Four of the remaining 43 passengers abducted in the attack Abuja- Kaduna passenger train on March 28, 2022, have been released. Tukur Mamu, who has been negotiating the release of the victims confirmed their on telephone, saying they were released on Monday. Mamu did not give details of how they were released, however, he gave…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Over 160 staff of Taraba State College of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Jalingo, have cried out over none payment of their 21 months salaries. The workers who appealed to Governor Agbu Kefas to intervene, said they have not been paid since their employment by the institution in 2022. Some of…
The Supreme Court will on Friday, deliver judgment on the Plateau, Kano, Zamfara, Bauchi, Lagos and Ebonyi governorship appeals. Governors of the three states – Caleb Mutfwang (of Plateau) and Abba Yusuf (of Kano) and Dauda Lawal (of Zamfara), are challenging the nullifications of their elections at the Appeal Court while the appeal for Bauchi,…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo Kuteb elders in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State has kicked against plans by the state governor, Kefas Ogbu, to rob the Kuteb ethnic nationality of the Ukwe traditional stool in Takum. The Kuteb Yatso of Nigeria (KYN), an umbrella body of the Kuteb ethnic nationality, recently made similar allegations against…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft under Operation Hakin Kai, on Wednesday, killed eight terrorists in a gun truck at Baranga vllage, Marte Local Government Area of Borno state. Edward Gabkwet, spokesman of the NAF disclosed this in a statement. He said, the aircraft was on armed reconnaissance mission when the gun truck was spotted…
Boderi Isyaku, a notorious bandit responsible for the kidnapping of 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation and the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna in 2021, have been neutralised, alongside some of his gang members. Samuel Aruwan,Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna state, disclosed this in…
