Kaduna State

El-Rufai Wants To Be Vice President – Arewa Youths

February 25, 2020 9:52 am

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, President-General, Yerima Shettima on Tuesday insisted that Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State was working towards becoming the Vice President in 2023.

Shettima, who spoke with reporters, made the remark while condemning the governor for saying the Southern part of Nigeria should be allowed to produce the country’s next president.

El-Rufai had said the North had no justification to hold onto power at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure in 2023.

The governor had stressed that the South should be allowed to produce the country’s next president in the interest of …

El-Rufai Says Presidency Should Go To South After Buhari

February 24, 2020 6:57 am

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that the North has no justification to remain in power after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure.

El-Rufai maintained that the Presidency should rightly return to the Southern part of Nigeria.

He said though the constitution of the All Progressives Congress, APC, does not make provision for rotation but in the interest of justice, equity and fair play, Presidency should go to other regions of the country.

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Vanguard quoted him as saying:

“The general political consensus in

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North Has Highest Population Of Illiterates, Forget 2023

February 23, 2020 6:12 am

Former governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Muktar Ramalan Yero has urged the North to seek ways of reducing the spate of illiteracy and poverty in the region instead of fighting to retain power beyond 2023.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain noted that the North has the highest number of street beggars and school dropouts, adding that holding on to political power has not helped the economy of the region.

Yero said that the North has a lot of challenges, which one of it is economic challenge.

“I realized that if the North really wants to continue to eradicate the

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School Feeding: 9 Cooks Disappear With Funds

February 13, 2020 9:04 am

Chikun Local Government Education Authority in Kaduna State says it has uncovered nine cooks who disappeared after collecting ₦692,000 to feed pupils in area in the ongoing National Homegrown School Feeding Programme.

The Education Secretary, Dr Ibahim Danmaraya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday that the names of the cooks had been forwarded to appropriate authorities for immediate action.

Danmaraya said the four of the cooks collected N336,000 to feed 336,000 pupils in a month, but failed to supply the food, while five others paid N356,000 were no where to be found.

“No one knows …

Former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa

Amotekun Vs Shege Ka Fasa – Balarabe Musa

February 9, 2020 2:04 am

Former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa is furious again. When he undertook an extravagant review of the various regional security outfits being proposed by some regional blocs last Thursday, he concluded that Nigeria was headed for anarchy.

As he puts it, the latest regional security outfit formed by the Coalition of Northern Groups which announced its presence last week was nothing but a direct challenge to the one floated by the Southwest governors.

According to Musa, “we are facing what we can compare at the moment more than what happened in Somalia and what is still …