Speaker of the Plateau state House of Assembly, Gabriel Dewan, has inaugurated nine lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) out of the 16 affirmed duly elected by the court of appeal. The 16 lawmakers were declared duly elected after they filed an appeal against the ruling of the state’s election tribunal. The court of…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has endorsed the Presidential candidate of the, Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi. The was announced in a communique issued on Thursday at the end of a meeting of the forum in Abuja. The communique was read by the immediate past president-general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide,…
The Kaduna state government has reacted to a list trending on the social media, purported to be names of “family and friends”, of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who were allotted plots of land in choice locations in Kaduna by the government. According to a report by Peoples Gazette, an online newspaper, those who benefited from the…
A father and his son have been arrested by the police for impersonation during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Wednesday after inspecting the Kaduna State University University (KASU) Computer Based Test (CBT) Centre. Oloyede…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), under the steadfast leadership of the Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, recently embarked on a rigorous campaign to tackle substantial ground rent arrears in the nation’s capital. This bold initiative targets 4,794 properties with outstanding rents for over 43 years. Amongst these are prominent places such…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has said that the recent building collapse, which claimed the lives of 22 students at Saints Academy in Jos, Plateau state, should serve as a wakeup call on all relevant authorities to live up to their responsibilities to avoid future recurrences. On Friday,…
