Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has dismissed insinuations that he was in support of the removal of National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu. According to him, it is impossible for him to advocate the removal of someone he helped to appoint, adding that his confidence in Ayu’s ability to lead…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have rescued 15 commuters abducted by bandits in Jagindi, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the 15 persons were kidnapped from two vehicles in the area while on transit,…
The Kaduna state government has empowered 4,912 women under its poverty alleviation programme – ” A Kori Talauchi”. Ayuba Bello, Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, disclosed this at an interaction with journalists on Thursday at the NUJ press Centre, Kaduna. Bello also said the government had supported 100 food…
Suspected gunmen have attacked David Mike, secretary of the Kogi state governorship election tribunal. Spokesperson of the Kogi state police command, William Aya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja, the state capital. The statement said Mike was on his way to work on Monday when the gunmen waylaid him and made away…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that a democratic system that promotes insecurity and poverty must be abandoned. Obasanjo spoke in Oyo town on Friday during the inauguration of the rehabilitated 34.8-kilometre Oyo-Iseyin road. The former president said a democracy that nurtures poverty, unemployment and insecurity should be discarded as it only denotes backwardness. In…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has suspended the foreign scholarship component of its intervention for lecturers in public tertiary institutions. In a statement in Abuja on Thursday, spokesperson of TETFund, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, cited the excessive cost of training in foreign institutions as one of the reasons for the suspension of the scheme. He added…
