Author: Tahir Ahmed

By NEXTER Former President Muhammadu Buhari is dead. The former president died on Sunday in a clinic in London, United Kingdom, at the age of 82. His demise was announced by Garba Shehu, the former spokesperson. “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin,” Mr. Shehu said.

By NEXTER Ahead of the 2027 governorship election in Yobe State, supporters of Kashim Musa Tumsah, within and outside Yobe State have continued to intensify pressure on him to declare interest to vie for the most coveted seat. Tumsah who holds the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic title, is an Oil and Gas lawyer and diplomat of many years standing. Our correspondent reports that a congregation of over 50 support groups met in Kano to develop a blueprint and pathway towards convincing him to join the governorship race. Spokesman for the Kano meeting, Abubakar Ahmed told journalists…

By Mannir Bature Nigeria’s health sector is at a critical juncture. Faced with a worsening human resource crisis, the country continues to lose thousands of skilled medical professionals annually—driven not just by the allure of better opportunities abroad, but by a search for professional dignity, safety, and fair treatment at home. In the midst of this crisis, recent actions by the Federal Government of Nigeria particularly a circular recently issued by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) have deepened concerns about the government’s commitment to its healthcare workforce. The circular, which proposes revisions to the allowances under the…

By Abubakar Ahmed The recent circular purportedly issued by the National Salary Income and Wages Commission to address the consequential adjustment of allowances under the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) for medical and dental practitioners in Nigeria, is no doubt in bad taste. The NSIWC’s action is capable of plugging the country into another round of needless industrial action with debilitating effect on a health sector which is already on life-support. At this point of our national life, the issue of improved welfare for doctors and other health workers is not something to toy with especially going by the manpower…

By NEXTER All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Nasarawa North senatorial district, have thrown their weight behind the second term bid of President Bola Tinubu. The stakeholders also called on Governor Abdullahi Sule to represent the zone as a Senator in the National Assembly in 2027. The position is contained in communique issued at the end of the stakeholders meeting in Akwanga, the headquarters of the zone. In a communique read by a former Secretary to the Government of the State, Timothy Anjide, the APC stakeholders pledged to continue to support policies and initiatives aimed at improving the livelihoods of…

By Iliyasu Gadu Like millions of Nigerians, I watched Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed’s enthralling interview on Arise Television wherein he talked on the trending issue of coalition politics in the country. Towards the end of the interview, the anchor Charles Aniagolu had asked the Senator his views on the much talked about issue of the uncertainty surrounding Vice President Kashim Shettima and whether as being widely speculated, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may decide to off load the VP from the ticket. Without revealing details, Senator Datti remarked that President Tinubu had ‘’tried’’ by retaining Shettima on the position for this long.…

By Saddeeque Bulama Concerned over what many Yobeans referred to as ominous silence by Kashim Musa Tumsah, MFR, an Oil and Gas lawyer and diplomat, despite pressure from across all the zones of the state on him to vie for the governorship seat, has continued to mount by the day. As recent as June 30th youths from Kayeri ward in Fune local government area of the state launched a dedicated campaign to force KMT to join the race for the state’s most coveted seat. They cited KMT’s silent revolution to complement the effort of the state government in providing basic…

By NEXTER Determined to support the governments in its food security effort, the Dangote Cement Plc has launched a Farmers Empowerment Programme in Benue State. The initiative is aimed at enabling 50 farmers to produce subsistence and cash crops in commercial quantity from Benue State, considered to be the food basket of the nation. The programme is coming barely two months after the company empowered businesswomen in Gboko host communities of the State with cash grants, thus deepening business activities in the State. Earlier, the company had increased bursary payments to students of host communities by more than 100 per…

By NEXTER The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Dr. Mohammed Kudu Santuraki, has said the establishment of a sub-national electricity market under the Nigerian Electricity Act 2023 is a pivotal milestone that will position Niger State as a model for decentralized electricity regulation in the country. He stated this at the first stakeholders engagement forum organized by the Niger State Electricity Regulatory Commission (NSERC), in Minna, the state capital. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had in June 2023, signed the new electricity regulatory act into law, de-centralizing and de-monopolizing the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity…

BY NEXTER The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, is set to resign from his position. The move by the national chairman to exit his position is reportedly part of the plan by the governing party to calm agitations among stakeholders from the North-Central zone, who have consistently demanded the return of the party’s top office to the zone. Reports said Ganduje, a former governor of Kano State, would be succeeded by one of the party’s national vice chairmen in acting capacity until a substantive chairman is elected at the APC national convention scheduled for December…