The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has alleged that some disgruntled people opposed to the confirmation of Adewale Adeniyi, as Comptroller General the Nigerian Customs have resorted to campaign of calumny against him. In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, the group said these disgruntled elements have been fabricating fake news against Adeniyi and asking President…
The Agi, Mercy, Annah and Tamah (AMAT) Widows Foundation, has empowered over 400 widows since it was founded in 2015. The director of the foundation, Sunday Agi Oibe, disclosed this in an interview after the 2023 empowerment outreach of the foundation which held on December 28, at Methodist Church Okikeme, Oju Local Government Area of…
Troops have rescued four kidnap victims and arrested six suspected bandits in two separate operations in the ongoing onslaught against terrorists and kidnappers in Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the four kidnap victims were abducted along the …
A prosecution witness, Ismail Lawal on Tuesday told an Abuja Federal High Court that Darius Ishaku, a former governor of Taraba state gave him $5,000 to relocate to Lagos and hide from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ishaku and Bello Yero who served in his administration as permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and…
Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna central senatorial district, has identified reasons for the increasing re-emergence of military takeover of governments in Africa, especially in the West African sub-region. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Sani frowned on what he considered the increasing re-emergence of juntas…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa Abuja The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to declare full scale war against terrorists unleashing mayhem in the country. The called came following the deadly attack on the an Abuja- Kaduna passenger train by terrorists on Monday at about 8pm. Eight people were killed while 26 others sustained injuries from…
