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An Open Letter to Governor Buni On Deplorable Gulani-Tetteba Road

An Open Letter to Governor Buni On Deplorable Gulani-Tetteba Road
By: Kolo Gulani
Let me call on the Executive Governor of our beloved Yobe state. It is good to note that you have already hit the ground running with many developmental projects in the state.
Your Excellency Sir, declaration of a State of Emergency in the educational sector and mass housing projects and other infrastructural in the state, this is really commendable.
However, sir, I want to quickly draw your kind attention to the lingering problems of the abandoned construction of Gulani-Tetteba Road as you’re our last hope.
Sir, since the day won the primary election, Gulani has been supporting your movement from the inception by producing 95% votes in both the first and your second election as the executive governor of the state. Our people were chanting “Buni is ours and we must provide him with all the necessary support”. And therefore, it’s expected that we will achieve our goal and there is no doubt our goal is completion of Tetteba-Gulani Road.
Your Excellency Sir, as we all know, roads networking contributions very immensely to economic development and growth by bringing social benefits to the people.
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In addition, it provides access to employment opportunities, health care and educational and other services that make up both intra and inter – state activities easier.
Therefore, it is important to emphasize that the few kilometres road that link Tetteba- Gulani was abandoned for over two decades after the contract for its construction was first awarded in the year 1999. It is disturbing and worrisome too, that work on these roads have stopped without any explanation.
Though, it is a federal government’s project, its stoppage has affected economic activities in the area as farmers can no longer transport farm produces, goods and services across the adjoining states very easily which would have actually boosted the commodity markets in that area.
The few kilometres of this road has not been liked up and has currently cut off the surrounding villages from the other parts of Yobe state.
Your Excellency Sir, we are fully aware that the contract for the construction/ rehabilitation of the Buni-Gari, Fikayel and Wade roads was re-awarded in the year 2003, but yet with little to show for it.
The continued neglect of these road projects by the federal government and subsequent previous administrations in the state, has brought untold hardship on our people.
Gulani Local Government Local Government Area is among the top in Yobe State that has the highest mineral deposits which include: Diatomite, Limestone, Kaolin, Gypsum, Quartz, Ball Clay, Shale, Bentonite, Spring Water, Amethyst, Granite among others.
It is also one of the Local Government Areas with arable lands that produces in large commercial quantity Agro raw materials such as Wheat, Sorghum, Rice, Millet, Cowpea, Groundnut, Gum Arabic, Sorrel (Zobo Fruits), Onions, Tomatoes, Pepper, Cotton, Livestock, Maize, Kenaf, among several others.
In addition, it is capable of producing large quantity of farm produce by local farmers at Dadinkowa Dam as well as the tributaries of River Ashaka at Ruhu and Kushimaga which is suitable for dry season farming activities.
Therefore, we wish to appeal to you, to use your good office and the opportunity that Allah has given you to do something about this road so as to bring succour to our people whose economic activities, livelihood and related developmental issues, have been hampered by the deplorable state of the roads.
An Open Letter to Governor Buni On Deplorable Gulani-Tetteba Road
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Nigerian Air Force Neutralises Terrorists in Successful Air Interdiction at Maisani

Nigerian Air Force Neutralises Terrorists in Successful Air Interdiction at Maisani
By: Zagazola Makama
The Nigerian Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai have executed a coordinated strike on a major terrorist enclave located at Maisani in the Timbuktu Triangle general area of Borno State, killing several ISWAP terrorists.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the air interdiction mission conducted on May 4, 2025, at approximately 1800 hours, was informed by credible intelligence and sustained surveillance, targeted terrorists’ structures cleverly concealed and camouflaged under thick shrubs in the area.
The sources said that using advanced platforms, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) conducted a focused Air Interdiction (AI) mission, resulting in the destruction of the identified enemy hideouts and the neutralisation of an unconfirmed number of insurgent fighters.
According to the sources, Post-strike Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) obtained from our Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms confirmed that the airstrike achieved its intended objectives, dealing a significant blow to terrorists.
Nigerian Air Force Neutralises Terrorists in Successful Air Interdiction at Maisani
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Nigeria Looks to World Bank to Tackle Challenges of National Capital Accounting

Nigeria Looks to World Bank to Tackle Challenges of National Capital Accounting
By: Michael Mike
As the world marks the 2025 Environment Day, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has appealed to the World Bank for support on capacity building, data and in addressing the challenges poised by Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) in the country.
Head of Department, National Accounts Energy and Environment at the NBS, Dr. Baba Madu made the appeal at the 2025 Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) Conference on Thursday in Abuja with support from the World Bank in. collaboration with the NBS and the Federal Ministry of Environment.
Madu while noting that the NCA was a new area Nigeria must exploit to further boost the nation’s economy, said for Nigeria to grow and be at par with other developed nations, there was need to account for her natural resources.
He said: “NCA has been tasked with the crucial role of integrating natural capital into economic measurement. It is impossible to measure the economy accurately without accounting for natural resources. Issues such as environmental degradation, afforestation, desertification, and climate change all directly impact productivity.
“Productivity in turn, influences output—one of the core components of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). These environmental factors must be reflected across all economic activity sectors to present a more accurate picture of national output.”
While stating that Nigeria currently has data on NCA in Nigeria, the NBS official however raised concerns over the huge data gap from relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the environment sector.
He said: “We are not doing badly but we need to improve on what we are doing. In terms of data sources, I can tell you there’s a big gap because these are new areas needed to be exploited.”
Programme Leader on Sustainable Development at the World Bank, Vina Vutukuru, said there was need to jointly
explore the vital role of national accounting in national development plans and to brainstorm on how Nigeria could institutionalize it.
He said: “Establishing the national capital accounting as part of the national account system will allow us to measure the economic value of ecosystem services such as clean air, water and biodiversity which are essential for our well-being and economic prosperity.”
Vutukuru commended Nigeria for having “very bold ambitions” as far as responding to climate change was concerned saying, “That shows the commitment of the policy makers here towards the issue of climate.
“But I think to back up that aspiration and the aggressive goals that Nigeria has set for itself, the foundational thing for those goals to materialize those objectives to come true is a very strong natural account system.”
Head of Media, National Council on Climate Change Secretariat (NCCCS), Chioma Azie who represented her Director General, Dr. Nkiruka Maduekwe at the event, described Nigeria as a very ambitious country, stressing that natural resources was instrumental to achieving all the objective of climate action.
She said: “Technology, policy reforms, behavioral changes has a role to play but natural resources is very key because they’re underpinning the mitigation and adaptation for climate action.
“If you look at Nigeria’s NDC, the NCA is an avenue to provide raw materials that we could use to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies.
“If you look at what we have done in terms of this NDC in 2020.which is the second leg of the NDC, we identified a lot of mitigation activities within this mentioned sectors of ours. In agricultural sector we talked about smart agriculture. What is smart agriculture without natural resources?
“We talked about biomass, what is biomass without natural resources? We also spoke about land use changes and that is natural resources, we talk about natural solutions and we talked about also afforestation, reafforestation. Those are mitigation potentials of our NDC. So, we cannot achieve our NDC without SEEA.
“What you cannot be able to account for is recorded as if it is not done so if we know what is existing in terms of the reservoirs we have for natural resources, it can inform the scope of the mitigation activities we’re going to be imputing in the NDC 3.0,” she said.
Nigeria Looks to World Bank to Tackle Challenges of National Capital Accounting
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NIMC Insists All Its Verification Services, Functional, Accessible

NIMC Insists All Its Verification Services, Functional, Accessible
.. Says Police Service Commission Not Denied Access
By: Michael Mike
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said all its verification service platforms are functional and accessible to all partners including all security agencies.
The Commission, in a statement on Thursday by its spokesman, Dr. Kayode Adegoke said it is aware of the purported ”inability of the Police Service Commission (PSC) to access the NIMC verification server,” insisting that the “information is not only misleading but also inaccurate.”
Adegoke said: “To set the record straight, the NIMC granted verification access to all Nigerian Police formations for the verification of the National Identification Number (NIN). The NPF, PSC and other security agencies have been enjoying uninterrupted verification services for over five years.
“NIMC has provided top-notch verification services for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force, as conducted by the PSC and at no time have there been any complaints or issues regarding NIN Verification by the NPF or PSC.”
Adegoke, in the statement, claimed that: “The Commission has a robust and harmonious working relationship with the Nigerian Police Force and the Police Service Commission. The Information Communications and Technology (ICT) department of the Nigeria Police Force is actively managing the long-standing verification and integration service between the NIMC and all Nigeria Police formations. NIMC will continue to provide flawless verification services for the purpose of recruitment, security mapping, cybercrime control, and any other security matters.”
He explained that: “The framework by which NIMC provides services to the security agencies was recently restructured for standardization and effective implementation, following consultation with the Office of the National Security Adviser, and NPF has confirmed the verification services have continued to be available. We therefore believe that any service interruption experienced by PSC may be due to internal matters.”
He promised that: “NIMC is committed to providing excellent verification services to the PSC, NPF and all its partners but the terms and conditions inherent must be adhered to for uninterrupted flow of service.”
NIMC Insists All Its Verification Services, Functional, Accessible
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