Kidnappers on Thursday night, stormed the Nigerian Army Post Housing Scheme in the Kurudu area of Abuja, abducting two residents. According to The Punch newspapers, the abductees include the wife and one of the in-laws of a lawyer, Cyril Adikwu. The incident, according to a neighbour of the victims, occurred around 10:00 pm in the…
The police in Lafia, Nasarawa state have reportedly arrested 38 people during a protest against Friday’s Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the election of Abdullahi Sule as governor of the state. Some aggrieved supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), mostly youths were said to have staged the protest at the PDP secretariat in Lafia…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), has kicked against the relocation of some key departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to Lagos. In a statement on Friday in Kaduna, Yerima Shettima, president of the forum, said the relocations undermines the status of Abuja as the…
The Supreme court has upheld the judgment of the court of appeal affirming Senator Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of Kaduna. A five-member panel of the apex court unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by Mohammed Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for lacking merit. Justice Tijjani…
The supreme court has affirmed Abdullahi Sule as the duly elected governor of Nasarawa state. Delivering judgment on Friday in the appeal filed by David Ombugadu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 2023 elections, the apex court upheld the verdict of the Court of Appeal declaring Sule as winner of the election. Justice…
Elder statement and convener of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has that Muhammadu Buhari failed abysmally as President for eight years. He said the Buhari administration was full of insecurity, economic collapse, injustice, religious bigotry and lack of direction. According to Clerk, Buhari pushed the country five decades backward. The elder statesman…
