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- 8 May 2022
Tambuwal Asks Emefiele to Resign as CBN Governor for Eyeing Presidency
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has called on the Federal Government to ensure the resignation of Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Governor of…
- 20 Sept 2021
Sokoto Govt Shuts Down Telecom Networks in Some LGA over Banditry
Sokoto State government has shut down telecommunications networks in 14 of the 23 local government areas of the state. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Sokoto governor This was disclosed in a statement on…
- 16 Jul 2021
Tambuwal Blasts Senate for Subjecting INEC to NCC
Governor Aminu Tambuwal said it is unconstitutional for the Senate to subject Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) power to conduct elections to the Nigerian Communications Commission…
- 13 Nov 2020
Tambuwal Urges Nigerians to Obtain National ID Card
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said he will ensure that no fewer than 74 per cent of its indigenes yet to be enrolled into the Nigerian Identity Management System are registered…
- 28 Mar 2016
Sokoto Govt Threatens Workers over BVN
Sokoto government has instructed all workers to submit their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) before they will be paid their April and other salaries. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, governor said that…
- 22 Feb 2018
CSR: UBA Foundation Commissions Link Bridge @ Usman Danfodiyo University,Presents Leo Virtual Banker to Students
UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility Arm of Pan- African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has completed the construction of a pedestrian bridge primarily for…
- 29 Sept 2018
Tambuwal Seeks a Digital President for Nigeria
Governor of Sokoto state and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said “Nigeria deserves a digital president, not an analogue…
- 29 Aug 2014
Tambuwal/Fashola to Challenge President Goodluck in 2015- Rep
The presidential and vice tickets of Aminu Tambuwal, speaker of the House of Representatives; and Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State Governor, under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC)…
- 14 Jun 2021
CBN now “Father Christmas” - PDP Governors
Governors of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the opposition party, on Monday said that some government agencies and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were operating outside the law that established…
- 12 Feb 2018
Buhari Weighs Reelection, Tambuwal, Others Tapped as Replacement
President Muhammadu Buhari is facing increasing calls not to seek re-election next year, but he will probably decide to run and will be the favorite, according to New York-based risk consultancy…
- 2 Dec 2015
Sokoto Trains 7,560 in ICT in 17 years
No fewer than 7,560 people have gained Information Communication and Technology (ICT) training from the Sokoto Education Development Trust Fund (SEDTF) in the last 17 years. Alhaji Shehu Shagari,…
- 15 Nov 2016
US Sign MoU to Support Primary Education in Sokoto State
The U.S. government, through the Agency for International Development (USAID), announces its continuing support to the education sector in Sokoto state with the signing of a memorandum of…
- 21 Oct 2015
Buhari Appoints Yakubu New INEC Chairman
Professor Mahmud Yakubu has been appointed chairman of the Independent national Electoral Commission (INEC). His appointment was approved by the Council of State which met Wednesday in Abuja. Aminu…
- 2 Nov 2015
Airtel Bags Merit Award at ATCON’s 21st Anniversary
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecommunications services provider, has been honoured with a Merit Award by the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), as the body marked its 21st anniversary…
- 9 Nov 2015
How and Why Lagos is Breeding Ground for Techpreneurs
Technology entrepreneurs’ (techpreneurs) and most technology startups have remained concentrated in Lagos due to the dearth of basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for…
- 8 Oct 2023
SERAP Drags Akpabio, 9 Other Ex-Govs to Court Over Collection of Salaries, Pensions
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in the 10th Senate over their collection of…
- 20 Feb 2015
Reps Seek Information on $20Bn NNPC Audit Report
House of Representatives yesterday asked the federal government to furnish it with the detailed report of the forensic audit of accounts and transactions of the Nigerian National Petroleum…
- 3 Dec 2014
Soyinka Likens Jonathan to Nebuchadnezzar, FG Deplores Comments
Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, has come hard on the present administration in Nigeria, criticising President Goodluck Jonathan on what he described as the reign of impunity under his watch…
- 27 Jun 2014
Reps Summon CBN Gov over Bureaux de Change Capital Base
House of Representatives yesterday summoned Mr. Godwin Emiefele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the new capital base of N35m set for Bureaux De Change operators by the…
- 4 Mar 2015
No Plans to Sack Jega- Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has restated that he has no plan to sack Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), ahead of the March 28 and April 11 elections.…
- 1 Nov 2015
Tambuwal Hails ATCON on Industry Advisory Council, Code of Ethics
To facilitate growth of the telecommunications industry in the country, the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has inaugurated a 49-man ‘Nigeria Telecoms Industry Advisory…