The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal seeking to annul the election of Abdullahi Sule as governor of Nasarawa state. Lawyers of the parties on Tuesday made their final submissions before a five-member panel of the apex court led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. The panel, after listening to the submissions, reserved judgment in the matter,…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has decried the return of bandits in seven of the 23 Local Government Areas of the state as well as the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The governor expressed the concern on Tuesday while addressing a security meeting attended by traditional rulers and the 23 council chairmen at the Government House, Kaduna….
A woman and her son have been kidnapped by gunmen at Dogarawa New Layout in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Chairman of the security committee constituted by residents of the area, Gafai Katsina, said the bandits stormed the area in the early hours of Monday. He said, the community vigilante could not…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has vowed to resist any attempt to rewrite the history of the January 15, 1966 coup which led to the killing of some prominent political figures and military officers from the region. In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, marking the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Tukur Muhammad-Baba, spokesperson of the…
Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election has decried the escalating activities of bandits in the country. Expressing his concerns about the security situation on his X handle, Abubakar lamented that kidnappers have continued with their reign of terror unchecked. Abubakar condemned the…
The Chief of Air Staff (CAN), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said that the military has every reason to ensure a secure country under the current dispensation. According to him, President Bola Tinubu had provided the military with the needed equipment and resources to deliver on its constitutional mandates. The CAS noted with the N3.2tn…
