Troops neutralise bandits’ kingpin, others, terrorising Kaduna communities. The Kaduna state government said on Wednesday that a dreaded bandit leader, Kachalla Gudau, who commanded a large number of foot soldiers, terrorising Chikun, Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas of the state, have been neutralised by troops of the Nigerian Army. In a statement, Samuel Aruwan,…
A Kaduna state high court has declared that the state government has no constitutional powers to take over markets. Deliverung judgment in a suit filed by some aggrieved traders at the Kasuwan Barchi market, Kaduna South Local Government Area of the state, whose shops were demolished by the state government, the court presided by Justice…
The Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has appointed 136 special assistants. Spokesperson to the governor, Gyang Bere, announced the appointments in a statement on Friday in Jos. The appointments show that eight people were appointed from each of the 17 Local Government Areas of the state. According to Bere, the appointments are the first batch….
A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, Letep Dabang, has been appointed the Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign council in the state. The state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, John Akans, made the announcement in a statement in Jos. The statement said, “The Plateau State chapter…
The Director General of the campaign council of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Doyin Okupe has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a high court sitting in Abuja, for breaching the money laundering act. In a judgment delivered on Monday, Okupe was found guilty of 26 out of a 59-count charge preferred against him…
The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), has congratulated Chief James Ume, Founder and Chairman of Unubiko Foundation for his nomination as The Sun Newspapers’ Humanitarian Service Icon Award for 2022. In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, the group also announced the conferment of a traditional tittle- “Garkuwan Matasan Nijeriya”. The statement signed by Mohammed Danlami,…
