Stakeholders working on conflict prevention have warned that avoidable deaths and rising criminality will persist in Nigeria unless early warning systems are backed by faster and coordinated response. The warning was issued in Kaduna at a workshop on strengthening and capacity building of conflict early warning and early response, organised by the Strengthening Peace and…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Afam Osigwe, has cancelled the appointment of Abdulrasheed Maina as patron of the Abuja branch of the association Osigwe disclosed this on Friday in a post on his verified X handle. He added that the NBA has also commenced disciplinary proceedings against the Chairman of the Abuja…
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently deploy every available resource and intelligence to ensure the immediate and safe release of over 100 Christian worshippers abducted during a church service in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The PFN, in a statement on Friday by David Bakare,…
The United States has called on the Nigerian government to intensify efforts to protect Christian communities after over 170 worshippers were abducted in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The abduction which occurred on Sunday January 18, was initially denied by two officials of the Kaduna state government and the state’s…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leadership Forum, SMBLF, has called for punitive measures against the Kaduna state commissioner of police, Mohammed Rabiu, the commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Sule Shu’aibu SAN, and the chairman of Kajuru local government area, Madaki Dauda, over the alleged concealment of the abduction of 177 persons in Kurmin…
