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It is true that the success and failure of any administration in a given State Government is usually credited to the Governor. Depending on the factors that are used to arrive at such a wholeseome glorification or condemning conclusion of the executive, it may be healthy sometimes and dangerous at another. Looking at governance in democracy and the stratification of responsibilities of the different arms of government, it's a grave error to always generalize that every act of government is liable to the executive arm alone. Whether or not Lalong is playing the flute behind the scenes, those who are dancing to the tune must have been satisfied with the tune of the music. Legislation in particular is supposed to be the wisdom end of governance where critical decision making, lawmaking and in-depth analysis/correction of the administration is carried out. Going by the scorecard of the lawmakers so far, it is easy to conclude that the 9th Assembly have failed in almost ever

Following allegations by a group known as the Youths Rights Against Corruption (YRAC) who petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accusing the now former speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Nuhu Abok Ayuba, of abuse of office and financial misappropriation. Members of Plateau State House of Assembly have swiftly moved to impeached the embattled speaker in the early hours of Thursday 28th October, 2021 following series of political maneuvering since the emergence of such petition. Signed by the YRAC executive director, Comrade Abednego Musa, and titled “Petition Against Plateau State House of Assembly Speaker, Nuhu Abok Ayuba On Gross Financial Misconduct, Criminal Breach Of Public Trust And Abuse Of Office”, the group also demanded that the Speaker immediately step down from his position, pending the completion of the EFCC investigation.  As if planned, the members of the house have heed to the advice of the group and have impeached

At least six persons have been killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Unguwar Samanja village, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Residents said the bandits stormed the village around 5:49 pm on Sunday when residents were preparing for prayer. According to them, the bandits operated for many hours unchecked. It was learnt that on arrival at the village on motorcycles, the gunmen started shooting indiscriminately, resulting in the death of the victims. The gunmen also abducted a yet-to-be ascertained number of people. Katsina, despite being the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari has witnessed sporadic attacks by bandits and kidnappers that have claimed the lives of many. Over 700 people have been reportedly killed by the gunmen in Jibia, Kankara, Dutsinma, Musawa, Danmusa and Safana local government areas of the state in the last five months. On December 11, 2020, some bandits kidnapped 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, whi

A joke once told by popular Nigerian comedian goes: An armed robber came to the houses three Nigerians. The first house was that of the Yoruba man who, out of fear, pleaded with the robber to spare his life and take everything he wanted. At the second house, the Igbo man was more daring and  preferred not to part with all his resources, "nna make we negotiate na, you no fit pack everything like that na". At the Hausa man's house the robber was face-to-face with his victim who held a kitchen knife and said, "don ubanka, if you shoot, I chuk". Apart from amusing us, jokes also have a way of communicating certain realities.  So last week the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, in a press statement revealed Sunday Igboho's sponsors even linking some of them to financiers of terrorists in the north. He said, Igboho is a signatory to 43 different accounts in 9 banks and between the months of May - September, 2020, Igboho received a tot

The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, has pleaded with the House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values not to cut the ministry’s budget proposal. Mr Mohammed, along with some heads of agencies under the ministry, had appeared before the committee on Monday to defend the propaganda budget. “My prayer is that please don’t reduce from what is presented. Don’t touch my budget because you will have no moral justification for accusing the executive of giving me small,” he said. According to him, when he met his counterpart in China and asked how much their budget for information was, the Chinese said it was national security. Members of the committee also expressed concerns over underfunding of the ministry. “I don’t know why the Ministry of Information is being underfunded. And I see some state ministries being funded more than a whole federal ministry. “We need to make an official report on this matter to

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that the attack by bandits on rail track was a terrorists act and  bandits should be labelled so. CAN said the attack on the rail track which has led to the suspension of train services from Abuja to Kaduna ,was another additional cause for concern by the people of Kaduna state and those coming to do business in the state. Rev.John Joseph Hayab, Vice President of CAN( 19 Northern States and FCT) and Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter, said in a statement titled ‘Attack on Kaduna -Abuja Rail Track, A Final Onslaught by Bandits’,that the Kaduna bandits had become very strong and daring to our government and security agents. “Thank God Governor El-Rufai himself has called on the federal government to declare bandits as terrorists so that our security forces can kill them further shows that the era of denials and playing politics with insecurity is coming to an end.” “Unless we maintain a firm position against those tormenti

Panic has set in among prospective corps members in Zamfara State following the abduction of some of their colleagues on their way to their orientation camp in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. Although the police confirmed the abduction of two prospective corps members along the Sheme-Tsafe highway in the state, witnesses said about six others were missing from the incident that occurred on Tuesday. The Tsafe hosts the National Youth Service (NYSC) orientation camp in Zamfara. The police said a joint search and rescue operation was ongoing to rescue the abducted corps members and other victims. The police spokesperson in the state, Muhammad Shehu, in a statement, said the police commissioner in the state, Ayuba Elkana, has visited the camp and assured NYSC officials of the safety of corps members in the camp. @dreamztv__ 09064555414