The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the petition seeking to recall the senator representing Kogi central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduahan, did not meet the constitutional provisions. In a statement on Thursday, INEC cited section 69(a) of the 1999 constitution (as amended), which outlines the conditions for recalling a lawmaker, stressing that the petition failed…
The Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong has commended the senate for passing a bill seeking to establish six additional law school campuses across the country. In a statement on Wednesday in Jos by his spokesman, Makut Macham, Lalong said if the bill is also passed by the house of representatives and assented to, by the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Darius Ishaku, former governor of Taraba state, over an alleged N9.3 billion fraud. According to reports by TheCable Ishaku is presently in custody of the commission in Abuja. The report said Dele Oyewale, EFCC spokesperson confirmed the information but did not give further details. According to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that perpetrators of the Shiroro attack in Niger state will be fished out and brought to justice. Four Chinese and several Nigerian workers were on Wednesday abducted by gunmen at a mining site in Ajata Aboki village in Shiroro. About 17 of the soldiers mobilised to the area were reportedly…
The students wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG- SW) has called for the deployment of security to campuses. Addressing a news conference on Tuesday in Kaduna, Hassan Adamu National Cooratnator of the CNG- SW expressed concern over growing insecurity in campuses in the North. He lamented that banditry attacks and kidnapping of students…
Ten people, including two village heads and eight vigilante members, have been reportedly killed by bandits in Kakangi and Unguwan Matinja communities in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A resident of Kakangi said the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday following a fierce battle between the vigilantes and the bandits….
