Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has handed over the transition committee report to the governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani on Saturday at the Government House, Kaduna. Speaking during the event, the outgoing governor said in 2015, his administration was not fortunate to get outgoing officials to brief the transition committee before inauguration. He said the transition…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Following my recent piece, “A Tribute to Courage: Upholding Justice and Protecting Press Freedom in Nigeria,” the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) 70th anniversary is overshadowed by the unresolved killings of Dele Giwa and Bagauda Kaltho. The enduring silence surrounding these appalling acts emboldens those who seek to stifle dissent and…
Sunday Katung, the senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, has denied rumours of his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speculations were rife that Katung had concluded plans to decemp to the ruling party following defection of many PDP members in his Senatorial zone to the APC….
The Nigerian Army, on Monday handed over the 137 School Children, abducted in Kuriga, Chikun LGA, to the Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, to be reunited with their parents. The children were handed over to the governor at the Government House, Kaduna, by the Commanding Officer, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Mayirenso Saraso….
Former governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu, has said that the nation’s corrupt electoral process has made it impossible for honest people to contest for elections. Aliyu stated this on Saturday in Kaduna while speaking as a guest at the annual lecture and General Meeting of the Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo A Taraba state high court sitting in Jalingo, has sentenced Mwarga Iormbaga and Aondona Iorungwa to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing of Hosea Ibi, in 2017. Ibi, who was at the time, a member of the state assembly, representing Takum 1, state constituency, was abducted in Takum on December 30, 2017,…
