Twelve people have been killed while 9 others were seriously injured in an attack by bandits on Gindin Dutse Makyali village of Kufana district, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A resident of the community said the attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday. He said residents of the community were asleep when…
Six people have been reportedly killed while five others were abducted in an attack by bandits on Kwasam community, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A resident of the community who pleaded anonymity said in a telephone interview on Saturday that the incident happened few minutes after 10pm on Friday. He said the bandits…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is to embark on a two-day nationwide mass protest over the economic hardship being faced by Nigerians. The NLC President,Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at a briefing with journalists on Friday in Abuja. He said the decision followed an emergency National Executive Council meeting on the state of the economy and…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo Sadiq Tafida of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won Wednesday’s rerun election for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency of Taraba state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared inconclusive the By-election that was held on the 3rd February for the constituency because the number of cancelled votes were more than the margin…
The minister of information, Mohammed Idris, has hinted that the federal government may adopt state police to curb the rising insecurity in the country. The minister stated this on Thursday at a press conference after a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, The minister who addressed the press…
A group of 60 members of the House of Representatives, known as the Parliamentary Group, have initiated a bill seeking to end the presidential system of government and revert to the former parliamentary system that operated in Nigeria’s First Republic. The group on Wednesday set the move in motion by presenting a bill on the…
