The Southern Kaduna Leaders Council (SKLC) has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) and other relevant security agencies to investigate alleged genocide against the Southern Kaduna people during the administration of ex- governor Nasir El-Rufai. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Kaduna, Timothy Gandu, a former Commissioner and secretary of SKLC, said…
By Abdul Mahmud This new year scarcely requires a seer to reveal its gravity. It stands as a decisive threshold for both Nigeria’s political class and the country itself. As the final full year before the 2027 general election, it unfolds within an atmosphere markedly defined not by open contestation but by cooptation, not by…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the minister of power, Alhaji Saleh Mamman and the minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, announced the sacking of the two ministers in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement said the minister of environment, Mohammed Abubakar has been redeployed to the…
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended its two months old nationwide strike. JUSUN had, on April 6, embarked on a nationwide strike in protest of the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. However, the union resolved to suspend the industrial action during its national executive council (NEC) meeting, which held on…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Tuesday, handed over 128 victims rescued from kidnappers in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of tZamfara state. Speaking while handing over the victims to the Zamfara state government, Ribadu vowed that the federal government would sustain its onslaught against terrorists and kidnappers until they are completely…
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended 11 justices for elevation to the supreme court. In a statement on Wednesday,, NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, said after deliberations at the council’s 104th meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja, 11 out of the 22 on the list have been nominated. The Federal Judicial Service Commission…
