A Plea & Testimony from Nigeria By Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria, delivered at the Augustinianum Hall on October 21st, 2021, in Vatican City. 1: I want to thank Aid to the Church in Need for their kind invitation to me to speak in response to the release of their biennial…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The senate on Tuesday resumed plenary, promising to expedite action on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill which was rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan stated this on Tuesday in an address delivered at the start of plenary to welcome Senators back from the Christmas and New Year…
Kķ The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has called on presidential candidates to suspend their campaigns and assist victims of flooding in the country. Obi said this on Wednesday while speaking to journalists in Benue, after a visit to the state to commiserate with residents over flooding. He said Nigeria is…
Parents of the 29 remaining abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, have appealed to well meaning Nigerians to help raise fund for the release of their children. Addressing a press conference on Friday in Kaduna spokesman of the parents Mr. Friday Sanni said the bandits had threatened to marry the…
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities allegedly linked to former attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami. The presiding judge, Emeka Nwite, granted the order on Tuesday after an ex parte application filed by the Economic…
By Daniel Dauda in Jos The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCDC), Rev. Yakubu Pam, has described journalists as the “light and salt of the society”. Pam stated this while delivery a sermon on Sunday at the Thanksgiving Service of the Correspondent Chapel, Plateau State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists…
