Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, has said that military and law enforcement strategies alone are not sufficient to curb the growing threat of violent extremism in Nigeria’s north-west. The governor stated this on Tuesday in Kaduna while declaring opened a two day summit on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in North West zone. Sani,…
Fourteen people have been reportedly killed by gunmen in separate attacks on communities in Jos South and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau state. Two people were also said to have sustained injuries in the attacks that occurred on Sunday night. The gunmen were said to have killed 12 people in Sabon Layi village, Kuru…
A federal high court in Abuja has sacked a federal lawmaker representing Gummi/Bukkuyum federal constituency of Zamfara state, Abubakar Gummi, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Delivering judgement on Thursday, the presiding judge, Obiora Egwuatu, held that Gummi’s defection was unconstitutional since there was no division in…
The National Security Adviser, (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu has accused the the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, for running the country bankrupt. Speaking at the chief of defence intelligence annual conference on Monday in Abuja, Ribadu said the President Bola Tinubu inherited a bankrupt country. Ribadu said the federal government is “paying back what was taken….
A statistic, tagged “Religion and Politics in Nigeria”, showing states being governed by Christians and Muslims is trending on the social media, following the raging controversy trailing the Muslim-Muslim Presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The document shows that of the 36 states of the federation, 19 are being governed by Christians…
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ruling (APC) has failed in all fronts in the past six years. The lawmakers also asked the President to address the worsening insecurity in the country and put an end to mass killing of…
