By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Taraba Tiv Youth Development Forum (TTYDF) has said that the Tiv people are not settlers but part of the indigenous ethnic groups in the state. In a statement in Jalingo, President of the forum, Torkuma Moses dismissed insinuations by the Jukun Youth and Cultural Development Association (JYCDA) that the…
Edward Masha, chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state, has faulted Saturday’s conduct of council polls in the state, describing it as charade. Addressing journalists on Saturday in Kaduna, Masha said the exercise was a rape on democracy. He alleged that important election materials, especially, ward and local government result sheets,…
The New Nigerian Peoples’ Party (NNPP) is to appeal the judgment of the Kano governorship election petition tribunal that sacked Abba Yusuf as governor. Bashir Yusuf Muhammad, counsel to the NNPP, disclosed this in an interview with journalists shortly after the tribunal delivered its judgement on Wednesday via Zoom. The tribunal declared Nasiru Gawuna of…
A federal high court in Abuja has refused to grant an ex parte motion seeking the transfer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from Sokoto correctional facility. The IPOB leader was sent to Sokoto prison following his conviction on a seven-count terrorism-related charge by a federal high court in…
The Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, nominated Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, founder of Baze University, Abuja, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. Speaking at the unveiling of Baba Ahmed on Friday in Abuja, Obi said he is “eminently qualified” to be Nigeria’s vice-president if the party wins the presidential election…
The Arewa Citizens’ Watch for Good Governance, has asked the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to resign or be sack. Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna, chairman of group, Mohammed Adamu, alleged that the INEC chairman and his team were deliberately working against the interest of…
