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A coalition of youth leaders from Southern Kaduna on Thursday demanded a comprehensive investigation into alleged payments made to bandits during the administration of Nasir El-Rufai, former Kaduna State Governor . The demand was made during a protest in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jama’a Local Government Area, where the group insisted that the former governor must…

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has said that the military is wining the war against terrorism in the country.  The CAS said in a statement on Thursday by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet. The statement said, the successes recorded against terrorists were made possible…

The Keffi Old Boys Association (KOBA), an umbrella body for ex- students of Government College, Keffi, has appealed to the Nasarawa state government to include the association in the implementation of policies and programmes in their alma-mater. The association is also set to raise N1 billion to improve decaying infrastructures in the 73 year old…

President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Wednesday unveiled the redesigned naira notes. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this on Tuesday during the monthly meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, in Abuja. Emefiele said, the CBN would not extend the January 31, 2023 deadline for old notes to be deposited to…

The Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate how Bello Mohammed Matawalle, ex- Zamfara governor, allegedly spent over N528 billion between 2019 to 2023. Addeessing a news conference on Monday in Kaduna, Aliyu Muhammad Sani, Chairman of  CNF, alleged that the money is made of federal…