Two more suspects have been arrested by the police in connection with Tuesday’s attempted kidnapping incident along Little Rayfield Road, Jos. Two police officers were killed during the incident and their rifles taken away by the kidnappers. The two suspects, according to a statement on Friday by the spokesperson of the Plateau state police command,…
The Adara Development Association (ADA) has raised alarm over renewed activities of bandits terrorising its communities in Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. The group, in a statement on Monday, signed by Livinus Jatau, its, Publicity Secretary, called on the government to take urgent steps to contain the situation. The association recalled…
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…
A federal high court in Abuja has sacked a federal lawmaker representing Gummi/Bukkuyum federal constituency of Zamfara state, Abubakar Gummi, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Delivering judgement on Thursday, the presiding judge, Obiora Egwuatu, held that Gummi’s defection was unconstitutional since there was no division in…
The senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Sunday Katung has said that his recent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was informed by the “unprecedented federal attention to Southern Kaduna.” Speaking with journalists at the weekend, Katung said that even if he had remained in the PDP, he…
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama, Abuja, has granted a N150 million bail to former Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku. Ishaku was arraigned on Monday alongside Bello Yero, former permanent secretary, bureau for local government and chieftaincy affairs. Both men are being prosecuted on a 15-count charge bordering on criminal breach of…
