A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) seeking to invalidate some provisions in the Nigeria Police Force Regulations (NPFR) which forbid unmarried female police officers from getting pregnant. The NBA had approached the court to challenge the legality of regulation 127 of the NPFR, arguing that…
The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has adjourned till April 14 for ruling on the bail application filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. He is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on a 10 count charge bordering on allegations of corruption. Speaking with journalists shortly…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has decried the state of the country, and urged for a change in the system. Kukah said this on Wednesday during the Pastor E.A Adeboye’s eighth annual public lecture held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God camp, kilometre 46, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. He said, “Successive uncaring governments…
The remains of the late Chief of Maroa, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Mallam Tagwai Sambo, was laid to rest on Saturday in Manchok. The first class chief, aged 88, died peacefully in his sleep in his palace in Kaura on June 15, 2024. Born on December 24, 1936, Sambo, a reknown educationist,…
Yakubu Pam, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says despite the Muslim-Muslim Presidency, “there is a reasonable inclusiveness in governance.” Pam spoke in an interview with journalists on Saturday in Kaduna shortly after the quarterly executive meeting of the association. Asked if…
The North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), has said that the mass exodus of bandits from the North-West region has made the relative peace in the region vulnerable. According to The PUNCH the governors stated this in a communique issued at the end of their seventh meeting on Friday in Gombe. The meeting was attended by governors…
