The federal government has suspended the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa state, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The Director of Information in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Willie Bassey, said in a statement on Thursday, that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate suspension of Yunusa-Ari pending the completion of an…
President Mohammadu Buhari has attribute Tuesday night attack on Kuje prison in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to failure of intelligence. Buhari stated this on Wednesday when he visited the prison. Meanwhile the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack. Buhari who visited the Correctional Centre on Wednesday expressed…
The Kaduna state government had confirmed the abduction of ten students in from Government Day Secondary School in Awon, Kachia Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Tuesday, Samuel Aruwan, commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, said the students were abducted on Monday. He added that the state government had received…
Former sports minister, Solomon Dalung, has dismissed reports associating him with the interim leadership of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), describing the reports as “fake news”. Dalung also denied his membership of the third force, a political movement led by former Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso which recently moved to the NNPP. Dalung, Senator…
L-r: Representative of Plateau State Commissioner of Police, ACP Ejike Ochiabuto; ECOWAS Commission Programme Officer on Mediation, Dr. Brown Odigie; National Secretary , Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Alh. Yusuf Dantalle and Political Affairs Officer, UNOWAS, Ms. Sa’adatu Shuaibu, at the ECOWAS Mediation and Dialogue Training with IPAC and Stakeholders on Non-Violent 2023 Elections on Tuesday…
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, (NAF), has set up a committee to compile all allegations of accidental air strikes on civilians and the circumstances leading to such accidents. Spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The statement said,…
