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Politicians, mainly of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are lining up to unseat the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai. BABA NEGEDU takes a look at the issues that will shape the poll   As the battle for 2019 elections hots up in Kaduna State, political gladiators …

ABUJA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — Death toll has so far reached 31 in Nigeria’s flood-hit northwestern state of Kano, the government said on Monday. At least 10,000 houses have been partially or completely destroyed in 15 local areas where the recent flood had wreaked havoc in the state, according to …

Security concern is not the main reason APC stakeholders in Borno adopted indirect over direct primaries, state chairman of the party, Ali Bukar Dalori, told the Daily Trust on Wednesday. Dalori who spoke on phone was responding to claims by a governorship aspirant from the state who said if security …

The governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Geidam, has publicly chosen his successor, who has been endorsed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Mai Mala Buni, the current Secretary of the APC, is the man the Governor handpicked to replace him. This imposition was what many members of the PDP who joined …

Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa The government of Jigawa State Government has announced the recruitment of 750 additional teachers in the state. Wasilu Umar, the spokesman of Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse, the state capital on Wednesday. …

 *As 3 abducted Kaduna lecturers regain freedom  By John Shiklam in Kaduna After a long period sanity in the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State, armed bandits struck again on Monday evening, killing one person and injuring  three others. In another development, the three lecturers of the Shehu Idris College …

By Abdulmumin Murtala Kano State House of Assembly has approved the nomination of Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Nasir Gawuna, as Deputy Governor. The assembly, presided over by the Speaker, Kabiru Rurum, gave the approval following the nomination by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to replace Professor Hafiz Abubakar, who resigned in August. …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the National Assembly has endorsed indirect primary mode to choose candidates for the forthcoming 2019 general election. Chairman of the caucus and senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Senator Masi Garba, who disclosed this at a briefing in Abuja, said they were in …

Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Garbai El-Kanemi, has lamented the sorry state of most of the major highways leading to Borno State, claiming that they have been in a dilapidated condition for over three decades. The monarch made the complaint on Monday when one of the governorship …

The APC zonal leader for the disabled, Mohammed Abba Isah, has rejected the allegation of government’s neglect of person living with disabilities in Yobe state. The chairman of Joint national association of persons with disabilities in Yobe had accused the state government of no regard to their plight on schools …