A member of the House of Representatives Dachung Bagos, has said that lack of political will to act on intelligence reports by security agencies is one of the factors responsible for the killings in Plateau state. Bagos who represents Jos south/Jos east federal constituency of Plateau, stated this at a press conference on Tuesday in…
The Kaduna state police command on Tuesday night, confirmed the killing of a police personnel and the abduction of the emir of Bungudu, Zamfara state, Alhaji Hassan Atto as well as unspecified number of people along the Kaduna – Abuja road. A statement issued by the spokesman of the command, Mohammad Jalige at 12 midnight…
Ishaya Akau, a former chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has asked the National Assembly to revisit the issue of electronic voting. Akau spoke on Tuesday in Kaduna at the annual conference of the NASC and State Legislative Service Commissions (SLSC). He said, although the system may not be perfect, it is worth trying. According…
The Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, Maj.-Gen Ibrahim Yusuf, has briefed the House of Representatives Committee on Defence on the recent attack by bandits on the institution. On August 24, bandits invaded the school at about 2am killed two officers, abducted one and injured one. The abducted officer is yet to be…
A federal commissioner of the National Population Commission (NCP) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdulmalik Durunguwa, has applauded Kaduna state for proving that free, fair and credible elections are possible with electronic voting. Durunguwa spoke in an interview with journalists in Kaduna shortly after he led APC stakeholders from Kachia…
Gunmen on Monday night stormed Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Anchuna village in Ikulu Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state, abducting the Catholic priest in the community. Sources said the bandits came to the community at about 8pm and whisked away Rev. Fr. Luka Yakusak who is in charge of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church,…
