The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said any airline transacting business in Nigeria in foreign currency is an enemy of the country. In a statement on Friday in Kaduna, Audu Ogbe, Chairman of the forum, said, “No airline wishing any country good should involve itself in sabotaging its economy through dwarfing the value of its…
Governor of Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang has attributed the alarming rate of school dropouts in some communities to mining activities. Speaking on Sunday during a church service at the headquarters of the Church of Christ in All Nations (COCIN) in Jos, the governor said his administration is determined to combat illegal mining activities. Mutfwang called…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday blamed annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election presumably won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, on “bad belle.” The regime of military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) annulled the election. Speaking shortly after his investiture as a Trustee of the Abeokuta Club, a sociocultural organisation of Egba…
The Plateau State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos has upheld the election of Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of the state. Delivering judgment on Friday in the petition filed by Nentawe Yilwatda, candidate of the, the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenging Mutfwang’s election in the…
At least 17 people have reportedly been killed in a renewed wave of violence in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, following deadly clashes between bandits and illegal gold miners, according to reports by Agence France-Presse (AFP). The violence reportedly began on Thursday at an illegal mining site in Birnin Gwari district, where a notorious bandit leader…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have signed a pact to promote peace in the country ahead of the 2023 elections. In a statement on Wednesday by Samson Ayokunle, immediate past president of CAN, the two religious organisations signed the accord at the international religious freedom…
