The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has expressed concern over the deteriorating security situation in Kaduna state, warning that if government continue to show lack of capacity, criminals may invade Kaduna metropolis. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Kaduna, President of SOKAPU, Hon. Jonathan Asake, said Kaduna state is under siege by a combination of…
Left: Prof. Ishaya Nock, a former president of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), with Mock Kure, Special Adviser to Governor Uba Sani on Public Affairs, shortly after visiting the deputy governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, at Government House, Kaduna on Wednesday.
The Kaduna state government has confirmed that eight corpses have so far been recovered while 26 people were injured in Monday’s terrorists attack on the Abuja- Kaduna train. Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the state government had received the…
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Daniel Okoh, has distanced himself from the appointment of seven officials of the association in the Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement on Thursday night, Okoh expressed worry about the development, noting that, “it counters the well-known stance…
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda was sworn in on Wednesday for his sixth term as president. The home of his main opposition rival Bobi Wine, who decried the inauguration as a “sham” was surrounded by police during the ceremony. Museveni, who won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities, took the oath of office at…
President Bola Tinubu has said that the tribunal judgement has renewed his goal of unifying Nigeria. The president stated this in a statement on Wednesday by Ajuri Ngelale, his spokesperson. According to Ngelale, Tinubu said the judgement renewed and energised his focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation. “President Tinubu…
