The House of Representatives has approved the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, along with the six-month suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, his deputy, and all elected members of the assembly, as announced by President Bola Tinubu. The seal of approval for the president’s proclamation came via voice vote during plenary on…
The Plateau state government has imposed has imposed curfew on Jos North, Jos South and Bassa Local government areas of the state following the violence that claimed the lives of 23 people in Jos on Saturday. This was announced in a statement by the Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong. Violence erupted in the Rukuba…
The senate minority leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has withdrawn from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship race in Abia state. Enyinnaya announced his withdrawal from race in a statement on Wednesday as the governorship primaries hold today across the country. He noted that the last couple of weeks has been tortuous “as we battled hard…
Fake currencies worth N129 billion have been seized by personnel of Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Kano In a statement on Tuesday, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, said three suspects were arrested in connection with the fake currencies. Adejobi identified the suspects as Nura Ibrahim, Muhammed Muntari, and Usman Abdullahi. The statement said, “Recently, in Kano,…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Taraba Tiv Youth Development Forum (TTYDF) has said that the Tiv people are not settlers but part of the indigenous ethnic groups in the state. In a statement in Jalingo, President of the forum, Torkuma Moses dismissed insinuations by the Jukun Youth and Cultural Development Association (JYCDA) that the…
The Kaduna state government has signed an agreement with UNICEF to fund the “Reaching Out-of-School Children Project” aimed at reintegrating 200,000 out of school children back to the classroom. Speaking while signing the agreement on Friday at the Government House, Kaduna, the deputy governor of the state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, said one of the challenges…
