By Shu’aibu Usman Leman For the past two decades, Nigeria’s Plateau State has been a recurring headline, both domestically and internationally, and tragically, for all the wrong reasons. Once celebrated as the nation’s “safe haven” and proudly proclaiming itself the “Home of Peace and Tourism,” the state has been transformed into a theatre of conflict,…
Two nurses and unspecified number of patients have been reportedly abducted by bandits at the Primary Healthcare Centre, Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Musa Alhassan, one of the leaders of the vigilante group in the area said the bandits invaded the health care centre at about 9am on Monday. He said their…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has fixed July 26 and 27 for a nationwide protest in solidarity with the the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Public universities had been closed for five months following the ongoing strike by the university lecturers. The strike bothers on the failure of the federal government to honour an…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged President Bola Tinubu not to govern the country like the immediate past government led by former president, Muhammadu Buhari. According to The Punch newspapers, the Vice President of CAN, Rev. Stephen Baba-Panya stated this on the sidelines of the installation of Rev. Ayuba Asheshe, as the new…
The Director General, Kaduna State Transport Regulatory Authority (KADSTRA), Inuwa Ibrahim, has said that the Kaduna Bus Rapid Transit Project (KBRT) will soon commence operations to ease transportation. Addressing a press conference on Friday at the NUJ press Centre, Kaduna, Ibrahim said, Uba Sani, the state governor is committed to modernizing urban transport. He said…
The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has announced that the use of email is no longer required for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration processes. Oloyede stated this while addressing journalists on Wednesday in Abuja. He said email will only be requested at the…
