Gabriel Zock, a federal lawmaker representing Kachia/Kagarko federal Constituency of Kaduna State has presented a grant of N37 million to 500 women in the constituency to help them start up petty businesses. He also donated N11 million as financial support to Muslims and Christian religious leaders in the constituency to encourage them to continue to…
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is working on an agenda aimed at supporting beleaguered Christian communities in Nigeria and other parts of the world. Netanyahu disclosed this on Friday during a meeting with evangelical community leaders in Florida, where he described Israel as the only country capable of protecting Christians globally. “I…
As banditry, kidnapping and insurgency spread across Nigeria, some traumatised communities are turning to charms, ritual fortification, magic and ancestral spirits for protection. This response deserves neither ridicule nor romanticisation. It should be understood as evidence of fear—and of the widening failure of the state to protect its citizens. Traditional hunters and vigilantes in…
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has described Yinka Odumakin, the late spokeman of Afenifere as a “fierce fighter for good governance, justice and democracy. In a statement on on Sunday, the President of SOKAPU, Mr. Jonathan Asake, said news of the death of Odumakin was shocking! According Asake, news of Odumakin demise “hit the people…
The Director General of the Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state, Haruna Sa’eed, has described Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s recent apology to the people of the state, as meaningless, politically motivated and will not reverse the pains and hardship inflicted on the people. In a sstatement on Sunday in Kaduna, Sa’eed…
The federal government has declared Jigawa as the first state to become open defecation free in Nigeria. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, disclosed on Thursday at a “world news conference”. The conference was part of activities to prepare for the 2022 “world toilet summit”, scheduled…
