By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Duchess Lounge, a popular hub for relaxation and entertainment in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, has been gutted by fire. Property worth millions of naira was destroyed in the inferno. The exact cause of the fire was not immediately known. However, eyewitnesses said a sudden power surge may have sparked…
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday in Kaduna, launched the National Resettlement Scheme for conflict victims. Speaking at the event which held at Tudun Biri community, a village which was accidentally bombed by military drones in December 2023, the President said the safety of Nigerians remains a priority of his administration. Represented at the occasion by …
By Patience Dombin, Jos Two people have been killed on Tuesday by gunmen in an attack on the newly elected federal lawmaker, Musa Agah, representing Jos North/Bassa federal constituency of Plateau state. The gunmen suspected to be fulani herdsmen, were said to have ambushed Agah’s convoy at about 8pm along Twin Hill Miango in Bassa…
The House of Representatives has rescinded decision on the bill seeking to strip vice-president, governors and deputy governors of immunity. The house took the decision after Julius Ihonvbere, its majority leader, moved a motion on Thursday. The bill, which passed second reading on Wednesday, was sponsored by Solomon Bob, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
The North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), has said that the mass exodus of bandits from the North-West region has made the relative peace in the region vulnerable. According to The PUNCH the governors stated this in a communique issued at the end of their seventh meeting on Friday in Gombe. The meeting was attended by governors…
Former National chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof. Rufai Alkali and Senator Sulaiman Othman Hunkuyi, candidate of the NNPP in the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Kaduna state, have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). They were received into the APC on Tuesday by the National chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje….
