The Gbagyi Development Union (GDU) has raised the alarm over what it described as “recurring incidents of insecurity ravaging” Gbagyi communities in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, spokesperson of group, Caleb Nayaro,lamented that several communities in Chikun have continued to suffer devastating attacks, abductions, and destruction…
Sunday Katung, the Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speculations about Katung’s planned defection had trended for weeks amid denials by his aides. The senator officially announced his defection in a resignation letter addressed to the PDP…
Gunmen have reportedly killed Yahaya Kambasya, a pastor, and abducted 20 others in Farin Dutse, Kauru LGA of Kaduna state. The bandits were said to have invaded the community in the early hours of Tuesday. Kambasya preached at the United Church of Christ in Nigeria (UCCN), popularly known as HEKAN. Members of the church were…
A federal high court in Abuja has sacked a federal lawmaker representing Gummi/Bukkuyum federal constituency of Zamfara state, Abubakar Gummi, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Delivering judgement on Thursday, the presiding judge, Obiora Egwuatu, held that Gummi’s defection was unconstitutional since there was no division in…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang,, has disclosed that some political figures on him to decamp from the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor spoke at a meeting of PDP stakeholders which held at the weekend at the Banquet Hall of the Government House, Jos. He said, his decision to remain…
The Adara Development Association (ADA) has raised alarm over renewed activities of bandits terrorising its communities in Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. The group, in a statement on Monday, signed by Livinus Jatau, its, Publicity Secretary, called on the government to take urgent steps to contain the situation. The association recalled…
