The National Judicial Council, NJC, has constituted panels to investigate eight judges for alleged judicial misconduct. The Council, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said its Preliminary Complaints Assessment Committees filtered 35 petitions that were written against the judicial officers and found them to be meritorious. The statement said other petitions that were brought…
A former General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Maj. Gen Ali-Keffi (rtd) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to investigate the circumstances surrounding his arrest, detention, maltreatment and compulsory retirement from the Nigerian Army. In a letter to the President, Ali-Keffi said his ordeal started following findings of a Presidential Board of…
Jonathan Asake, governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna state says he will provide effective and all inclusive governance if elected governor in 2023. Speaking at an interactive session with the political committee of the state council of the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) on Friday in Kaduna, he lamented the challenges facing the state,…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has directed television and radio stations in the country to suspend patronage of Twitter. The directive was contained in a statement on Monday by the Director General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba. The directive came just as the federal government summoned envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada…
Waziri Ashafa, one of the candidates for the chairmanship of the Kaduna state chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has kicked against micro zoning of positions in the forth coming congresses. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday at the NUJ Press Centre, Kaduna, Ashafa said while zoning policy of the party as enshrined…
A former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal has said that the hasty announcement of removal of the petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu on the day of his inauguration led to the hardship being experienced by Nigerians. Speaking in an interview with TheCable, Lawal said Tinubu ought to have consulted…
