The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has declared that the presidency should remain in the South in the next four years in the interest of national political stability. In a communiqué issued on Sunday in Kaduna at the end of an emergency meeting held on Saturday, the forum urged political parties to present…
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of Senate minority leader, Simon Mwadkwon, representing Plateau north senatorial district in the national assembly. Delivery judgment on Sunday, the three-member panel of the appellate court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh election in the district within 90 days….
The Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has sacked 19 political appointees including Mr. Ben Kure, his Political Adviser. A Government House issued on Wednesday in Kaduna said the 19 disengaged appointees are the first phase of public servants disengaged in continuation of “rightsizing” of the state government workforce. Besides Kure other top aides affected…
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and prosecute those planning to install an interim government. The DSS had on Wednesday in a statement, there were plot “by some key players” to install an interim government and stop the President Elect,…
Bandits on Friday abducted 20 medical and dental students alongside a house officer travelling to Enugu. The students were said to be on their way to attend the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu when they were ambushed around 5.30pm in the Otukpo area, Benue state. The victims are…
The Kaduna state police Command said it has successfully apprehended 21 suspects for attempting to disrupt the smooth conduct of the recent local government elections in the state. In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, spokesperson of the command, Mansir Hassan, said the arrests were made by police officers from Operation Fushin Kada, who acted…
