Nigeria and African news

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said Nigeria is sharing its sovereignty, which is guaranteed in the constitution, with bandits and other terrorists. He also said under the eight years of the Buhari administration, Nigeria “saw the ugliest phase of corruption.” Speaking on Monday in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state, while delivering a…

By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The federal government has disclosed that over 12,000 inmates were released from various correctional centres across the country within the last six years in line with the policy of prison decongestion . Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami made the disclosure on Tuesday to members of the Senate Committee…

The Kaduna state government has inaugurated a 10 member committee for the resettlement of persons displaced by bandits in some parts of Southern Kaduna. Speaking at the inauguration on Monday in Kaduna, Uba Sani, governor of the state, noted that “the Southern part of Kaduna state has faced its share of displacement of individuals and…

The Irigwe Development Association (IDA), has distanced itself from Saturday’s killing of commuters along Rukuba Road, Jos. In a statement  in Jos, the group asked the Plateau state police command to withdraw its statement attributing the killings to “suspected Irigwe youths”. The police command had in a statement on Saturday by its spokesman, Gabriel Ogaba, said…

The federal government has inaugurated a 10-member committee on the implementation of the recommendations of the Oronsaye report. A statement by the Director of Information in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Segun Imohiosen, said the committee was inaugurated by the SGF, George Akume, on behalf of the president….