Benue State governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom was, on Saturday, prevented by security agents from gaining entrance to the Tactical Command of the Air force Base in Makurdi to receive Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was transiting from the airport to Taraba State for an engagement. Ortom who condemned the action of the airport security, said…
The Director of Operations of the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), Malam Dauda has been killed by gunmen. The gunmen, about five in number, were said to have killed him in the early hours of Friday at his Barakallahu residence, Igabi Local Government Area of the state. Sources said the gunmen killed him and fled without taking…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The Rivers state governor, Mr. Nyeson Wike has intervened in the protracted feud between two chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Jeremiah Useni and Senator Jonah Jang, a former governor of the state. Wike who met two leaders on Wednesday in Jos asked them to burry their differences…
Williams Attah, Gombe One person has been confirmed dead in Tuesday’s clash between two neighbouring communities in Gombe states. Meanwhile the Nyuwar Community Development Association (NCDA), has called on the state government to urgently set up a judicial commission of inquiry into the persistent attack on Jessu and Nyuwar communities in Balanga LGA. Chairman of…
The Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong has commended the senate for passing a bill seeking to establish six additional law school campuses across the country. In a statement on Wednesday in Jos by his spokesman, Makut Macham, Lalong said if the bill is also passed by the house of representatives and assented to, by the…
The governor of Rivers state, Mr. Nyesom Wike, was at the Plateau state high court, Jos, on Wednesday to witness the trial of the former governor of th state, Mr. Jonah Jang. Jang, alongside Yusuf Pam, former cashier in the office of the secretary to the state government (SSG), are being prosecuted by the Economic…
