President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, flagged off the first ever rainfed commercial wheat cultivation in Nigeria at the Wheat Seed Multiplication Farm in Kwall, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. The President who was represented at the launching by the Plateau State governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, urged Nigerian farmers to embrace wheat farming and…
A retired Airforce officer, Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Maisaka, has been killed by gunmen at his residence in Ragasa, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, Igabi Local Government Area. Maisaka who is said to be the proprietor of MSK Hospital Rigasa, was shot to death in the early hours of Tuesday at his Makarfi Road residence…
The spokesman of the Southen Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Mr. Luka Biniyat, has raised the alarm over his safety in detention. Biniyat was arrested last week following alleged “defamation of character, injurious falsehood and incitement of public disturbance”, levelled against him by the Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan….
Former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for money laundering. He was found guilty on Monday by an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Okon Abang. Maina has been standing trial since 2019, when he was arraigned by the Economic…
The Nigerian air force has arrested Sergeant Torsabo Solomon, in connection with the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. Two officers were killed and one other officer was abducted when the NDA was attacked by suspected bandits in August. According to reports by TheCable, Solomon who is a serving Airforce personnel, was…
Spokesman of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Mr. Luka Binniyat has been arrested for alleged “defamation of character, injurious falsehood and incitement of public disturbance.” The Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs disclosed at a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said Binniyat in a report published online, Binniyat allegedly quoted…
