The Joint Arewa Committee has said that the exploitation of ethnic and religious fault lines is extremely dangerous for the polity. The committee which organised the just concluded interactive session with President candidates, comprises of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Arewa Research and Development Project (ARDP), Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation and…
Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has said that his administration has equipped 290 Primary Healthcare Care Centres (PHCs) across the state and recruited 80 doctors. The governor disclosed this on Friday at the inauguration of a newly constructed one block of 48-room hostel at the College of Nursing and Midwifery,…
The Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, declared a British national, Andrew Wynne (also known as Andrew Povich) and a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government in the country. Wynne was accused of building a network of sleeper cells to topple the government and plunge the Nigeria into chaos….
“The only thing Kwankwasiyya has in common with NEPU and the PRP is mimicking wearing the red cap.” – An Anonymous Elder of Kwankwasiyya. In this month, seventy-five years ago, a momentous event unfolded in Sabongari, Kano: the founding of the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU) by eight radical young patriots. On…
The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), has tasked security agencies to fish out those behind the killing of 23 passengers on Saturday in Jos and the massacre in communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. In a statement on Sunday, President of ECWA Rev. Stephen Panya condemned the Jos killings, saying the church…
Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, has warned that he will deal ruthlessly with any attempt to incite crisis in the state through fake information. On Saturday, 22 travellers were killed following an attack that occurred along Rukuba road, Jos. The victims were said to be commuters who attended a religious programme in Bauchi and were…
