Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have rescued nine kidnapped persons in Kaso, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan,commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Aruwan said the troops engaged the bandits in their hideout during which their victims were rescued. According to him, the troops…
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam has said that the commission will not compromise its principles on ethical standards, noting that Christians are the light and salt of the world. Pam stated this at a workshop organised for the staff of the commission organised in collaboration with the…
The Nigerian Army, on Monday handed over the 137 School Children, abducted in Kuriga, Chikun LGA, to the Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, to be reunited with their parents. The children were handed over to the governor at the Government House, Kaduna, by the Commanding Officer, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Mayirenso Saraso….
The Arewa Youths Assembly (AYA) has described the emergence of Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo state as winner of Saturday’s off cycle governorship election as a testament to achievements and leadership quality. In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, Mohammed Danlami, spokesperson of the AYA, noted that Uzodimma’s overwhelming, victory in the 27 Local Government…
The death has occurred of Mr. P. H. V. Stevenson, former History and English teacher at Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa state. Stevenson was an expatriate teacher from Barbados, the Caribbean. He taught in the college between 1978 to 1984. His son, John Stevenson, a London based journalist and a member of Keffi Old Boys Association (KOBA),…
The umbrella body for Muslims, the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI), headed by Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has called on the federal and state governments to urgently address the economic and security challenges facing Nigerians before the situation worsens. The religious body also called for the immediate release of all those arrested during recent…
