A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) seeking to invalidate some provisions in the Nigeria Police Force Regulations (NPFR) which forbid unmarried female police officers from getting pregnant. The NBA had approached the court to challenge the legality of regulation 127 of the NPFR, arguing that…
Two people have been killed in attacks on two communities in Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday said six people were injured in the two incidents. According to him, the attacks took place in Mazari, Chikun Local Government Area and Doka…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged public office holders and elected government functionaries to shun ostentatious lifestyles and manage public resources to alleviate the current economic hardship in the country. In a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna, Tukkur Muhammad-Baba, spokesperson of the forum, said these negative virtues by public official largely contributed to the…
The chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Abubakar Abdullahi, has been killed by gunmen. Spokesman of the Kaduna state chapter of the association, Ibrahim Bayero, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview on Friday in Kaduna. He said the assailants invaded the…
About 15 soldiers and three civilians were reportedly killed by terrorists in an attack on a military camp at Poll Wire, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Nineteen soldiers were also said to have sustained injuries during the attack. The terrorists who were said to be traveling from Niger state to Zamfara state…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to extend hands of fellowship to those displaced by the criminal activities of Boko Haram insurgents and the poor at all time. The President made on Monday as the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar II confirmed the sighting of the moon signalling the commencement of Ramadan fasting…
