The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have signed a pact to promote peace in the country ahead of the 2023 elections. In a statement on Wednesday by Samson Ayokunle, immediate past president of CAN, the two religious organisations signed the accord at the international religious freedom…
Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, has said that those who lost out in their bids to be appointed running mate to Bola Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have resorted to promoting religious sentiments. Speaking with State House Correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Lalong…
A notorious terrorists leader, Alhaji Shanono and 18 others have been neutralised in the ongoing operations by the Nigerian Airforce in the Northwest. In a statement on Wednesday, the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said over 30 riffles and 20 motorcycles were destroyed during the airstrike. He said Shanono was…
The Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna state has nominated former President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Hon. Jonathan Asake, as its governorship candidate for the 2023 elections. Asake, a former member of House of Representatives member, recently resigned his position as the SOKAPU President to join the governorship race. He picked the party’s…
Seven of the remaining 39 abducted passengers of the March 28, Abuja-Kaduna train attack have been freed by the abductors. Tukur Mamu, Media consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a Kaduna based Islamic cleric who has been in the forefront for mediating for the release of the victims, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in…
