Two Northern groups, the Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) and the Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), have expressed different stand points on the decision of an Abuja Federal High Court, restraining the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, from arresting and detaining the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin…
The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) has called on state governments governments to domesticate the child rights act to protect children. The association also called quality investment in children and ensure a fruitful life for them. President of PAN, Prof. Olufemi Ogunrinde made the call in a statement in Kaduna to mark the world Children’s…
The Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF), has dismissed reports alleging that Christians in Northern Nigeria have withdrawn from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to form a new body known as the Northern Christian Association (NCA). In a statement signed by its Chairman, Elder Sunday Oibe, the forum described the reports as false and…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested the Special Adviser on Infrastructure to Governor Abdullahi Sule and 16 others for alleged vandalisation of railway tracks and slippers in Lafia and Keana Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bola Longe, disclosed this on Thursday in Lafia, while parading the suspects. According…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ademola Adeleke, has emerged winner of the Osun governorship election which held Saturday. The result of the election was announced on Sunday morning by the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Toyin Ogundipe. According to Ogundipe, Adeleke polled 403, 371 votes to defeat incumbent Governor Gboyega…
The federal government has said that over 22,700 Nigerians obtained fake degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. The minister of education, Tahir Mamman, disclosed this at a press conference on Friday in Abuja marking one year in office. The federal government had in January inaugurated a committee to probe private universities established in the last 15…
