The Joint Arewa Committee has said that the exploitation of ethnic and religious fault lines is extremely dangerous for the polity. The committee which organised the just concluded interactive session with President candidates, comprises of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Arewa Research and Development Project (ARDP), Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation and…
The Supreme Court will on Friday, deliver judgment on the Plateau, Kano, Zamfara, Bauchi, Lagos and Ebonyi governorship appeals. Governors of the three states – Caleb Mutfwang (of Plateau) and Abba Yusuf (of Kano) and Dauda Lawal (of Zamfara), are challenging the nullifications of their elections at the Appeal Court while the appeal for Bauchi,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has given all ministers interested in contesting for any elective positions in 2023 up till Monday, May 16, 2022 to resign. Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja. Mohammed said the President directed all ministers…
President of the Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria (RCCN) in Taraba state, Rev. Bulus Yerima, accused the state government for not doing much to stop the killings by bandits in communities in Ussa Local Government Area of the state. Many people have been reportedly killed in several communities in Ussa LGA in attacks by…
A new association for legal practitioners in Nigeria, known as, Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) has been established. The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), founded in 1933, had been the only professional body regulating legal practitioners in Nigeria. The new association, according to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is led by Kunle Ogunba,…
The Chief Imam of Kafanchan Central Mosque, Kaduna state, Sheikh Adam Tahir, has died at the age of 130 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the he was survived by 26 children, 290 grandchildren and more than 200 great-grandchildren, according to NAN. Deputy Chief Imam of Kafanchan, Alhaji Muhammad Kassim, said Sheikh…
