The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is to meet on Wednesday to discuss the problems with the party, especially, the fallout from the presidential primaries. The Chairman of the BoT, Senator Walid Jibrin disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. He said a special reconciliation committee will be…
By Andrew Agbese Let me begin by paraphrasing the words of Prof. PLO Lumumba, the former director of the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission by saying, if you ask the average Plateau man or woman, what ethnic group its most respected political leader, Joseph Gomwalk, the late police commissioner, belonged to, they’ll most definitely tell you they…
The Plateau state government has warned residents against any form of protest. The warning came on the heels of rumours of a planned protest on Tuesday in Jos against the persistent killings in the state by suspected fulani herdsmen and the alleged failure of Governor Simon Lalong to stop the mayhem. The government, in a…
The House Representatives has resolved to concur with the Senate on the inclusion of consensus in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill as one of the modes political parties can select candidates for election into public offices. The Speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this after an executive (closed-door) session on Tuesday. According to him, the…
Muhammed Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, says the problems facing Nigerians are surmountable if Nigerians work together. The Sultan said on Saturday at the commissioning the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Darul’Ilm Centre for Islamic Studies in Kaduna built and donated by the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Tosin Ajayi. According…
The most critical domestic security concern this week centers on Kaduna State, where reports emerged of a coordinated mass abduction targeting Christian worshippers in Kurmin Waje village, Afogo Ward, Kajuru Local Government Area. According to eyewitnesses and local representatives, heavily armed attackers stormed three churches during Sunday services and abducted congregants into nearby forests. Initial…
