's payroll.
In a statement issued by his media aide, Samuel Aruwan, the governor said that the verification exercise is a legitimate attempt by government to update its personnel records and is therefore compulsory....
Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Better days for farmers as Dangote tomato factory begins production in Kano.
Posted on 14:29 by Steve Igbokwe
The brand new Dangote Tomato Processing Factory last week began test production in Kano.
According to the Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kaita, the factory which is designed to process 120 tonnes of fresh tomatoes per day has already processed more than 500 tonnes.
He said that the company has been paying tomato farmers higher than what they get at the open market.
“We purchase the commodity at N20, 000 per tonne irrespective...

Read Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria's reaction to Kaduna Religious Bill
Posted on 13:36 by Steve Igbokwe
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN is angry with the Nasir El-Rufai administration over the Kaduna State Religious Bill which is now before the State House of Assembly.
The PFN described the bill as obnoxious and vexing.
The Chairman of PFN in Kaduna State, Reverend Professor Femi Ehinmidu told newsmen in Kaduna that the organization would use every legal means to defend the rights of Christians in the state.
“We do not see any reason...

IPOB calls for boycott of Fulani cattle
Posted on 03:19 by Steve Igbokwe
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has called on the Igbo nation to boycott Fulani cattle in order to forestall the infiltration of their land by armed Fulani herdsmen.
IPOB urged Ndigbo to grow their own native cows which can be found in abundance at Abakaliki, in Ebonyi State, Nsukka in Enugu State and Obudu in Cross River State.
In a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, IPOB said;
“After putting our...
Monday, 21 March 2016

7 former governors, 6 ex-Ministers set to lose loots in Dubai
Posted on 23:03 by Steve Igbokwe
The Federal Government appears to have concluded arrangements for the repatriation of over $200b loot kept in the United Arab Emirates by seven former state governors, about six ex-Ministers and other public servants, including their fronts.
The Nation reports that some real estate belonging to former Politically Exposed Persons, PEPs and their cronies and fronts are in danger of being seized.
Among those being investigated for hiding looted funds...

Police nab three drug lords in Katsina
Posted on 16:52 by Steve Igbokwe
The Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, has announced the arrest of three major dealers in illicit drugs in the state.
Abdullahi while addressing newsmen in Katsina on Monday, said that large quantities of assorted drugs and some sacks containing some leaves suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered from the suspects.
“The command deployed detectives who monitored the activities of the drug kingpins before arresting...

Power mongers in PDP, APC responsible for Rivers elections violence - Okupe
Posted on 16:32 by Steve Igbokwe
Chief Doyin Okupe, one time Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, is angry with his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC over the killing of innocent Yoruba youth corpers in the violence-ridden Rivers State legislative re-run elections.
This is how he poured out his heart on Facebook.
Doyin Okupe
The...
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