Fourteen of the 17 remaining abducted students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna, were set free on Saturday evening. However, three of the students were still being held in captivity. On April 18, 2021, bandits invaded the university which is located along the dreaded Kaduna- Abuja road, at about 8:30pm and abducted 23 students. Few days…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has kicked against proposals by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), for the removal of subsidy and increase in petrol pump prices pegged at between N380 and N408 per litre. In a statement on Thursday in Abuja the labour union described the recommendation as “provocative, arbitrary and insensitive to the current…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested the Special Adviser on Infrastructure to Governor Abdullahi Sule and 16 others for alleged vandalisation of railway tracks and slippers in Lafia and Keana Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bola Longe, disclosed this on Thursday in Lafia, while parading the suspects. According…
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu. Until his appointment, Yahaya was the Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism, Counter Insurgency in the North East,…
The Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has sacked 19 political appointees including Mr. Ben Kure, his Political Adviser. A Government House issued on Wednesday in Kaduna said the 19 disengaged appointees are the first phase of public servants disengaged in continuation of “rightsizing” of the state government workforce. Besides Kure other top aides affected…
The President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, says there cannot be one Nigeria without justice, fair play and mutual respect among the various ethnic groups in the country. Speaking at a lecture organised to mark the 58th birthday of Taiwo Adelakun, the Presiding Bishop of Victory International Church Worldwide, on Wednesday…
