The family of the abducted managing director of Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Hassan, has allegedly paid a huge sum of N100m to secure his release, according to reports by Daily Nigerian an online newspaper. Hassan was released on Wednesday after spending about 10 days in captivity, following his abduction alongside hundreds of passengers on Abuja-Kaduna…
The chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has resigned from his position. Jibrin announced his resignation at the 97th meeting of the party’s BoT meeting on Thursday in Abuja. He said he took the to ensure the party’s presidential candidate emerged victorious in the…
Three persons, including a pastor, have been killed in fresh attacks by bandits on Suwa and Ding’ak communities, Mushere chiefdom of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau state. The attacks were said to have occurred on Friday August 8, around 2pm. Kefas Mallai, Chairman of Community Peace Observers in Bokkos, confirmed the killings in an interview…
The federal government has declared Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, 2026, as public holidays to mark the celebration of Eid-el-Fitr, which signifies the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration in a statement on Tuesday through a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the…
The federal government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. The minister cited alleged “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s…
The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce has expressed concern over what it described as “dire and disastrous implications” of the recent increase in electricity tariff by the Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, Ishaya Idi, president of the chambers, said the increase is ill timed considering the fact that businesses are…
