By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawal have mourn the death, Paul Unongo, a former minister of Iron and Steel in the second republic. Unongo,a former Convener of the NEF, died on Tuesday in Jos, Plateau state following a protracted illness. The NEF,in a statement on Wednesday…
Elder statesman and former minister of Mines and Steel Development in the Second Republic, Wantaregh Paul Unongo has died at the age of 87. Details of his death was sketchy as formal statement was yet to be issued by the family, however, a source within the confirmed that he died on Tuesday in Jos, following…
The Plateau Festival of Arts and Culture (PLAFESAC 2022) kicked off on Tuesday at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium, Jos, in grand style. The event was declared opened by the state governor, Simon Lalong. The 53 ethnic groups in the state will fearure with dancances, Cultural displays and art. The even was declared opened, by…
Victoria Chintex, the women leader of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state, has been killed by unknown gunmen. In a statement on Tuesday, Edward Buju, Publicity Secretary of the LP in Southern Kaduna Senatorial Zone, said the incident occurred on Monday, when the gunmen invaded her resident in Kaura…
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have rescued nine kidnapped persons in Kaso, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan,commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Aruwan said the troops engaged the bandits in their hideout during which their victims were rescued. According to him, the troops…
The Director General of the Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state, Haruna Sa’eed, has described Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s recent apology to the people of the state, as meaningless, politically motivated and will not reverse the pains and hardship inflicted on the people. In a sstatement on Sunday in Kaduna, Sa’eed…
