The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has said that Nigerians are tired of the country’s worsening insecurity. Speaking on Thursday while briefing state house correspondents on the outcome of the National Security Council Meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, Nigerians are gravitating towards self-help. The NSA who was…
Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state has threatened to sack lecturers of the Kaduna State University (KASU) and declare their positions vacant if they don’t return to the classrooms. The lecturers are participating in the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). El-Rufai who spoke during a live Hausa programme on local…
R-L: Senate Minority leader, Senator Philip Aduda, Minority Leader, House of Representative, Hon Godwin Elumelu and Senator Otazi during a meeting of PDP senators and members of the House of Representative at the National Assembly on Thursday. Photo: Sylvanus Tyoakaa
Three people have been reportedly killed by terrorists while 13 others were kidnapped following attacks by terrorists in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The attacks, according to a statement by Ishaq Kasai, Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) started on Monday when the criminals, in their numbers, invaded Damari town of Kazage…
The Nasarawa state government has ordered the immediate closure of public and private primary and secondary schools in the state following high level of insecurity. In a statement on Wednesday in Lafia, the commissioner for education, Fatu Sabo, said Governor Sule Abdullahi has directed the immediate closure of the schools. The statement directed all principals…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa Abuja President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has asked called on political leaders to be alive to their responsibility of ensuring the protection of lives and property of citizens. The senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier staged a walk out from the red chamber in protest against Lawan’s refusal…
