The federal government has declared Monday, June 14, as public holiday to mark Democracy Day. The was contained in a statement on Thursday by Shuaib Belgore, Permanent Secretary, ministry of interior. The statement quoted the Interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola, urging Nigerians to embrace the spirit of brotherliness for peace to thrive in the nation. The…
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that action will be taken against traditional and community leaders in Zangon Kataf chiefdom, Zangon Kataf LGA of the state, for failing to prevent the youths from taking the law into their hands. The governor stated this on Wednesday at the Government House, Kaduna, while receiving security reports…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Group Managing Director (GMD)of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu on charges of money laundering. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on February 3, 2017, raided the Kaduna property of Yakubu and recovered the sum…
IT seemed a depressing day. Sunday July 18, 2021. News filtered that another military aircraft had crashed or been shot down. That would have been the fifth military aircraft lost in seven months by a debt-ridden country, facing serious insecurity and barely coping with grinding poverty and hyperinflation. My thoughts were not really on these,…
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr. Daniel Okoh, has urged Christian leaders and churches across the country to be non-partisan in election matters. He also called on Nigerians to be properly guided in making the right decisions in the next presidential election. According to The PUNCH, Okoh made the call in…
The Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba has dismissed speculations about plots to impeach, the state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong. The persistent attacks and killings in communities in Plateau state had pitted the governor and the lawmakers, fueling rumours of plots to impeach the governor. The house had earlier issued a two…
