The bill seeking the establishment of the National Centre for Christian Education has passed a second reading in the senate. The bill sponsored by Binos Yaroe, senator representing Adamawa south, seeks to “regulate and set standards” acceptable to the practice of Christianity in the country. According to him, the “inappropriate practice” of religions in the country…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won Saturday’s governorship election in Edo state. Candidate of the party, Senator Monday Okpebholo, 291,667 votes to defeat his close opponent Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who garnered 247,274 votes. The Labour Party (LP) candidate and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata,…
Fourteen people have been reportedly killed by gunmen in separate attacks on communities in Jos South and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau state. Two people were also said to have sustained injuries in the attacks that occurred on Sunday night. The gunmen were said to have killed 12 people in Sabon Layi village, Kuru…
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed an application by the federal government, seeking to extradite Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), to the United States to face criminal charges. Kyari is wanted in the United States over alleged conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft. Delivering judgment on Monday,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned nationwide protest over petrol subsidy removal. The NLC president, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, announced at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. The protests was scheduled to hold on January 27 and February 2. Wabba said the union took the to suspend the protest at its national…
President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU), Samuel Tabara, has said that the union will not participate in the planned nationwide protest against hunger and economic hardship. In a statement in Kaduna, Tabara disassociated SOKAPU from the planned protest and condemned the motive behind it. He said, “a well intentioned protest cannot originate from people…
