Elder statesman and prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, is dead. Clark, a former federal commissioner for information died at 97. In a statement, the Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta state, said the ex-senator died on Monday, February 17. The statement read, “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended the position of South East leaders and governors on the violent agitation for secession from Nigeria by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network. The forum stated this in a communique at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Kaduna. The…
Kaduna State Security Council Imposes 24 hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria Metropolitan Cities to avert breakdown of law and order. In a statement on Monday, in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said the decision was taken following the activities of criminal elements who have resorted to looting and…
The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has called for the termination of the contract awarded to Infioquest International Limited for the reconstruction of the Kaduna–Abuja expressway, alleging the company has demonstrated a lack of capacity to execute the project. The group also demanded the resignation of the Minister of Works, David Umahi, for allegedly failing to…
The Plateau state government has declared a three days mourning period for the 22 school children who died in a collapsed school building on Friday at Saints Academy in Busa Bujji, Jos. The state government also said it will set up a high power committee to investigate the cause of the collapsed building. The two…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing warning strike by eight weeks. The extension follows the failure of the federal government to address the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action within the four-week warning strike. President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, announced the extension of the strike in a…
