The Kaduna State Coordinator of Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project, Maryam Dangaji, has disclosed that over 40,000 girls have enrolled in the programme. In an interview with journalists on Friday in Kaduna, Dangaji said the girls also received conditional cash transfers of between N5,000 to N10,000 paid through their caregivers. She…
Kaduna State Security Council Imposes 24 hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria Metropolitan Cities to avert breakdown of law and order. In a statement on Monday, in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said the decision was taken following the activities of criminal elements who have resorted to looting and…
Rampaging protesters demanding the release of suspected killers of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto (SSCOE), on Saturday vandalised and torched two of the parishes of the Catholic Dioceses of Sokoto. The two parishes are presided over by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Mathew Kukah. Deborah was…
I consider it great honour and privilege to be invited as the Guest Speaker at this all-important August summit of eminent religious leaders and top-notch politicians from across all the States of the Federation. Permit me to start by profusely thanking all those involved in putting together this summit and all the delegates who have…
Former Senate President David Mark has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According reports by TheCable, Mark disclosed his intention to leave the PDP in a letter addressed to the party’s ward chairman in his Otukpo LGA of Benue state. The letter, dated June 27, surfaced shortly after the opposition coalition adopted the African…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned any of the leading political party that tries same religion ticket will fail. In a statement on Friday, the National Secretary of CAN, Joseph Daramola, said any attempt to present both the Presidential candidate and his running mate from the same religious group, would be a threat…
