By Patience Dombin,Jos A group known as the “Arewa Women and Youths for Osinbajo 2023,” has vowed to mobilise support for Vice President,Yemi Osinbajo to contest the 2023 Presidential election, even though he has not publicly declared his intention to contest. National Cordinator of the group, Jumai Musa, stated this during the inauguration of the…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo Sadiq Tafida of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won Wednesday’s rerun election for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency of Taraba state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared inconclusive the By-election that was held on the 3rd February for the constituency because the number of cancelled votes were more than the margin…
Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested by troops of the Nigerian Army during a raid on their hideouts in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba state. In a statement on Thursday, the army said the raid was conducted by troops of 6 Brigade in Taraba. The army said the troops carried out the operation and…
About 15 soldiers and three civilians were reportedly killed by terrorists in an attack on a military camp at Poll Wire, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Nineteen soldiers were also said to have sustained injuries during the attack. The terrorists who were said to be traveling from Niger state to Zamfara state…
The house of representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “urgently ease off” queues in filling stations across the country. The lower legislative chamber also asked security agencies to “fish out” oil marketers and “other economic saboteurs” that are responsible for the petrol scarcity. The resolution was sequel to a motion…
The Zamfara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned the gruesome murder of Mallam Hamisu Danjibga, a Correspondent of the Voice of Nigeria ( VON), in the state. In a statement on Wednesday in Gusau, Ibrahim Ahmad, secretary of the state Council of the NUJ, called for a thorough investigation into…
