The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that Tukur Mamu, media consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi was arrested to answer questions on security matters. Mamu, who has been involved in negotiations for the release of abducted victims of the March 28, Abuja- Kaduna passenger train attack, was arrested in Kano on Wednesday. The DSS, in…
The Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS), has empowered 1,700 people in Kaduna state. The beneficiaries, including 100 physically challenged persons, were trained in skills and provided with financial support to start their businesses. The Communication Officer Kaduna State Chapter of APPEALS, Muhammad Bashir disclosed this during an interactive session between the beneficiaries…
The governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum, has commended the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in combating insecurity in the state. The governor made the commendation on Tuesday when the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, paid him a courtesy call at the Government House, Maiduguri, the state capital. Zulum, however, called for more …
I am not a theologian by training and so in my effort to get a concise understanding of theological education in Africa, I decided to draw insights from the doctoral thesis of John K. Fulks, which was submitted in 2011 to Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in the United States as partial requirement for the fulfillment…
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…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has commenced the establishment of a Digital Economy Centre (DEC) in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The agency had in August given approval for the establishment of the centre following a request by Sunday Katung, the senator representing Kaduna South senatorial district. Katung…
