A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as a member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC), Dogara was…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has said that intelligence operations of security agencies against bandits are not for public consumption. Monguno stated this on Thursday while addressing journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and Service Chiefs at the Presidential villa, Abuja. Responding to recent comments by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna….
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NADR), Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) chapter, have protested the frequent abduction of their members in Plateau state. The doctors who staged a peaceful procession on Thursday within the hospital premises, described the security situation as unacceptable, maintaining that the development could hinder them from delivering efficient services to…
A group under the umbrella of Northern Patriots United (NPU) has endorsed the Presidential aspiration of the Akwa Ibom state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Udom. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Kaduna, National Coordinator of the group, Hon. Jacob Kaduma, said the performance of Udom as governor of Akwa Ibom state, clearly stand him out…
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), under the leadership of the sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has asked the Muslim Ummah to use the remaining ten days of the Ramadan fasting to pray fervently for good and pious leaders that will lift Nigeria out of the unfortunate conundrum it has found itself. In a…
The Plateau Elders Forum (PEF) has declared that Governor Lalong’s dialogue approach to addressing the persistent attacks and killings in the state “is a colossal failure”. In a statement on Wednesday in Jos, the forum noted that for he past five or more years, the Plateau State Government through the Plateau Peace Building Agency, and…
