The Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA), said on Monday that in the past five years, 518 people have been killed by armed herdsmen in the persistent attacks on communities in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Addressing a press conference on Monday in Samaru Kataf, Zangon Kataf LGA, Samuel Achie president of ACDA,…
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, on Tuesday, appeared before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. He was invited before the committee, following a petition submitted against him by Clement Sagwak, a security guard he assaulted on March 29, at Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja. Sagwak had,…
Kaduna based controversial islamic cleric,, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned the redesigning of some naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying that it may force kidnappers to start demanding for ransom payment in dollars. The CBN had on October 26, announced the redesigning of N200, N500 and N1,000 notes. However, in a…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has decried the growing cases of abscondment among academic staff of various Nigerian universities sponsored for training abroad. TETFund, has been intervening in the training of academic staff in Nigerian universities by sponsoring lecturers for further studies abroad. Speaking during an interactive session on training utilisation at the Gombe…
The police council on Friday confirmed the appointment of Mr. Alkali Baba as the Inspector-General of Police. The decision was taken at the meeting of the council on Friday in Abuja, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Baba was appointed as the Acting IGP on April 6, 2021, by President Muhammadu Buhari to replace Mohammad…
Bandits have attacked worshipers at Haske Baptist Church, Manini community, Chukun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, killing a medical doctor while give people were abducted. Jacob Bala, resident of the community said in a telephone interview that his uncle was killed while three of his relations were abducted during the incident. He said the…
