The federal government has issued a flood alert in 19 states and 76 locations. The states are expected to experience heavy rainfall from August 5 to 9. The warning was issued on Tuesday by the National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre under the federal ministry of environment. It urged residents and relevant authorities to take…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The Senate on Wednesday amended the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, deleting a clause which made direct primary compulsory for political parties. Accordingly, the senate amended Clause 84(2) of the report approved direct, indirect primaries or consensus as procedure for the nomination of candidates by political parties for the various elective positions….
Three people were killed while two others were abducted in an attack on Ungwan Galadima in Gonin Gora, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis. A resident of the area who confirmed the incident in a telephone interview said the bandits invaded the community at about 1am on Thursday and operated for over an hour. He said…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Abba Kyari, in the sum of N50 million. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had in June 2022, filed a 24-count charge marked against Kyari and his two siblings – Mohammed Kyari and Ali Kyari over non-disclosure…
Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, says bandits who threatened to kill the remaining students of Greenfield University, Kaduna,have agreed that they will not killed them. The bandits had recently threatened to kill the students who they abducted in the school on April 18, 2021 if the parents fail to pay a N100 million and…
The minister of information, Mohammed Idris, has hinted that the federal government may adopt state police to curb the rising insecurity in the country. The minister stated this on Thursday at a press conference after a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, The minister who addressed the press…
