The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted off-season elections in Edo and Ondo states, prompting varied reactions. Some observers think that the elections built on the ideas presented by the electoral umpire for the 2023 general elections, implying that the…
NNPP logo The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has dismissed accusations by a section led by Dr Boniface Aniebonam and his colleagues that they had taken control of the party’s leadership. In a statement signed by the National Legal Adviser,…
The Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee has factionalized as a result of the crisis in Rivers State and the conflict between the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, according to…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has been suspended by the party’s ward in Ganduje, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Kano State. Halliru Gwanzo, the ward’s legal advisor, revealed this information at a press…
The Katsina State government, under the leadership of Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has reiterated its commitment to implementing policies and initiatives aimed at improving the welfare of its citizens. Speaking at the “Hawan Magajiya” Special Durbar,in Daura Yesterday, Governor…
RansackingtheDeploredRikudaForestReserve,KatsinaState Goodevening,ChiefPrefect,KatsinaState, Acoupleofweeksback,IwasopportunetopassthroughKadandaniforest reserveinRimiandKurayedistricts,KatsinaStateduringanEnvironmental ImpactAnalysis(EIA)reconnaissancesurveywithanNGO.Itwasformerly Rikudacommunalforestarea(CFA),andunderittherearefivecommunities– KurayeandYanainKurayedistrict,andtheremainingthree,Kadandani,Karare andMajenGobirinRimidistrict. ItisamongthenumerousforestreservesstartedbyEmirMuhammaduDikko (1905-1944)inKatsinaprovince,beginningfrom 1913,whenhecravedfortheir establishmentsandsubsequentprotectioninKatsinaprovince,andby1930the numbersuddenlygrewtobeover1,923CFA’s.Thecolonialmastersestablished decreesgoverningthesafeguardingoftheforests,butwhentheyleftin1960the entireforestswerebroughtunderdegradationsandencroachmentsofmany factors,mainlytheselling outofsomeportionsoftheforestsmostlyby traditionaltitleholders,saychiefwards. ItisrememberedthatKurayedistrictcametobeon3/8/1992whenfourteen(14) additionaldistrictswerecreatedbySa’iduBardaadministration. Theforestwasobservedtoreallybeindeterioratinglydeplorableanddisgustic conditions.Whatamess. Then,asaforester,anenvironmentalistIhadtogobackanddemandforreasons whytheCFA wasdegradedtosuchlevel.Thatalsotookmesometimeto interviewanddiscusswithsomeofthevillagerswithinthecommunitiesforthe purpose ofcoming up with an administrative advice to Katsina State governmentandotherstakeholders.Wastheforestbeenadequatelymonitored andproperlyconsideredtobesafeguarded? Itwasdiscoveredthatin2003acourtcasewasongoingwhensomenotable figuresintheareabegansellingthelands.…
Governor Dikko Umaru Radda has solicited the partnership and support of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to take the Katsina State Government’s anti-corruption war to the next level. The governor made the appeal on Friday when he led…