Amid the rising wave of inflation gripping the country, no fewer than 15 Northern states spent approximate N45 billion on different poverty alleviation programmes in the first six months of 2024, an investigation by Sunday PUNCH has revealed. On Friday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that Nigeria’s inflation rate surged to 33.88 per cent in October 2024, up …

In a gripping but evergreen musical rendition of a Yoruba folklore, late Fuji music lord, Ayinde Barrister, once deployed the canvas of the forest to paint the inequality of the world. In his Fuji New Waves album, he also depicted the acrimonies that follow the sharing of jointly hunted games. What the anecdote tells us is that, if we listen …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Wednesday night, disclosed that it had successfully restored bulk power supply through its 330KV Ugwuaji-Apir transmission Line 1 to seven northern states, following the repair of the line. In a statement by General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, TCN disclosed that repair works on the line were completed at 4:56 p.m., on Wednesday. …

Nineteen Seventeen Northern Consensus Movement (NSNCM) has backed the recent stand of the Northern Governors Forum, and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over the blackout in the region. In a statement, the President of the movement, Dr, Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu said. “We at NSNCM are in full support with the recent communique issued at the Northern State Governors Forum meeting …

Vice President Kahsim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu has approved the “Pulaaku Initiative”, a non-kinetic solution to deal with insurgency and banditry in the North, and has equally allocated the sum of N50 billion to the initiative, in its first instance. “Pulaaku” is a Fulani word that loosely means “to be shy”. The Vice President had in July 2023, during …