The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), has kicked against the relocation of some key departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to Lagos. In a statement on Friday in Kaduna, Yerima Shettima, president of the forum, said the relocations undermines the status of Abuja as the…
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) have raised the alarm over plots to oust Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), from office on trumped-up terrorism charges. Addressing a press conference in Abuja , Tochukwu Ohazuruike, convener of the coalition, alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) has “secretly” filed…
The Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) has entered into partnership with D7G Limited to boost the production of arms, ammunition, and vehicles for the Nigerian military. Babatunde Alaya, Director General of DICON, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Kaduna shortly after a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of D7G Limited. Alaya…
The Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani, on Thursday, received the first set of “repentant bandits” in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. The governor also opened the cattle market in the area, said to have been closed for about 10 years due to insecurity. This was disclosed in a statement in Kaduna on…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, has attributed the unending security challenges in the northern part of the country to complex border management. He stated this in a lecture titled “Assessing the present security situation in Northern Nigeria”, presented on Friday evening at the Institute for Development Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University…
Left: Prof. Ishaya Nock, a former president of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), with Mock Kure, Special Adviser to Governor Uba Sani on Public Affairs, shortly after visiting the deputy governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, at Government House, Kaduna on Wednesday.
