President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. Buhari in an address during the signing of the document said in line with established tradition, he received inputs from relevant ministries, departments and agencies of government after careful and thorough reviews of the Bill and its implications to democratic processes…
Chairman of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state, Alhaji Shehu Bala, has said that the killings in the state will not end if people insist on vengeance. Speaking on Thursday while featuring on Arise TV programme, “Morning Show”, Bala said the solution to lasting peace in the state is forgiveness and understanding. “If…
President of the Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria (RCCN) in Taraba state, Rev. Bulus Yerima, accused the state government for not doing much to stop the killings by bandits in communities in Ussa Local Government Area of the state. Many people have been reportedly killed in several communities in Ussa LGA in attacks by…
Senator Uba Sani, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has declared his intention to contest for the governorship of Kaduna state in 2023. Sani made the declaration at the state secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday in Kaduna. So far, Sani is the only APC governorship aspirant that has publicly declared his…
Elder statesmen and seasoned public administrator, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, is dead. Joda, 91, died on Friday in Yola, Adamawa state. His death was confirmed in a statement on Friday by Humwashi Wonosikou, spokesman to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state. Born in 1930, Joda attended Yola Elementary School and Yola Middle School before proceeding to…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has fixed September 7 to hear a suit seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, from contesting the 2023 elections. The suit was filed by four APC chieftains, asking the court to declare that Tinubu is ineligible to run…
