The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 12 fresh applications had been submitted by associations seeking to register as political parties. The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. This brings the total number of applications…
Bandits have released 28 of the students of the remaining 180 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna. The bandits had on July 5, bandits invaded the school and abducted 121 students, aged between 13 to 19. The bandits released them Saturday night at a location along Kaduna -Abuja road. The children were…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared nationwide protests and picketing of federal health institutions. The protest is to commence on Wednesday, August 9, if the federal government fails to meet the demands of the association. The notice was issued after NARD’s National Executive Council was virtual meeting on Saturday and addressed to…
Governor of Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani, has said that the fragmented nature of legal reforms in Nigeria is fuelling inefficiencies and undermining public trust in the justice system Speaking at the Body of Attorneys-General (BOAG) conference in Kaduna on Wednesday, Sani called for collaboration between federal and state governments to carry out a comprehensive…
By Patience Dombin, Jos Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, has signed into law the Violence Against Persons Act (VAPP) passed by the State House of Assembly. A statement by the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the governor, Makut Macham, said the law will curb the menace of violence against women and children which…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, flagged off the first ever rainfed commercial wheat cultivation in Nigeria at the Wheat Seed Multiplication Farm in Kwall, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. The President who was represented at the launching by the Plateau State governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, urged Nigerian farmers to embrace wheat farming and…
