2022

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that one of the areas his administration had made significant progress is in the eradication of deeply entrenched corruption that permeates all facets of national development. He also said the his administration has reduced insurgency in the Northeast, militancy in the Niger Delta and ethnic and religious tensions in some…

The Niger State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the federal government to adequately equip the Nigeria Police to fight insurgents bandits and other criminal elements in the country. The state Chairman of the association, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, made the call when he paid a courtesy visit to the Niger…

Four members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have returned N122.4 million paid into their accounts by the chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorcha Ayu. The money was said to be part of the over N10 billion realised by the party from nomination fees paid by aspirants for…

The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) has raised the alarm over the imposition of levies on farming communities in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, Chairman of BEPU, Ishaq Kasai, said besides imposing taxes on farmers, the bandits have intensified their attacks on communities.  The statement…

A Kaduna state high court has declared that the  state government has no constitutional powers to take over markets. Deliverung judgment in a suit filed by some aggrieved traders at the Kasuwan Barchi market, Kaduna South Local Government Area of the state, whose shops were demolished by the state government,  the court presided by Justice…