Caleb Mutfwang, governor of Plateau government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Mangu Local Government Area of the state. The governor’s spokesperson, Gyang Bere, announced this in a statement on Tuesday, in Jos. He said the decision after consultations with the various security agencies. There had been attacks in the area by bandits leading to…
Nigeria’s democracy is again at a familiar crossroads: the point where electoral reform is loudly promised, quietly diluted, and then defended as “procedure.” The new controversy around the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2026 is not just a disagreement between the Senate and the House of Representatives. It is a test of whether the country’s institutions…
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97. The BBC reports that, Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. In the 1950s, Kaunda was a key figure in what was then…
The President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the famous journalist and writer, Abdulhamid Babatunde who died on Thursday in Kaduna. Babatunde who served as editor of several newspaper titles including the defunct, Kaduna-based Democrat passed on following an illness. He was aged 66. In a condolence message signed by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, On Thursday in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented a budget of N20.51 trillion for the 2023 appropriation bill to the National Assembly. Buhari made the presentation on Friday to the joint session of the National Assembly at the temporary chamber of the House of Representatives. The President said the budget tagged, “Budget of Fiscal Consolidation and Transition”, was…
Six people have been reportedly killed by bandits in attacks on communities in Kagoro District, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Thursday night. Sources said the affected communities include, Zunuruk, Gajere, Maraba and Kukum. According to the source, one person each was killed in Zunuruk, Garaje, Mararaba while three others were killed in…
