Nigeria and African news

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch,” 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, “to determine the levels of encroachment.” In a statement on Thursday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu said the directive followed Buhari’s approval of the recommendations…

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Afam Osigwe, has cancelled the appointment of Abdulrasheed Maina as patron of the Abuja branch of the association Osigwe disclosed this on Friday in a post on his verified X handle. He added that the NBA has also commenced disciplinary proceedings against the Chairman of the Abuja…

The Yakubu Pam led  faction of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has asked Joseph Hayab to desist from further attempts to destabilise the Christian body. Hayab, a former chairman of Kaduna state chapter of CAN, had on February 26,  announced that he had…

The Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSWN) has said that the increasing level of insecurity has impoverished many rural communities, especially, in the north. The Chief Operating Officer of the CSWN, Mrs. Agera Liti said stated this in a statement on Thursday after presenting some relief materials to victims of herdsmen attacks who are were rendered…

One of the contenders for governorship ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state, Sani Sha’aban, has protested against alleged non conduct of special congresses for the election of delegates in the state. The special congresses were said to have taken place across the 23 Local Government Areas in the state on…