Twenty-seven members of the River House of Assembly elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers are said to be loyal to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. They were said to have taken the decision to join the…
The Kaduna state Police Commissioner, Mr. Yekini Ayoku has called on religious organizations and communities to join hands with police and other security agencies in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the state. The police commissioner made the call weekend, when a delegation of Ansar-ud-Deen Society, Kaduna Branch, paid him a courtesy visit in his office…
The Supreme Court has nullified the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba state. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, a five-member panel led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun affirmed the verdict of the federal high court which held that the APC did not conduct any valid governorship primary in…
The federal government is to embark on a comprehensive farmer data audit and registry to identify genuine beneficiaries of agricultural interventions across the country. Aliyu Abdullahi, minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, disclosed this on Wednesday in Kaduna during the technical session of the Government-Citizen Engagement Forum organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello…
The Tiv Professionals Group (TPG), an umbrella body for some professionals from the Tiv ethnic nationality, Benue State, have called on all patriots to come together and salvage the country from the deadly activities of bandits, Boko Haram and other criminal elements threatening the corporate existence of the country. In a position paper on the…
The Kaduna state police commissioner Mr. Yekini Ayoku, has said that the viral video purported to be terrorists arrested in Kakuka community, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Sunday were not terrorists. The clarification was made on Monday in Kaduna during a peace meeting between the leadership of Gbagyi and ethnic nationality and…
