Two Northern groups, the Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) and the Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), have expressed different stand points on the decision of an Abuja Federal High Court, restraining the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, from arresting and detaining the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin…
Sunday Katung, senator representing Kaduna South senatorial zone, has raised the alarm over renewed attacks, killings, and kidnappings in some communities in the senatorial district. In a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna, Katung expressed deep concern over the resurgence of bandits in Southern Kaduna. He said the heinous activities of the criminals has brought immense…
The Kaduna state government has revoked all sales and land allocations of institutional houses within major legacy schools across the state. The secretary to the state government (SSG), AbdulKadir Mayere, announced the revocation in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. Mayere said the affected schools include Alhuda-huda College, Zaria; Queen Amina College, Kaduna; and…
The outgoing Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has stoutly defended his administration’s construction of a 2,000-capacity ecumenical centre in Asaba for the Christian Association of Nigeria. Okowa, while speaking at the inauguration of the newly-constructed 2,000 seating capacity ecumenical centre in Asaba for the CAN on Friday, described the Delta State Christian Centre…
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several property linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The PUNCH reports that the order was issued on Friday, by Justice Yellim Bogoro after an ex-parte motion by EFCC counsel Bilkisu Buhari and…
Members of the minority parties from the 19 northern states in the House of Representatives have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to redress his skewed appointments which have divided the nation along ethnic and religious lines. The lawmakers also endorsed the position of the 17 Southern Governors Forum on open grazing and the restructuring of the…
