By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Former Defence Minister, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd) inaugurated an ultra-modern mortuary he constructed for the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jalingo, Taraba state. The state-of-the-art facility, equipped with some of the best preservation technologies available, is aimed at addressing long-standing challenges faced by the hospital. Speaking while inaugurating on Thursday, Danjuma…
Survivors of Monday’s attack on Abuja- Kaduna train have recounted their ordeals on their hospital beds. On Monday, terrorists attacked a Kaduna bound train from Abuja said to be carrying over 800 passengers on board. The attack was said to have occurred at about 8pm on Monday when the terrorists detonated the rail track. Several…
Gunmen have reportedly killed five people in a fresh attack on Kogul community, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state. Several people were said to have been injured while some houses were burnt. The incident was said to have occurred on Thursday night. The attack came barely two days after two people were killed in…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is to arraign former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai at the federal high court on Tuesday in Kaduna. In a statement on Monday in Abuja, the commission said the charges, which were filed on March 18, border on alleged conversion of and possession of public…
The New Nigerian Peoples’ Party (NNPP) is to appeal the judgment of the Kano governorship election petition tribunal that sacked Abba Yusuf as governor. Bashir Yusuf Muhammad, counsel to the NNPP, disclosed this in an interview with journalists shortly after the tribunal delivered its judgement on Wednesday via Zoom. The tribunal declared Nasiru Gawuna of…
The Kaduna state government, in collaboration with the military security outfit, Operation Save Heaven (OPSH), has concluded arrangements to resettle Southern Kaduna communities displaced by bandits to their ancestral homes. Governor Uba Sani, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists shortly after the state security council meeting at the Government House, Kaduna. Sani said the…
