The Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON), has said that the federal government’s decision to revive grazing routes across the country is not the solution to the security challenges. In a communique issued at the end of their physical and virtual meeting which held between June 17 and 19, in Warri, Delta state, the group…
The Federal Government has appointed Prof. Gray Ejikeme as acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Plateau state. This was announced in a statement on Tuesday by Abdullahi Abdullahi, Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications of the university. The statement said until his appointment Ejikeme was Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration of the institution. The statement…
A Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo on has sentenced a former member of the House of Representtives, Farouk Lawan to seven years imprisonment over $3 million bribery. The court also ordered for restitution of the sum of $500,000 he collected as part payment of the $3 million. Lawan was the chairman of the House…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of a federal government team to engage Twitter over its suspension in Nigeria. The approval was announced on Tuesday in a statement in Abuja by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. A statement by Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to the President (Media) Office of the…
The Kaduna state government has said that it will improve on its electronic voting system in the conduct of the August 2021 Local Government elections. In 2018, the state introduced electronic voting system for the conduct of council polls. Speaking on Monday while swearing in the Chairman of the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM)…
Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and the state police command, have warned communities around the Kaduna- Abuja road against blocking highways. The governor in a statement by Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, described such practice as “detrimental to the activities of innocent citizens whose movement is forced to a halt.”…
