A total of 76 Senate and House of Representatives aspirants in Kaduna state are being screened by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Assembly Screening Committee for the 2023 general elections. Chairman of the Screening Committee, Yusuf Dingyadi disclosed this in Kaduna. According to him, there are 63 aspirants for House of Representatives seats while…
Northern Nigeria faces a silent but dangerous shift. While headlines focus on political arguments between security elites like Nuhu Ribadu and Nasir El-Rufai, communities across Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Sokoto are entering into local peace deals with bandits. These agreements — involving ransom payments, ceasefires, and even “protection levies” — raise urgent questions about Nigeria’s…
Senator Jeremiah Useni, has opened up on why he did not succeed the late Gen. Sani Abacha as head of state after his demised. The late military head of state whose regime was noted for human rights abuses died on June 8, 1998 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Featuring on an interview programme on Arise…
A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba,is dead. Aged 65, Na’Abba died in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja following a protracted illness. Family sources said he will be buried today in Abuja according to Islamic rites. More to come…
Plateau state Governor-elect, Caleb Mutfwang, has extended hands of fellowship to his opponents in the March 18, governorship polls, urging them to join him in building a more united, peaceful and prosperous state. In a statement in Jos, Mutfwang, also urged the outgoing governor, Simon Lalong, not to dissipate energy over anything, but to join…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has vowed to resist any attempt to rewrite the history of the January 15, 1966 coup which led to the killing of some prominent political figures and military officers from the region. In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, marking the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Tukur Muhammad-Baba, spokesperson of the…
