The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna, Senator Uba Sani, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election. Sani scored 730,002 votes to defeat Isa Ashiru, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, who polled 719,196 votes. Lawal Bilbis, INEC state collation officer, announced the results of the election at the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, be remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja, pending the consideration of his bail application. The presiding judge, James Omotosho, issued the order on Thursday after the court resumed Mamman’s arraignment on money laundering charge, which was earlier stepped down by…
By Daniel Dauda, Jos A group known as Movement for the Advancement and Protection of the University of Jos(MAAPU) has insisted that justice, equity and fair play in the selection of a new Vice Chancellor for the University of Jos, Plateau state. MAAPU also accused the Federal Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission(NUC)…
Over 70 vigilantes have been reportedly killed in an ambush by bandits at Kukawa and Bunyum communities of Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau state. According to THISDAY, the clash occurred at about 2pm when hundreds of vigilantes from Wase Local Government Area were ambushed while on their way to the bandits’ hideouts. The Chairman…
The Presidential screening committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared 15 aspirants while two were disqualified. Chairman of the screening committee, Senator David Mark, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Friday after the screening exercise in Abuja. Mark who declined to reveal the names of the disqualified presidential aspirants, said they…
Former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has expressed sadness over the death of the Spiritual leader of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, describing him as a devout man of God. In a condolence message to the family of the deceased and the SCOAN congregation, Jonathan noted that Joshua who died…
