Former governor of Zamfara state, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, Senator Kabiru Garba Mafara and other top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Briefing journalists in Gusau on Sunday, the state of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col. Bala Mande (rtd), confirmed that the…
Three lawmakers elected to the Kaduna state House of Assembly on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Also, Danjuma La’ah, a two- term former senator who represented Kaduna South senatorial zone on the platform of the PDP, has resigned his…
Senate President Ahmad Lawal, at the weekend, visited two former military heads of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), at their residences in Minna, Niger state. Above, Lawan (right) with Gen. Babangida during the visit. Lawan (right), exchanging pleasantries with Abubakar at his residence. Photo: Sylvanus Tyoakaa
A catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Silas, has been abducted by gunmen in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The clergy man was said to have been abducted on Monday at his residence at the parish rectory at St. Charles Catholic Church, Zambina, Kauru LGA. The Chancellor of the Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr….
The Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Isaac Zankai and a member of the house representing Zaria state constituency, Suleiman Dabo, have dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state for the Labour Party (LP). Zankai represents Kauru state constituency in the state Assembly. Umar Ibrahim, National Secretary of the…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, struck out the terrorism charge filed against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group. The appellate court in a judgment by a three-member panel held that Kanu’s extradition from…
