The Chairman of Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau state, Henry Gotip, has been kidnapped by gunmen at his residence in Jos. Gotip was said to have been abducted in the early hours of Wednesday when the gunmen invaded his residence at Kwang area Jos South Local Government Area. It was learnt that the gunmen…
Former governor of Zamfara state, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, Senator Kabiru Garba Mafara and other top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Briefing journalists in Gusau on Sunday, the state of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col. Bala Mande (rtd), confirmed that the…
A coordinated covert operation by the Department of State Services (DSS) has led to the dismantling of a gunrunning syndicate operating in Kaduna State, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition and arresting key suspects. Governor Uba Sani, while reacting to the development, commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the DSS for their decisive intervention….
The chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Abubakar Abdullahi, has been killed by gunmen. Spokesman of the Kaduna state chapter of the association, Ibrahim Bayero, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview on Friday in Kaduna. He said the assailants invaded the…
The Joint Front of Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria (JFCSON) has said that the 10 day extension of deadline for the swapping of old with the new naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is unrealistic, considering challenges being faced in accessing the new notes. In a statement on Friday in Kaduna, the…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has asked government appointees to explore ways of sourcing funds for investment and development of the state. The governor stated this, in Jos, at the swearing in of heads of government agencies, constituencies liason officers and special advisers. He said government officials must to put on their “thinking caps because…
