The Senate on Tuesday started the process of amending the Bank Employees Act to provide for the inclusion of staff of all financial institutions in the compulsory declaration of assets. Tagged, “A bill for an Act to amend the Bank employees etc. (declaration of assets) Act cap b1 laws of the federation 2010 and for…
The University of Jos have ordered students on campus to vacate their hostels with immediate effect following increasing insecurity. The University also announced the suspension of all academic activities for the 2019/2020 session pending improvement in the security situation. Jos city has been facing serious security challenges following the killing of over 20 communities along…
The Plateau State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos has upheld the election of Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of the state. Delivering judgment on Friday in the petition filed by Nentawe Yilwatda, candidate of the, the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenging Mutfwang’s election in the…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu has said that the federal government is committed to ending insecurity in Benue state. Ribadu spoke during a stakeholders’ meeting in Makurdi, the Benue state capital following the killing of over 72 people in Ukum and Logo LGAs on Good Friday. The NSA said President Bola Tinubu had…
The Nigerian Army has arrested a soldier who killed a 16-year-old protester in Zaria. Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said soldiers were enforcing the 24-hour curfew imposed on Kaduna and Zaria metropolis following reports of violence during the nationwide protest. He said the soldiers were attacked…
A major political shake-up hit Taraba State on Monday as Speaker John Bonzena and all Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the State House of Assembly defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of Governor Agbu Kefas’ planned defection. The lawmakers made their switch public during a brief ceremony in Jalingo, where viral videos…
