The House of Representatives Committee on Defence has promised to ensure more budgetary allocation to the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), the Command and Staff College (CSC),Jaji and the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) in the 2025 budget. Babajimi Benson, chairman of the committee, stated this in an interview with journalists during an oversight visits…
Former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has been released from prison after serving his five-year jail term. Lawan who represented Bagwai/Shanono constituency of Kano state, was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2021 for accepting a $500,000 bribe from Femi Otedola, who was chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited at the…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Kutep Muslim Development Association (KMDA) has declared that the proposed demolition of Takum Central Mosque in Taraba state by the state government is an affront on Muslims’ right to worship and a deliberate attempt to erase the history of Kuteb Muslims. In a statement on Sunday in Jalingo, chairman…
The Northern Awareness Network (NAN) has urged all those who emerged victorious during Saturday’s council polls in Kaduna state to serve the people with integrity and dedication. In a statement in Kaduna, the group tasks the elected chairmen and councillors in the 23 LGA of the state to work towards the development and progress of…
Edward Masha, chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state, has faulted Saturday’s conduct of council polls in the state, describing it as charade. Addressing journalists on Saturday in Kaduna, Masha said the exercise was a rape on democracy. He alleged that important election materials, especially, ward and local government result sheets,…
The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (SEICOM) has declared the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state as winner of the Chairmanship and Councillorship elections which held on Saturday. Announcing the results at the SEICOM headquarters on Saturday in Kaduna, Chairperson of the commission, said, the APC won all the 23 Chairmanship and the…
