The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state has won Saturday’s re-run election in Igabi federal constituency in Kaduna state. Announcing the results, Abdullahi Dalhatu, INEC returning officer, said Hussaini Jallo of the PDP, whose election was upturn at the appeal court, emerged winner of the re-run, polling 47,313 to defeat Ibrahim Zayad of the…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed displeasure about a video trending on the social media, purported to be the wreckage of its MI-171 helicopter on which crashed on Monday in Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The video recorded by the bandits also showed dead bodies of soldiers. In a…
Labour unions have commended Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, for releasing N3.1 billion for payment of gratuity of retirees and death benefits to families of deceased beneficiaries. The governor in October approved the release of the fund for the payment of gratuity to retirees and death benefits for families of the deceased under the defined…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday cautioned those calling for the return of a parliamentary system of government to replace the existing presidential structure. Obasanjo said running a parliament comes with its challenges. Obasanjo, who governed the country as head of state from 1976 to 1979 and as a democratically elected president from 1999 to…
Amos Magaji, a member of the house of representatives, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Magaji represents Zangon Kataf/Jaba federal constituency of Kaduna state. The speaker of the house, Tajudeen Abbas, announced Magaji’s defection in a letter read on the floor of…
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Prof. Suleman Bogoro has said that the increasing pressure on land is responsible for the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen. Speaking while delivering the maiden annual lecture of Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Oyo state, Bogoro said the most common trigger of farmer-herder…
