The Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations (JACON) has rejected the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the south. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Kaduna, Sani Yaya, JOCON’s Director of media and public affairs, warned that the decision amounts to “political marginalisation” and will…
The Joint Arewa Committee has said that the exploitation of ethnic and religious fault lines is extremely dangerous for the polity. The committee which organised the just concluded interactive session with President candidates, comprises of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Arewa Research and Development Project (ARDP), Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation and…
A mother, Khadija Ali has been arrested by the police in Abuja for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby. Ali was reported to have dumped the baby along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind the uncompleted Red Bricks Market in Mpape, Abuja. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command, in a statement on Sunday by…
The Kaduna state police command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered over N2m being part of the money he made from the criminal act. Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the command disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. He said police operatives attached to Police Divisional Headquarters Tafa, Kaduna, Kaduna state arrested the…
A former senator President, Anyim Pius Anyim has dumbed the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Anyim formally joined the APC on Saturday at a ceremony held at the Abakaliki Stadium the Ebonyi state, capital. Many chieftains of the APC, including the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. Buhari in an address during the signing of the document said in line with established tradition, he received inputs from relevant ministries, departments and agencies of government after careful and thorough reviews of the Bill and its implications to democratic processes…
