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The payments were broken into N1.6 billion for “Domestic Interest/discount” and another N58 billion paid for “Domestic Principal.” A review of the budget performance documents of Kano State has shown that a sum of N60billion was spent by the state on public debt charges between April and June 2024.   The N60billion was spent in the second quarter and this is despite the fact that only N4.6 billion was budgeted to be spent by the...

An All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain who took photographs with the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje and 2023 governorship candidate, Dr Nasiru Gawuna, has been caught vandalising government property and attempting to lead violent thugs into the Government House in Kano State.   Some hoodlums had on Thursday hijacked the initially peaceful #EndBadGovernance protest in the state.   They broke into several shops in the metropolis and looted food items.   The hoodlums also vandalised...

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), one of the lawyers for the Take-It-Back Movement, said the specified venues to the police will be used as meeting points and Nigerians will not be confined there during the 10-day protests.  The organisers of the planned nationwide protest have rejected the proposal of the Nigeria Police Force for confined protest.   SaharaReporters had reported how Nigerians have started mobilising themselves in thousands to hold a public demonstration across the country, tagged...

Just to be clear: I firmly support the forthcoming public protests in Nigeria.  They are a fair and patrioticreaction, and ought to enjoy the full-throated support even of President Bola Tinubu, just as they did 12 years ago. By protest, I mean the free and unencumbered open assemblage of citizens to express their outrage over the poor quality of governance and the horrendousconditions under which they currently suffer.   By protest, I do not mean riots.  I do not mean violence.  I do not mean vandalism.  By protest,...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, says the agency recently recovered “many millions from a religious organisation.”   Olukoyede, who spoke at a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) leadership conference in Lagos on Friday, disclosed that some religious organisations are more corrupt than public offices.   Speaking about integrity, the EFCC boss said, “Upon my appointment, I reflected on my role as Chief of Staff and Secretary to the...

  K Padmarajan, 65, has contested elections for range of offices, from local council to Indian presidency, and lost all of them   An Indian man who has contested 238 elections and lost every single one is set to embark on his 239th electoral campaign this year.   Known as India’s “elections king”, K Padmarajan, 65, has contested elections for a range of offices, from the local council to the Indian presidency, and lost all...