The Nasarawa state government has ordered the immediate closure of public and private primary and secondary schools in the state following high level of insecurity. In a statement on Wednesday in Lafia, the commissioner for education, Fatu Sabo, said Governor Sule Abdullahi has directed the immediate closure of the schools. The statement directed all principals…
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), says the sudden death of Obadiah Mailafiya, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is a huge loss to Nigerian. The union also expressed foul play in Mailafiya’s death and demanded for a thorough independent forensic analysis to determine the cause. Mailafiya died on Sunday…
The Plateau state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has condemned Saturday’s killing of commuters along Rukuba road, in Jos. In a statement on Sunday in Jos, chairman of the association, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, urged security agencies to fish out the perpetrators and bring them to justice. Lubo also condemned ongoing killings…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has disowned the “clerics” who attended the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Joseph Hayab, chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of CAN, said the supposed Christian clerics who attended the programme appeared like Nollywood actors CAN is opposed to the…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa state, Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru has asked an Abuja federal high court to review the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to void her controversial declaration as the winner of the governorship election. The Adamawa governorship supplementary election was conducted on Saturday following…
Treasure Ayuba, the last victim of the 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, who were abducted in 2021 has escaped from captivity after over two years. The 13 year old Ayuba returned home on Thursday at about 4pm to reunite with his parents. In a telephone interview on Friday, Joseph Hayab, chairman of…
