The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has vowed to resist any attempt to rewrite the history of the January 15, 1966 coup which led to the killing of some prominent political figures and military officers from the region. In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, marking the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Tukur Muhammad-Baba, spokesperson of the…
A court in the District of Columbia, United States has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release records of their investigations on the alleged involvement of President Bola Tinubu in drug trafficking. The judge of the court, Beryl Howell, on April 8, ruled that FBI and DEA “must…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has declared that no political party will hold a convention to select any presidential candidate in Abuja. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, NANS President, Sunday Asefon, said the political parties should either end the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) since…
Northern Christians leaders who are members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have declared that the party’s muslim- muslim ticket is unacceptable. In a communique issued after their meeting on Monday in Abuja, they maintained that they cannot, in fairness to their consciences and faith, campaign for the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket in their various…
A major political shake-up hit Taraba State on Monday as Speaker John Bonzena and all Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the State House of Assembly defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of Governor Agbu Kefas’ planned defection. The lawmakers made their switch public during a brief ceremony in Jalingo, where viral videos…
The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has called for investigation into the recent road accident that claimed the lives of a baby, driver and 12 pastors, near Benin City, Edo state. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, the CAN president also called on security agencies to increase their…
