Senior Adviser to US President Donald Trump on Arab and African Affairs, Mr. Massad Boulos, on Friday, refuted growing allegations of a targeted Christian genocide in Nigeria, insisting that terrorist violence in the country affects all religious and ethnic communities. Boulos made the remarks in Abuja during a courtesy visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
A former council chairman of Mangu Local Government Area, Caleb Mutfwang, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state. Mutfwang, a legal practitioner, polled 252 votes to defeat 13 other aspirants. His closest opponent, Chief Wungak Kefas scored 113 votes. Details of the result announced on Thursday…
Troops of Air Task Force (ATF), Operation Hadin Kai, have reportedly killed a notorious leader of the Boko Haram terrorists, Alhaji Modu. According to agency reports, Modu, who was better known as “Bem Bem”, was killed alongside 27 other Boko Haram fighters on August 3, in military airstrikes in Mandara mountain, Gwoza Local Government Area…
The federal government is to embark on a comprehensive farmer data audit and registry to identify genuine beneficiaries of agricultural interventions across the country. Aliyu Abdullahi, minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, disclosed this on Wednesday in Kaduna during the technical session of the Government-Citizen Engagement Forum organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello…
Bauchi state governor Bala Mohammed has responded to comments by Yakubu Dogara, a former speaker of the House of Representatives. Dogara had in a statement on Sunday berated Mohammed for criticising President Bola Tinubu’s polices, noting that the governor has performed dismally in Bauchi state. However, reacting to Dogara’s vituperations in a statement on Monday, the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has written to all its 43 affiliate unions to mobilise for a nationwide industrial action scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The strike follows the removal of fuel subsidy which has increased the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit. Some of the affiliates of the NLC include – the Academic…
