Manager, Governance Programme, ActionAid, Celestine Odo, has said that the recent signing of the Electoral Act into law by President Muhammadu Buhari will create the enabling space for participation of women and youths in politics. Speaking in an interview during a training for women and youths drawn from communities in Kaduna state, Odo said, the…
Rev. Yunusa Nmadu, immediate past General Secretary of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), on Sunday held a thanksgiving service after his six year tenure. The thanksgiving giving which was held on Sunday at the ECWA Lemu Road, Tudun Wada, Kaduna was attended by many dignitaries.
Atsi, sister of the Taraba state governor, Kefas Agbu, has died in an Abuja hospital where she was on admission following gunshot injury. The secretary to the Taraba state government, Timothy Kataps, confirmed her demise on Tuesday. Atsi was said to have sustained the gunshot injury after gunmen attacked a convoy she was in. A…
The Northern Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) has called on governments at all levels to intensify efforts to address the growing security challenges in the country and implement sustainable economic policies to ease the hardship faced by Nigerians. Chairman of the forum, Elder Sunday Oibe, made the appeal on Sunday in a message felicitating with Muslims…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers to key command, instructional, and staff positions across various formations and units of the Nigerian Army. The redeployment affected a few Principal Staff Officers (PSOs) at the Army Headquarters (AHQ), two General Officers Commanding (GOCs),…
The Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) have condemned the killings in Anguwan Rukuba area of Jos, Plateau State, describing the incident as senseless, barbaric and unacceptable. On Sunday, gunmen invaded the community at about 7:30 p.m., killing 27 people while several others were injured. In separate statements…
