Eleven people have been abducted in Mararaban Rido, a suburb in Kaduna city. A community leader of the area who preferred to remain anonymous said the incident occurred at about 10pm on Monday. He said the criminals who were well armed broke into three houses. He added that one person was shot and was receiving…
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) seeking to invalidate some provisions in the Nigeria Police Force Regulations (NPFR) which forbid unmarried female police officers from getting pregnant. The NBA had approached the court to challenge the legality of regulation 127 of the NPFR, arguing that…
The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has picked senator Kashim Shettima, as his running for the 2023 elections. Tinubu disclosed this to journalists on Sunday shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina state. Shettima, who served for two-term as governor of Borno state, is…
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently deploy every available resource and intelligence to ensure the immediate and safe release of over 100 Christian worshippers abducted during a church service in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The PFN, in a statement on Friday by David Bakare,…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rescheduled its activities for the 2023 general elections. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday night. The statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Debo Ologunagba announced that dates the party’s Governorship and National Assembly primary elections, among…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria has kicked against the presidential directives asking the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan to oversee the affairs of the ministry following the suspension of Beta Edu, its minister. President Bola Tinubu had on Monday suspended Edu, following a…
