Some officials of Kaduna State, under the supervision and protection of some heavily armed security operatives and suspected thugs demolished the head office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction which suspended Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state. The team which pulled down the building located at 11B, Sambo road, GRA Kaduna, was said to […]
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The Governor Nasir El Rufai Committee on True Federalism and restructuring, on Thursday submitted its report to the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, calling for more devolution of powers to states. The committee recommended that 10 items be moved from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List. The items […]
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The Kaduna state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has suspended its strike. The union had gone on strike on January 8, to protest the sacking of of 21,780 of their colleagues who failed a competency test conducted by the state government in 2017. Adamu Amba, the state NUT chairman, who announced the […]
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Teachers in public secondary and primary schools in Kaduna State on Monday began an indefinite strike action over job security and welfare issues. The strike was called by the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT). The government on Sunday threatened to sack any teacher that joined the strike. In some of the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has openly supported the move of Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, to sack 21,780 teachers, who failed the competency test conducted by the state government. Speaking at a special retreat of the federal executive council (FEC) on the challenges facing the education sector, Buhari said it was no longer a secret […]
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About 21,780 out of 33,000 teachers failed the primary four test administered to test their competence by the Kaduna State government. The state is therefore shopping for 25,000 new teachers as one of the plans to restore dignity and quality to education. Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State unveiled the planned recruitment when he received […]
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Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, says he wants Nigeria’s crude oil to get exhausted so the nation can start to think and develop other revenue sources. The governor made the statement on Saturday in Ibadan while speaking at the 2017 town hall meeting/founder’s day celebration in memory of Ojetunji Aboyade, a renowned economist. “Because Nigeria […]
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Some APC Senators, Representatives and journalists were on Sunday attacked at the the Kaduna State Secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) by “political thugs”. Reacting to the situation, Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, condemned the attack, saying that nobody would be allowed to stifle freedom of expression in a bid to achieve […]
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Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation; Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, John Oyegun, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were part of the delegation that held a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been away on a medical vacation in London since May 7, 2017. The meeting which held in London on […]
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Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) say it is not compulsory for President Muhammadu Buhari to preside over the federal executive council (FEC) meeting. Nasir el- Rufai of Kaduna state made this known while addressing journalists on the outcome of the governors’ meeting with members of the national working committee […]
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