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Yakasai has been a regular critic of President Buhari. Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, a media aide of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, is currently in the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) after calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to tender his resignation, in the wake of a spate of abductions targeting school students. Yakasai, who tweets with the handle @Dawisu, had criticized his own political party, APC, after news broke that 317 students had been kidnapped by terrorists in Zamfara on Friday, February 26, 2021. "Clearly, we as APC government, at all levels, have failed Nigerians in the number one duty we were elected to do which is to secure lives and properties. Not a single day goes by without some sort of insecurity in this land. This is a shame! Deal with terrorists decisively or resign," Yakasai had shared on his Twitter page. twitter.com Yakasai was declared missing hours after the tweet was issued and his handle topped the day's tren...

Tumsah appeals to the youths in the state to shun all forms of violence. Alhaji Tijjani Tumsah, a former Interim National Secretary, All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged electorate, politicians and stakeholders in Yobe to ensure peaceful conduct of the Saturday local government election. Tumsah, who gave the advice in a statement on Friday in Abuja, stressed the need for stakeholders to contribute their quotas to development and deepening of democratic culture in the state. He advised the Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission to provide a level playing ground for all political parties contesting and participating in the elections. According to him, the electoral body should ensure that the state experience a peaceful, transparent, free, fair and credible elections. The APC chieftain said that political parties should help to advance democratic values, ethics, and practices so that in years to come, democracy would be entrenched in the state. He noted that election was...

The power project was executed by METKA West Africa. The 1.35 Megawatt of Solar Hybrid Power project was on Friday inaugurated at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta. The Senate Deputy President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege , said at the ceremony that the power project was a fulfillment of the Federal Government's commitment to increase electricity supply across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the power project was executed by METKA West Africa. Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, said that the project, executed under the Energising Education Programme (EEP), was conceived and designed in 2016. He said that the project was aimed at addressing developmental challenges in the country by providing electricity and conducive learning environments for rapid socioeconomic growth. "Today's milestone stands as beneficial to the educational and ...

The 600 new cases were reported from 21 states. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 600 new cases of the Coronavirus（COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 155,076. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. The agency also registered 11 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total number of fatality in the country to 1,902. NCDC stated that the new infections were registered across 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in the past 24 hours. It stated that the 600 new cases were reported from 21 states, namely: Lagos (169), Taraba (92), Ogun (65), Cross River (57), FCT (38), Rivers (28), Kwara (26), Akwa Ibom (25), Osun (21), Plateau (12), Borno and Gombe (nine each). Abia and Ebonyi recorded eight each, while Ekiti and Kano confirmed seven each, just as Delta reported six, and Oyo - eight. Bauchi and Nasarawa states recorded three cases each, and Sokoto had one. According to the centre, a multi-sect...

The students are on their way back to town. 27 students and 15 others who were abducted by terrorists from the Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State on February 17, 2021 have regained their freedom. "The Kagara schoolboys have been released. They are on their way to town now,” a government source is quoted as saying by TheCable. "All the boys and the family members were released.” ChannelsTV has also reported the release of the students. ALSO READ: Buhari warns terrorists kidnapping students he is not weak The release of the Kagara abductees arrives just hours after 317 students from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara, were kidnapped on Friday, February 26, 2021. There have been a wave of kidnappings targeting school children in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, in recent times. ridoola.blogspot.com.ng

Fayose's feud with Makinde has polarised the PDP in the southwest. Ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki, is brokering peace between former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and Governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde. Fayose and Makinde have been on a warpath for quite some time now. Fayose insists that Makinde shouldn't be carrying himself as leader of the PDP in the southwest because he's the only PDP governor in the region. Fayose has also warned Makinde that he'll work against his re-election in 2023 if he doesn't stop disrespecting him. “When Makinde was to contest, I was the one that presented the flag to him and a red pen. It is a higher authority that hangs your rank, a senior officer hangs the rank of a junior officer, that means he saw me as a leader at the time I was giving him the flag at Ogbomoso," Fayose said recently, adding that Makinde was only 32 years of age when he (Fayose) first became Governor of Ekiti in 2003. “It was Governor (Rashee...

The governor said the new universities will help consolidate the educational system in the state. Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has signed three bills for the establishment of new universities in the state. Speaking at the ceremony at the Government House, Asaba, the governor commended the House of Assembly for the prompt passage of the bills. The bills, which were presented to Okowa for assent by the Speaker of the Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori who was accompanied by his Deputy, Chief Christopher Ochor and other principal officers, were for the University of Delta, Agbor; Dennis Osadebay University, Anwai and the University of Science and Technology, Ozoro. He recalled that the bills were sent to the House a few weeks ago and that in spite of prevailing challenges, the lawmakers deliberated on the bills and organised a public hearing to have inputs of the general public on them. He also thanked the Ministry of Higher Education for efforts in bringing the establishment ...