By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Every electoral cycle in Nigeria begins with the same familiar spectacle. Political parties unveil elaborate timetables, aspirants purchase nomination forms worth tens of millions of naira, and party officials appear before television cameras promising “free, fair, and credible” primaries. Yet by the end of these exercises, what emerges bears little resemblance…
A coalition of over 40 youth groups under the umbrella of the Unified Northern Nigeria Youth Forum (UNNYF), has been in the forefront in calls for the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Godwin Emefiele to run for the 2023 Presidency. The group has been campaigning in some northern states to mobilise youth…
An Abuja Federal High Court has put on hold the state congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) party in Kaduna following a suit filed by five aggrieved members of the party. The congress is scheduled for Saturday at the International Trade Fair Complex along Zaria Road, Kaduna. The aggrieved party members obtained an exparte…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the Director-General of the National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), Zaria, Prof. Jeffrey Barminas. In a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, the students union body dismissed claims in some quarters that Barminas is occupying the office illegally,…
The Arewa Civil Society Organisations (ACSO) said it is mobilising its members for mass and peaceful protest to demand for the removal of the Yusuf Bichi, the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, Adamu Musa, chairman of the group, condemned the DSS for the continuous attack…
The Christian Association of Nigeria has demanded the sacking of the Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman, over a controversial Easter advert. In a statement signed on Wednesday by the National Secretary, Joseph Daramola, CAN stated that the advert was “wicked and insensisitve” towards Christians. In the controversial advert, Sterling Bank published its…
