Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has said that with the declaration of bandits as terrorists, the army now have the necessary legal backing to deal with the criminals. According to him, the Nigerian military was reluctant to bomb the bandits because of concerns about facing the International Criminal Court (ICC). A federal high court…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has decried the state of the country, and urged for a change in the system. Kukah said this on Wednesday during the Pastor E.A Adeboye’s eighth annual public lecture held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God camp, kilometre 46, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. He said, “Successive uncaring governments…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The Senate has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to declare all know leaders of terrorist wanted. The call was made on Wednesday in a six-point resolution reached by the senate following a motion considered on the urgent need to stem the increasing spate of kidnappings and insecurity across…
Zamfara state governor, Bello Matawalle, has appointed Hassan Gusau as Deputy Governor, following the impeachment of Aliyu Gusau. Until his appointment, Hassan was a Senator representing Zamfara Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly. The appointment followed the impeachment of the ex-deputy governor by the state Assembly at its resumed plenary on Wednesday. In a…
The deputy governor of Zamfara state, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, has been impeached by the state house of assembly. The lawmakers impeached the deputy governor on Wednesday during a plenary session. The house had earlier received the report of the seven-member committee set up by the chief judge of the state, Kulu Aliyu to investigate the…
It is expectedly, a confounding idea, that former President, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan would contest the 2023 election. More unsettling, of course, is the possibility that the President would be running on the platform of the APC against his party, the PDP. Naturally, his party should be perplexed with such a prospect and unexpectedly, a…
