The terrorists who attacked Maranatha Baptist Church and St Moses Catholic Church in Rubu community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday have demanded for N100 million for the release of their victims. The village head of the community, Mr. Elisha Mari, who was among those abducted disclosed this to journalists in an…
A group under the umbrella of Coalition of Kaduna Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar (aka Mairago) to fill the ministerial slot for Kaduna state. Tinubu had earlier nominated ex- governor Nasir El-Rufai for appointment as minister. However, the senate withheld El-Rufai’s confirmation and those of two…
In this episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum unpacks the deepening crisis of electoral violence sweeping across Africa. From the October 2025 elections in Cameroon, where protests and killings erupted after President Paul Biya’s re-election, to Tanzania, where reports suggest more than 700 people have died following disputed polls — the continent’s old…
American Gospel legend, worship leader, and song writer Ron Kenoly, has died at the age of 81. His music director, Bruno Miranda, announced the sad news in a statement posted on the deceased’s Instagram page. The statement said Kenoly died on February 3, but did not specify the cause of death. Miranda, who worked alongside…
Gunmen on Monday night stormed Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Anchuna village in Ikulu Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state, abducting the Catholic priest in the community. Sources said the bandits came to the community at about 8pm and whisked away Rev. Fr. Luka Yakusak who is in charge of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church,…
The appeal court in Abuja has nullified the verdict of the Nasarawa state governorship election petition tribunal, which sacked Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, the court affirmed the election of Sule as governor. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sule…
