The Southern and Middle Belt Leadership Forum (SMBLF) has insisted that mandatory electronic transmission of results remains critical to credible and transparent elections in Nigeria. In a statement on Monday, the group called for the retention of Clause 60 of the Electoral Amendment Bill, which mandates real-time electronic transmission of election results. It warned that…
The Kaduna state government has disclosed that 214 people were killed while 746 others were abducted by bandits from January to March 2023. Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs made the disclosure on Wednesday while presenting the first quarter of 2023 security report to Governor Nasir El-Rufai, at the Government House,…
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 Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has warned that the implementation of the cash withdrawal limit by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will result in the catastrophic collapse of the informal sector. In a statement on Friday in Kaduna, the forum said the CBN may have the best of intentions while initiating the policy, but failed…
The Arewa Civil Society Organisations (ACSOs) has decried the continuous detention of suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos, Alhaji Aminu Yaro and his wife by the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement yesterday, in Kaduna, chairman of the group, Adamu Musa, said the continuous…
The Gombe state government has a 24 hour curfew in Balanga Local Government Area of the state following renewed communal violence between Lunguda and Waja ethnic groups. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, in a statement on Wednesday said the decision was aimed at curtailing the violence that erupted among communities…
