Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, has vowed to deal with politicians who derive joy in the escalation of insecurity in order to further their political interests. The governor sounded the warning at the weekend while receiving 58 kidnapped victims at the government house, Kaduna. The kidnapped victims were recently rescued by security forces and handed…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state has accused the ruling the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state for not living up to the expectations of the people in the past six years. In a statement on Tuesday, Abraham Catoh, spokesman of the PDP in the state, said the APC administration under…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Silence in public life is often defended as prudence. Yet when the financing of violence is treated as an unfortunate necessity rather than a matter of serious public concern, silence begins to carry consequences of its own. Nigeria’s response to banditry has gradually accommodated a shadow economy of ransom payments, negotiated…
Former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, has been arraigned on fraud allegations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the five-count charge before Chinyere Nwecheonwu, judge of a federal capital territory (FCT) high court, on Monday. After the arraignment, O.I…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has explained why former governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye and former governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba state, have not been released, two months after they were granted state pardon alongside 159 other convicts. The Council of State led by the President Muhammadu Buhari, had on April 14, 2022, granted…
