Six bandits have been neutralised by troops of the Nigerian Army during extensive clearance patrols spanning Birnin Gwari and Giwa Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan, the administrator of Kaduna Capital Territory who doubled as “Overseeing Commissioner,” Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Kaduna….
Safeguarding Press Freedom and Democratic Accountability in Nigeria – a speech delivered by the Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Edetaen Ojo, at the 2025 Annual Congress and Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria, which held on December 2 and 3, 2025 at Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja. Permit me to…
Another video of the remaining 29 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna has surface on the social media. On March 11, 2021, bandits invaded the school at about 11:30pm and abducted 39 students. Weeks after the abduction, 10 of the students were released following the payment of N17 million, according…
Operatives of the Nigeria police in Kaduna state have arrested a suspected international car thief. In a statement on Friday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the Kaduna state police command, said the suspect, identified as Mubarak Kabiru, was arrested in a hotel in Kaduna following a tip off. Hassan said, “On the 27th of May, 2024,…
The Supreme Court is to hear 21 governorship appeals arising from disputes from the March 18, 2023, gubernatorial election. The apex court, in its schedule, listed appeals for Ebonyi and Benue to be heard today (Monday) by a five-member panel of justices led by John Okoro. According to the schedule, six appeals including Plateau and…
Former Senate President David Mark has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According reports by TheCable, Mark disclosed his intention to leave the PDP in a letter addressed to the party’s ward chairman in his Otukpo LGA of Benue state. The letter, dated June 27, surfaced shortly after the opposition coalition adopted the African…
