The Unified Northern Nigeria Youths Forum (UNNYF) has said that those attacking the Governor of the Central Bank (CBN) governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele, over the new monetary policies are enemies of Nigeria. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, the group alleged that “some unpatriotic, overzealous and corrupt individuals were fighting dirty with every weapon…
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that action will be taken against traditional and community leaders in Zangon Kataf chiefdom, Zangon Kataf LGA of the state, for failing to prevent the youths from taking the law into their hands. The governor stated this on Wednesday at the Government House, Kaduna, while receiving security reports…
The magistrate court grade 1 in Jalingo, Taraba state, has sentenced three persons arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to 10 years’ imprisonment over arms trafficking. The convicts — Sakina Garba, Ali Gono, and Ibrahim Abdulrashi were arrested between January and February 2026 along the Wukari-Jalingo road in Taraba with arms…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said that he will not run his administration on the basis of religious affiliation if elected president. Tinubu said this on Wednesday at a meeting with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja. CAN had kicked against the APC’s…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), not to extend the deadline for naira swap after February 10. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja by his campaign office, Atiku urged the CBN to immediately review the measures it has put in place for…
Ten kidnap victims have been rescued while several bandits were neutralised in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. In a statement on Tuesday, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, the bandits were dislodged from their camps by troops of “Operation Forest Sanity”, during clearance operations conducted across some hard-to-reach locations, spanning…
