Spokesman of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, Mr. Luka Binniyat has been arrested for alleged “defamation of character, injurious falsehood and incitement of public disturbance.” The Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs disclosed at a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said Binniyat in a report published online, Binniyat allegedly quoted…
Ten children have been reportedly injured in an explosion that rocked Kidandan village, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Saturday afternoon. Abdullahi Ismail, the councillor representing the area, confirmed the incident. He said the incident happened on Saturday afternoon when the children went to the bush in search of firewood. According to him,…
The Kano state police command has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state to forestall any break down of order following the tribunal judgment sacking Abba Yusuf as the governor of the state. The tribunal had declared Yusuf Gawana of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of the state. In a…
Yakubu Dogara, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has asked President Bola Tinubu to go after “subsidy cabal” and recover all the money they stashed in foreign banks. Dogara commended the steps so far taken by Tinubu since he assumed office on May 29, describing the President’s actions as a departure from the…
Rivers state governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said that there will be challenges with implementation, financial autonomy for the judiciary. This, according to him, is because the executive and not the judiciary is responsible for presenting the budget to the legislature. Speaking on Thursday while commissioning of the industrial court judges quarters in Porthacourt, Wike said,…
