Former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 Presidential Election, Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to join him in his campaign to enshrine probity, accountability in the country. Abubakar made the called on Thursday at a press conference in Abuja on his findings about the controversies surrounding President…
The Southern Kaduna Youth and Students Forum (SKYSFOM), has asked the senate not to confirm Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna state, as a minister. In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, the group said the appointment of El-Rufai as minister will do more harm than good to the country. The group alleged that…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has denied receiving N2 billion from Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). There had been a petition by one pastor Pastor Frank Onwumere, being circulated on social media, alleging that Obi gave N2 billion to churches through CAN to help mobilise their congregation to vote for…
Notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Ummaru, has warned law enforcement against a kinetic approach to tackling insecurity. He sounded the warning on Saturday, during peace talks between bandit groups and community leaders, in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina state. Agency reports quoted Ummaru saying that killing bandits only makes matters worse. He said, “If today…
A pastor of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Rev. Nichodemus Kim and 20 others have been killed by gunmen in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the pastor was killed in the Gana-Ropp community of Barkin Ladi LGA, while others were…
The Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced that the crescent for the commencement of the Ramadan fasting has been sighted. In a broadcast on Wednesday night, Abubakar said Muslims in the country should commence fasting on Thursday, March 23. The sultan said…
