The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has commiserated with the families of the two pilots, Flight Lieutenant Abubakar Alkali and Flight Lieutenant Elijah Karatu, who lost their lives in a plane crash on Tuesday in Kaduna. Speaking when he visited the families of the deceased officers on Wednesday at the NAF Base,…
The governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, and his Deputy, Dr. Eric Kelechi Igwe, were on Tuesday, sacked by a Federal High Court in Abuja, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress ( APC). The judgement, delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that the total number of 393,042 votes…
Dare devil bandits have reportedly invaded Buda Hausa community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state, abducting 61 people. A member of the State House of Assembly representing Kajuru constituency, Hon. Usman Danlami Stingo, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview on Tuesday evening. Stingo said the bandits invaded the community in the early…
Jonathan Ishaku, a chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau state, has resigned his membership of the party, citing the exclusion of the state from the federal executive council as reason for his action. In a statement published on his Facebook page on Friday, the veteran journalist, said he is disappointed with…
One of the contenders for governorship ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state, Sani Sha’aban, has protested against alleged non conduct of special congresses for the election of delegates in the state. The special congresses were said to have taken place across the 23 Local Government Areas in the state on…
Residents of Jos, the Plateau state capital, have lamented the deplorable state of roads in parts of the metropolis, describing them as death traps. The residents, in a report, published in the latest edition of the state owned newspaper, Sunday Standard, said car crashes occur almost on a daily basis within the metropolis as a result…
