Bandits on Friday abducted 20 medical and dental students alongside a house officer travelling to Enugu. The students were said to be on their way to attend the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu when they were ambushed around 5.30pm in the Otukpo area, Benue state. The victims are…
The Kaduna state police command said two brothers have been arrested following a viral video showing a person buried alive with only his head out of the grave. In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, spokesperson of the command, Mansir Hassan identified the suspects in the dastardly act as Yahaya Abdulkadir, 24 and Abdullahi Abdulkadir,…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged public office holders and elected government functionaries to shun ostentatious lifestyles and manage public resources to alleviate the current economic hardship in the country. In a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna, Tukkur Muhammad-Baba, spokesperson of the forum, said these negative virtues by public official largely contributed to the…
Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has said that his recent criticism of President Bola Tinubu over the #Endbadgovernance protest should not be seen in bad faith, but a wake up call to the federal government and the states to hearken to the plights of the citizens. Speaking on Wednesday in Bauchi at the State Executive…
Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province (KEP) have said that President Bola Tinubu took hasty decision on removal of fuel subsidy. The bishops, in a statement signed at the end of their meeting on Tuesday in Kaduna, asked the president to consider reversing his decision. The statement signed my Archbishop Matthew Ndagoso said the President’s rash decision…
President Bola Tinubu has signed into law a bill seeking to increase the salaries and allowances of judges in the country by 300 percent. The judicial office holders’ salaries and allowances bill, which was passed by the senate in June, will allow the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) to earn N64 million annually. In a statement…
