Popular Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, is dead. He was said to have died on Saturday, at the age of 62. The veteran actor took ill in October 2023 and requested financial assistance for medical treatment. A month after, his family confirmed that one of his legs had been amputated to…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of every asset of NOK University, located Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The presiding judge, Justice Zainab Abubakar, gave the order for the interim forfeiture on Wednesday while ruling on a motion ex-parte brought before the court by the Economic and…
Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has announced his resignation from the ruling party and defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai, in a statement on Monday on his Facebook page, cited a growing misalignment between his personal values and the current direction of…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, says without the support of traditional rulers, his administration would not have achieved security and stability in the state. Sani spoke on Sunday at the distribution of 23 vehicles to traditional rulers in the state by Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives. He noted that traditional leaders …
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed allegations that senators were paid $15,000 bribe each to approve the state of emergency declaration in Rivers state. President Bola Tinubu had, on Tuesday, declared a state of emergency in Rivers state, citing the prolonged political crisis and vandalisation of oil installations. The Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has asked the federal government to bring repentant Boko terrorists to justice. In statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, chairman of the forum and former minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe said it will be gross injustice against thousands of victims of the terrorists if they are not brought to face…
