A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has awarded N900 million in damages against Nasir El-Rufai, former Kaduna governor and three others for arbitrary arrest and detention of nine Adara elders in 2019. The suit was filed by Awemi Maisamari, one of the elders and a former President of the Adara Development Association (ADA), for…
The Nigerian political landscape is currently undergoing a marked transformation, characterised by the stark divergence between the once-dominant People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the ascendant All Progressives Congress (APC). While the PDP grapples with an existential crisis rooted in internal strife and diminishing public confidence, the APC, under the leadership of Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,…
The Kaduna state government has commenced the distribution of the second batch of palliatives with 128 trucks of rice and maize worth N3.4 billion to the less privileged. Govermor of the state, Senator Uba Sani disclosed this on Monday, during the flag-off of the distribution. Sani said the second batch of the palliatives will gulped…
Recent judgments of the Election Petition Tribunals in the Plateau State have stirred a hornet’s nest as the people who have rejected most of the tribunal judgments, alleging serious political interference. Seriki Adinoyi writes. A majority of the people of Plateau State have rejected the recent judgments delivered by the National and State Houses of Assembly…
The Southern Kaduna Youth and Students Forum (SKYSFOM), has asked the senate not to confirm Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna state, as a minister. In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, the group said the appointment of El-Rufai as minister will do more harm than good to the country. The group alleged that…
The Irigwe Development Association (IDA), has distanced itself from Saturday’s killing of commuters along Rukuba Road, Jos. In a statement in Jos, the group asked the Plateau state police command to withdraw its statement attributing the killings to “suspected Irigwe youths”. The police command had in a statement on Saturday by its spokesman, Gabriel Ogaba, said…
