Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97. The BBC reports that, Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. In the 1950s, Kaunda was a key figure in what was then…
The Kaduna state police command has arrested two suspects supplying arms and ammunition to kidnappers operating in Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara states. In a statement on Sunday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the command said, the police also arrested two suspected cattle rustlers and foiled attempted kidnapping. He added that a fabricated AK-47 rifle and five…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, said revenue generating agencies of government are capable of generating and remitting N3 trillion annually to the coffers of the federal government if efforts are made to cut down on wasteful spendings. Lawan said this in an address while an interactive session “on…
The Chief Imam of Kafanchan Central Mosque, Kaduna state, Sheikh Adam Tahir, has died at the age of 130 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the he was survived by 26 children, 290 grandchildren and more than 200 great-grandchildren, according to NAN. Deputy Chief Imam of Kafanchan, Alhaji Muhammad Kassim, said Sheikh…
The Nigerian political landscape is currently undergoing a marked transformation, characterised by the stark divergence between the once-dominant People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the ascendant All Progressives Congress (APC). While the PDP grapples with an existential crisis rooted in internal strife and diminishing public confidence, the APC, under the leadership of Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun,to restore security and maintain peace, law and order in local government secretariats in Rivers state. The president’s directive came following the destruction of some LGA secretariats in Rivers state by suspected hoodlums. The incidents occurred after the swearing in ceremony of newly elected LGA chairs and…
