By Muhammadu Sabiu Ten persons have been kidnapped by terrorists in Dogondaji and Kazauda village communities in the Wanke region of the Gusau Local Government Area in Zamfara State. One Ibrahim Musa, a resident of the area, says the abductors are demanding a ransom of N20 million before the captives will regain their freedom. He
By Kasim Isa Muhammad The Adamawa State Government revealed that it has so far spent N5 billion on the settlement of the backlog of pension and gratuity arrears of retired civil servants out of the inherited backlog of N20 billion. Ibrahim Attah, a permanent member, 111, in the state pension board made this known to
By Habib Sani Galadima President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday declared that the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to launch new designs and replace high-value Naira notes had his support. In a statement, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, discharged the Finance Minister’s say on
There’s a huge disparity between the six geo-political regions of Nigeria and the states of the half-a-trillion naira given out as a loan in 2021. While Lagos State goes home with 47% of the total loan, the Northern region gets 11%. Experts say this is not by chance. The Citizen Reports explored Nigeria’s Development Bank’s
By Basit Jamiu Rose Udong, The Executive Commissioner of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, said Nigeria has all it takes to increase gas exploration by 20 percent in the next ten years. Udong also said the federal government is committed to achieving its energy plan of net zero emissions by 2060. There are already
By Muhammadu Sabiu A construction firm, Julius Berger has ceased operations in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. The Citizen Reports understands that this decision was made in response to the continued security concerns in the Federal Capital Territory. The firm encouraged its personnel, in a statement made available to the media on Saturday, to stay away
By Misbahu el-Hamza Every weekend and day that the state or federal government declares a public holiday, Ado Dahiru Hussaini, a volunteer health worker, will be the only person who can help the people of Kwasongomi. Kwasongomi is a rural community in the Gezawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. Hussaini, also a resident
By Muhammadu Sabiu Bandits stormed a police outpost in Magami town in Gusau Local Government Area and “snatched” the cellphones of some police officers who were on duty in Zamfara State. According to a source, the bandits attacked the neighborhood on Wednesday at 3:40 p.m. After taking the police officers’ cell phones, the terrorists allegedly
By Basit Jamiu All Progressives Congress (APC) directors suspended on April 22 have accused Abdullahi Adamu, the APC National Chairman, on Tuesday of being involved in N3 billion in financial fraud. In a statement by the directors, they alleged that the national chairman operates a secret account without a resolution from the National Working Committee
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