The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, has said that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) still remained one of the basic requirement for entry into the Academy. In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, the academy said speculations that it had suspended JAMB for admission into the 73 Regular Course is not true and urged…
Spokesman of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Mr. Luka Binniyat has been arrested for alleged “defamation of character, injurious falsehood and incitement of public disturbance.” The Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs disclosed at a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said Binniyat in a report published online, Binniyat allegedly quoted…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), have called for power shift to the South in 2023. In a communique issued at the end of an expanded meeting of leaders of the forum on Sunday in Abuja, the group, “called on the leading political parties- the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition…
Yusuf Gagdi, a federal lawmaker, representing Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam federal constituency of Plateau state, has declared that the quest to ensure that Nentawe Yilwada becomes governor of Plateau state, will be pursued with the last drop of blood. Gagdi made the declaration on Saturday in Pankshin at the annual “Pusdung,” a cultural festival of…
The Supreme court has upheld the judgment of the court of appeal affirming Senator Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of Kaduna. A five-member panel of the apex court unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by Mohammed Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for lacking merit. Justice Tijjani…
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has said that the northern governors generated unnecessary controversy over the tax reform bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had in October 2024, asked the national assembly to consider and pass four tax reform bills. The proposed legislations are the Nigeria tax bill, tax administration bill, and joint…
