Three United States-based advocacy groups have criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his recent Independence Day speech in which he reportedly equated the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) with the Boko Haram insurgency. In a joint statement Thursday, made available to journalists in Kaduna, the organisations; Advocates for Victims of Injustice and Discrimination (AVID), Rising…
About 36 people have been reportedly killed in Yelwa Zangam community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Several houses were also said to have been burnt. It was gathered that incident took place on Tuesday at about 10pm when the bandits, armed with sophisticated weapons invaded the community and unleashed mayhem on the…
The House of Representatives has called for the deployment of more troops to Lissam and Takum Local Government Areas of Taraba state, to dislodge the terrorists unleashing mayhem on communities in the area. The house also urged intelligence and operational security agencies to identify the routes and camps of the terrorists and their local collaborators…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially announced the nomination of the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godwin Akpabio, as its consensus candidate for the position of Senate presidency in the 10th Assembly. It nominated the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Jibrin Barau, for the position of Deputy…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Taraba Tiv Youth Development Forum (TTYDF) has said that the Tiv people are not settlers but part of the indigenous ethnic groups in the state. In a statement in Jalingo, President of the forum, Torkuma Moses dismissed insinuations by the Jukun Youth and Cultural Development Association (JYCDA) that the…
One person was killed while 12 others were abducted in a deadly attack on Awon/Mothercat Junction, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The incident according to a statement by the Kaduna state police command, occurred on Wednesday night when the bandits in their large number and armed with sophisticated weapons, invaded the community and…
