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…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has killed a dreaded terrorist and kidnap kingpin, Yellow Jambros, in Niger state. Edward Gabkwet, spokesperson, of NAF, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the air component of Operation Whirl Punch killed Jambros and scores of terrorists on Wednesday in air strikes in Shiroro Local Government Area…
The Kaduna state government has dismissed a newspaper report, stating that a private bandits negotiator has been hired to facilitate the release of the 287 school children abducted by bandits on Thursday. The newspaper report had claimed that the state government had reached out to the bandits through a private negotiator for the release of…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has condemned the abduction of some female students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara, saying it a great set back to girl child education. In a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, the forum called on the federal government to ensure that the students are released unharmed. The students were abducted in…
Three people were killed while two others were abducted in an attack on Ungwan Galadima in Gonin Gora, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis. A resident of the area who confirmed the incident in a telephone interview said the bandits invaded the community at about 1am on Thursday and operated for over an hour. He said…
The Coalition of Indigenous Ethnic Nationalities (CIEN) says the time for restructuring Nigeria is now considering the faulty political and socio-economic problems threatening the corporate existence of the country. The group stated this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. The statement was jointly signed by Benjamin Okaba (Chairman), Timothy B. Gandu (Co-chairman) and Nubari…
