No fewer than 27 people, including men and women, have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack by gunmen in Bindi-Jebbu of the Tahoss community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack said to have been carried out by suspected fulani bandits on Monday left many people injured. Several people who sustained…
The Presidential screening committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared 15 aspirants while two were disqualified. Chairman of the screening committee, Senator David Mark, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Friday after the screening exercise in Abuja. Mark who declined to reveal the names of the disqualified presidential aspirants, said they…
Northern Ulamahs have condemned what they described as “local and international propaganda falsely alleging genocide against Nigerian Christians, describing such claims as misleading and divisive”. In a communique issued in Kaduna on Thursday, at the end of their “special summit on contemporary issues facing the Nigerian Muslims”, the Ulamahs said Muslims have also been disproportionately…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has condemned the abduction of some female students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara, saying it a great set back to girl child education. In a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, the forum called on the federal government to ensure that the students are released unharmed. The students were abducted in…
Gunmen, in the early hours of Monday, attacked the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State, killing the Vice Principal while 25 students were kidnapped. Spokesperson of the Kebbi State Police Command, Nafi’u Abubakar, confirmed the attack in a statement, noting that the assailants, wielding “sophisticated weapons,” stormed the school at…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called on its members to participate actively in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise recently flagged off by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement on Wednesday, Yakubu Pam, chairman of Northern CAN, urged Christians…
