Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state has threatened to sack lecturers of the Kaduna State University (KASU) and declare their positions vacant if they don’t return to the classrooms. The lecturers are participating in the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). El-Rufai who spoke during a live Hausa programme on local…
The National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) earlier slated for February 24, has been shifted to March 26. Briefing journalists after a close door meeting on Monday in Abuja, the National Secretary of the party’s caretaker committee, Dr. John Akpanudoedehe, said zonal congresses would now be held on March 12, alongside preparations for…
By Abdul Mahmud “Social media is a terrorist organisation that we must deal with. Security agencies must deal with this terrorist organisation called social media.” These are the words of the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. He expressed them without irony. Without hesitation; and in a disdaining way. A man of his stature,…
The federal government said that analysis by the Nigerian Intelligence Unit (NFIU) between 2020 and 2021, has revealed 96 financiers of terrorism in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, while presenting details of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption and terrorism, also said 424…
A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba,is dead. Aged 65, Na’Abba died in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja following a protracted illness. Family sources said he will be buried today in Abuja according to Islamic rites. More to come…
Bandits have reportedly abducted 47 women in Mukura village, Kasuwan-Garba District of Mariga local government area of the state Niger state. The women were said to be working on a groundnut farm when they attacked by the bandits on Saturday around 3pm. Chairman of Mariga LGA, Alhaji Aliyu Bagga Muhamadu who confirmed the incident to…
