Ex-members of the Kaduna state executive council under the administration of former governor Nasir El-Rufai, have dismissed the recent report by the adhoc committee of the state House of Assembly alleging the stealing of N423billion and money laundering. In a statement on Friday in Abuja, the former officials maintained that the report is the outcome…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the creation of 56,873 additional polling units. The INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Wednesday at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja. This brings the number of polling units in the country to 176,846. The commission also abolished polling units in private…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The recent massacre of over 60 civilians in Darajamal village, Borno State, has once again starkly highlighted the fragility of life in north-eastern Nigeria. The details of the attack are harrowing, the grief is profound, and the public’s outrage is entirely justified. In the wake of this tragedy, Governor Babagana Umara…
A Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo on has sentenced a former member of the House of Representtives, Farouk Lawan to seven years imprisonment over $3 million bribery. The court also ordered for restitution of the sum of $500,000 he collected as part payment of the $3 million. Lawan was the chairman of the House…
The military has “recovered”five of the 39 abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna have been “recovered.” The Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the five students were recovered by the military in the afternoon…
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, is a serving corps member. According to reports by the TheCable, an online newspaper, this follows a claim by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), a civil society organisation, that Musawa is…
