At least 36 people have been killed in an attack by gunmen on Gbeji community in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state. Terver Akase, Senior Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom on media and publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. The were said to have invaded the community in the early hours…
The governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has agreed on a zoning formula for all the six geopolitical zones. Speaking on behalf of APC governors shortly after meeting with President Muhamadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja, El-Rufai said the positions were swapped among the geo-political…
The President of ECWA, Dr. Stephen Panya has accused the 3rd Armoured Division, Nigerian Army, for allegedly failing to stop the attacks on communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. In a statement condemning the attacks which led to massive destruction of lives and property, Panya wondered how the communities which, according to…
The Gombe state government has suspended 668 of its workers for failing to present themselves for biometric capture. The state government had recently approved Integrated Payroll Payment Gateway and Human Resource Management Information System to reduce leakages in its finances. In a statement, the Commissioner for Finance, Muhammad Magaji, said the suspended workers include, 431…
The Department of State Services (DSS) have raided the residences of two relations of Tukur Mamu, the train hostage negotiator. In a statement on Friday, Ibrahim Mada, Special Projects Manager, Desert Herald newspaper, published by Mamu, said the DSS stormed the Kaduna residences of the publisher’s brother, Ibrahim Mamu and his brother in-law, Abdullahi Mashi…
The chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Kaduna state, Ben Kure, has resigned from the party over alleged overbearing interference by the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Kaduna, Kure alleged that since the nomination of Hunkuyi as the party’s flag bearer in Kaduna state, the…
