Over five million Nigerian students are to benefit from a nationwide life skills education programme designed to combat drug abuse, improve academic performance, and promote healthy lifestyles. Jude Ikenye, a trainer with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and staff of the federal ministry of education, disclosed this in an interview with…
A 10-year old boy, Tasi’u Abdullahi, has reportedly been killed by kidnappers in Rikkos community, Jos North LGA of Plateau state. An uncle of the deceased, Aliyu Muhammad, said in an interview with journalists on Tuesday in Jos that the boy was abducted on December 16 in front of his house after being lured by…
A former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said that the call by Nasir El-Rufai, ex Kaduna governor, to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027, should not be based on personal grievances but on national interest. El-Rufai who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP),…
The Southern Taraba Youths Coalition for Peace (STYCOP), have accused the state chairman of the Christian Association (CAN), Rev. Isaiah Jirapye, for his alleged silence on the attacks and killings of Christians in the state, especially, the reoccurring genocide in Kuteb land. Besides being CAN Chairman, Jirapye, is also the President of the Christian Reformed…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is working hard to make life better for residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nigerians in general. Wike stated this on Tuesday while inaugurating the rehabilitation of Old Keffi Road, from Kado Village to Dei Dei, Abuja. The…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman For the past two decades, Nigeria’s Plateau State has been a recurring headline, both domestically and internationally, and tragically, for all the wrong reasons. Once celebrated as the nation’s “safe haven” and proudly proclaiming itself the “Home of Peace and Tourism,” the state has been transformed into a theatre of conflict,…
