The Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has deposed four traditional rulers, including the Ohimege-Igu Koton-Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isah Koto, a first class traditional ruler and Chairman, Lokoja/ Kogi Local Government Areas Traditional Council. According to reports by The Punch newspapers, Koto was banished to Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State, while Mallam Saidu Akawo…
Deadly bandits’leader Buhari Alhaji Halidu (popular known as Buhari Yadi), who was terrorising communities in the North-west, has been killed by troops of Operation Whirl Punch. Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. Yadi was killed alongside some members of…
Terrorists have reportedly killed 32 people in an attack on four communities in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The incident, according to the President of the Adara Development Association (ADA), Awemi Maisamari, occurred on Sunday. He said the affected communities include, Ungwan Gamu, Dogon Noma, Ungwan Sarki and Maikori villages. He said the…
Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that his political alliance with Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was severed in 2007 over Muslim-Muslim ticket. Abubakar stated this on Friday in an interview with Arise television. Reacting to the Muslim-Muslim ticket of…
Rv.Fr. Mikah Suleiman, the abducted Catholic priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church, Damba, Gusau, Zamfara state, has been released from captivity. The clergyman was abducted on June 22, 2024, at his residence in Damba, Gusau. His release was announced in a statement on Sunday by Rev.Fr. Pascal Salifu, Director of Communications, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto….
No fewer than 30 persons have been killed in a ghastly auto crash along the Zaria-Kano Expressway, Hawan Mai Mashi in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was learnt that the accident occurred at around 5:30pm on Thursday. Abdurahman Yakasai, Assistant Corps Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in charge of…
