Five senior members of the Keffi Old Boys Association (KOBA), an umbrella body for Old Students of the famous Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa state, are among the 437 prominent Nigerians nominated by the federal government to receive national honours. The awards will be presented by President Muhammadu Buhari on October 11, 2022, at the State…
Former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has been released from prison after serving his five-year jail term. Lawan who represented Bagwai/Shanono constituency of Kano state, was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2021 for accepting a $500,000 bribe from Femi Otedola, who was chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited at the…
The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof. Rufai Alkali, has tendered his resignation. In a letter addressed to the National Secretary of the party, Alkali said his decision to quit was informed by the need to make room for fresh hands to come in and build on the successes recorded in…
Former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, has appealed to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, former Anambra state governor and 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, former Osun governor, Rauf Aregbesola and former transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP). On March 10, El-Rufai defected from the ruling All Progressives…
The Chief of Gurku, Karu Local government Area of Nasarawa state, Alhaji Jibrin Waziri and his wife have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen. Details of the incident were scanty at the time of this report, but it was gathered that the criminals invaded the palace of the first class chief on Sunday night and kidnapped…
Emmanuel Junior Zakka, writes that the southern part of Kaduna state is not a push in the politics of Kaduna state. In 2019, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election in Kaduna state with 1,045,427, representing 55.32 per cent of the total votes cast. The PDP…
