By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Six communities in Gasol Local Government Area of Taraba State, have protested against land grabbing by Sanusi Dagash a former senator from Borno state. The communities include Kwantan-Taru, Natirde, Dinyawo, Wuro, Kiyari and Sendirde. Dagash represented Borno north senatorial district as senator in 2003. The communities are accusing him of…
The Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje, says the establishment of the Nigeria Polytechnics Foundation (NIPOF), is a strategic move towards addressing critical challenges facing polytechnics in Nigeria. Speaking at the inauguration of the council members of the foundation on Thursday at the NBTE headquarters in Kaduna, Bugaje…
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) has pleaded for urgent donations to provide humanitarian services for victims of the recent flooding in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno. The flood on Tuesday displaced many residents in the Fori, Galtimari, Gwange, and Bulabulin areas of Maiduguri, following the collapse of the Alau dam, which has been at full capacity for the…
Gabriel Magaji, a 38-year-old man in Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, has committed suicide by hanging himself over his wife’s alleged infidelity. Magaji was said to have killed himself on Monday after finding out that his wife was sleeping with his friends and collecting money from them. Nansel Ramhan, spokesperson of the Nasarawa…
President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been granted administrative bail by the Department of State Services (DSS). Activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, announced Ajaero’s release in a tweet on his X handle on Monday night. “BREAKING:The fascist regime of @officialABAT has released the…
Air Peace has distanced itself from the circumstances surrounding the arrest of President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. In a statement on Monday, ailine said the arrest has wrongly been linked to a petition it filed over the disruption of its services by the NLC in 2023. The airline disclosed that the…
