Former Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Sani Sidi has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sidi decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state after he lost the PDP governorship ticket to Isa Ashiru in 2019. The former NEMA DG, was re-issued with the PDP member card…
By Patience Dombin,Jos A group known as the “Arewa Women and Youths for Osinbajo 2023,” has vowed to mobilise support for Vice President,Yemi Osinbajo to contest the 2023 Presidential election, even though he has not publicly declared his intention to contest. National Cordinator of the group, Jumai Musa, stated this during the inauguration of the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned leaders and members of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to desist from “name-calling and backstabbing”. The warning was contained in statement on issued on Saturday in Abuja by Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media. The statement titled, Buhari urged APC members to “remain steadfast and maintain unity if the…
The Plateau State Police Command has disclosed that 96 people were killed while 221 houses were set ablaze during Christmas Eve attacks on communities in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of the state. The Plateau state police commissioner, Okoro Alawari, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement signed by Alfred Alabo, the command’s…
Seven people have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of what is suspected to be cholera in Tella Town, Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, who confirmed the incident in Jalingo, on Monday, also disclosed that several others had been hospitalised in health care centres in the…
The United States has accused the Nigerian government for not bringing anyone to justice for the killing of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites. The US also frowned at how Nigerian courts continue to convict citizens for blasphemy, sentence them to long-term imprisonment and death. US Secretary of State,…
