The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam, on Thursday met with Pilgrimage Tour Operators across the country. The meeting which held in Lagos discussed and trashed out the issue of unauthorised private tour operators ahead of the 2022 pilgrimage. The NCPC boss who disclosed this on his twitter handle,…
By Daniel Dauda in Jos Hundreds of residents of Abattoir Area, Giring Ward in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau state on Friday, protest against alleged nefarious activities of a Lebanese who specialised in defiling minors. The residents who trooped to the Giring Police Station in their numbers alleged further that the Lebanese made…
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities allegedly linked to former attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami. The presiding judge, Emeka Nwite, granted the order on Tuesday after an ex parte application filed by the Economic…
Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Kuteb Yatso of Nigeria (KYN), an umbrella body of the Kuteb ethnic nationality in Taraba state, has vowed to resist moves by Governor Ogbu Kefas, to instal former Defence Minister, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, as the “Ukwe Takum,” the paramount ruler of the Kutebs. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in…
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that state governments and the federal government are currently working to achieve state policing. The governor disclosed this on Thursday at the passing-out ceremony of the second batch of Benue community volunteer guards on Thursday in Markurdi. According tobhom, the federal government has started working with the governors…
The Kaduna state government has confirmed that 34 people, including two military personnel were killed in Sunday’s attacks on communities in Kaura Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, the government also confirmed that, over 200 houses and 32 shops were burnt in the attacks while vehicles and 17…
