Jonah Jang, a former governor of state, has reacted to claims by Babangida Aliyu, also a former governor of Niger state that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors in the north worked against the reelection former President Good Luck Jonathan in 2015. In a statement on Saturday in Jos, Jang who was governor at that…
During this past week, government released a statement, detailing the officials that will engage Twitter on the ban it imposed on the giant American high-tech company. The team is made up of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed as the Chairman. Others include, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, has condemned the killing of three people in attacks on Yelwan Zangam community and along the Zaria- Jingir road. The gunmen were said to have attacked local miners in Yelwa Zangam community, Jos North Local Government Area, killing one person while one person was…
At least 346 persons have been killed while about 18,751 others have been displaced within three months in eight Local Government Areas in Plateau state. This was contained in a report released by The Gideon and Funmi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation on Thursday in Abuja. The report said of the number, over 200 lives were loss…
Three United States-based advocacy groups have criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his recent Independence Day speech in which he reportedly equated the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) with the Boko Haram insurgency. In a joint statement Thursday, made available to journalists in Kaduna, the organisations; Advocates for Victims of Injustice and Discrimination (AVID), Rising…
The Nigerian Army has handed over 131 of the 137 rescued Kuriga school children to the Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), I Division of the Nigerian Army and Force Commander, Operation WHIRL PUNCH, Major. Gen. Mayirenso Saraso, handed over the children to Sani on Monday at the Government House,…
