Troops of 192 battalion of the Nigerian army, have busted an international ammunition smuggling syndicate, arresting two suspects who were transporting a truck ladened with smuggled ammunition to Anambra State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted a statement issued on Monday, by spokesperson of the Army, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, saying the suspects were…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Uba Maigari, Minister of State for Steel Development has called on residents of Taraba state not to participate in the nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance slated for Thursday. Addressing stakeholders on Wednesday in Jalingo, Maigari, a former deputy governor of the state, urged residents to disregard the inciting…
By Solomon Semaila The Adamawa state governor Mr. Ahmadu Fintiri, has said that his administration inherited a socially destabilised state with a disenchanted citizenry who live in constant fear of losing their lives and property. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday in Yola, the state capital, Fintiri said the state was also in huge…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has described the N307 billion debt profile he inherited from the immediate past administration in the state as intimidating and worrisome. A statement by the spokesman to the governor, Gyang Bere said Mutfwang spoke while receiving reports from the Committee on a Four-Year Strategic Development Blueprint for Plateau State and…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the attack and killing of over 40 worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state. In a statement on Sunday the Christian body said the menace of insecurity has gotten out of hand and is embarrassingly sore. CAN urged security agencies to apprehend the perpetrators…
The Kaduna state chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has said that ex governor Nasir El-Rufai is yet to register as a member of the party over two weeks after his defection The party also rejected the purported dissolution of the Kaduna State Working Committee of the party by the National Secretariat. Addressing a…
