A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to 114 #Endbadgovernance protesters in the sum of N10 million each. The presiding judge, Justice Obiora Egwatu admitted the defendants, including some underaged persons to bail shortly after they pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them by the Inspector General (IG) of…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Kuteb Elders Forum (KEF), Abuja, has asked the Taraba state governor, Agbu Kefas, to call Benjamin Bako, one of his aides to order for making inciting comments on social media platforms. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, leader of KEF, Ande Fili, said Bako’s acidic utterances are likely…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba have emerged winner of the all chairmanship positions at the just-concluded Local Government election held on Saturday. Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Philip Duwe, State disclosed this on Sunday while declaring the results of the election at the commission’s headquarters in Jalingo. Duwe said a…
The federal government said the ban on Twitter was lifted following agreements reached with the social media platform. The agreement, according to a statement announcing the lifting of the ban, includes legal registration of operations, taxation, and managing prohibited publications in line with Nigerian laws. The conditions given by the federal government is that Twitter…
No fewer than five people were reportedly killed on Tuesday at Chando-Zrrechi village, Miango district in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state, despite the curfew imposed in the area. Spokesman of the Irigwe Development Association (IDA), Davidson Malison disclosed this on his Facebook page. According to him, the killings occurred on Tuesday night when…
