The Speaker of the Kaduna state House of Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Liman, has said that the lawmakers will not secuumb to threats and intimidation from anyone in the pursuit for justice and accountability. The speaker was reacting to threats purportedly issued by the son of former governor Nasir El-Rufai, Bello El-Rufai, a federal lawmaker representing Kaduna…
The police have arrested two people allegedly having sex at the All Saint Protestant Church at the Police College, Maiduguri, Borno state, according to reports by Zagazola, an online news platform. The report said the suspects, identified as, Kaka Ali Umar of Damboa road and Khadija Adam of Ngomari areas of Maiduguri, were cought in…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has condemned renewed violence in Jos, Plateau state. In a statement on Sunday, spokesman of the forum, Mr. Emmanuel Yawe, called on religious and traditional leaders to impress on the people to exercise restraint and not take the laws in their hands. The statement said no religion – neither Chrianity nor…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has banned Mmesoma Ejikeme, the school girl who allegedly forged her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result from taking the board’s examinations for three years. Spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday. The board also insisted that high-level investigations had revealed…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Arewa Youths for Development and National Unity (AYDNU) have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for currency swap. In separate statements on Saturday in Kaduna, both groups said many rural communities will not be able to change the old notes before the…
Two of the remaining three abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, have been released after spending about six months in captivity. Chairman of the Kaduna State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab disclosed this on Sunday in Kaduna. He added that one student is still being held…
