The Gombe state government has a 24 hour curfew in Balanga Local Government Area of the state following renewed communal violence between Lunguda and Waja ethnic groups. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, in a statement on Wednesday said the decision was aimed at curtailing the violence that erupted among communities…
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ite, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat, were on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted by a Kaduna State High Court after over five years in detention. The presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada discharged and acquitted them while ruling in a no case submission…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said that the 2023 elections will provide Nigerians another opportunity to reflect on the mistake they made. Kukah stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at an event jointly organised by the Kukah Centre and Open Society Initiative For West Africa (OSIWA). He said the tragedy that…
