The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF), on Saturday reiterated its support for the creation of state police and called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for its take-off. In a communique issued at the end of the forum’s meeting in Kaduna, the governors emphasised the need for…
Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church. Prevost is the first American to be elected pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic church. The 69-year-old new pope adopts the name Leo XIV. White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney this afternoon, announcing the election of a…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has commended Aliko Dangote Foundation for its unrelenting commitment to the fight against hunger and poverty in Nigeria. Sani made the commendation on Thursday while flagging off the distribution of 35,000 of 10kg bags of rice to the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna state by the foundation. The…
Twenty-two civil society organisations under the aegis of Coalition Against Mass Atrocities in the Middle Belt have asked President Bola Tinubu to end the attacks and mass killings by bandits in the region. Address a press conference on Thursday in Kaduna, Gloria Ballason, Executive Director of House of Justice, and spokesperson of the coalition, expressed…
The federal government has set up a committee to carry out major changes to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Inaugurating the committee on Tuesday in Abuja, the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, noted that the NYSC has played an important role in building national unity and helping young people since it was east…
The Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate how Bello Mohammed Matawalle, ex- Zamfara governor, allegedly spent over N528 billion between 2019 to 2023. Addeessing a news conference on Monday in Kaduna, Aliyu Muhammad Sani, Chairman of CNF, alleged that the money is made of federal…
