Mrs Patience Umo Eno, the first lady of Akwa Ibom state, has died after an illness.Ini Ememobong, the state commissioner for information, announced the first lady’s passing in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday.The commissioner said the first lady died on Thursday in a hospital in the presence of her family.He said “further details will be provided” in due course while expressing the appreciation of Governor Umo Eno to those who “stood by the family in...

After several years of controversy about the actual amount the lawmakers in the red and green chamber earn, the lawmaker representing Kano South, Senator Sumaila Kawu, has revealed that he earns over N21m monthly as a total take-home package.In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, Kawau said the official pay of N1 million fixed by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) drops to around N600,000 after deductions but there are other allo...

One of the chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has been declared the winner of the 2023 Kano Central Senatorial District election under the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP).Shekarau, a sitting Senator was in NNPP and was nominated to vie for the senatorial position under its platform.However, before the election, he announced his defection from the NNPP and abandoned his Senatorial ambition to join PDP.But the...