Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has sworn in 13 of the 14 commissioners screened and cleared by the state House of Assembly. However the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, has criticised the appointments, alleging lopsidedness, aimed at excluding certain section of the state from the governance structure. Speaking shortly after administrating oath…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the security chiefs to arrest perpetrators of last Friday’s massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Tinubu gave the directives on Wednesday during a sympathy visit to Benue state following the killing of over 200 people in an attack on communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen….
By Onuminya Ochowechi in Sokoto Sokoto state governor, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu, has advised corps members posted to the state against negative use of the social media. The governor gave the advice on Tuesday at the end of the three weeks orientation for members of Batch ‘B’ Stream I of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa Abuja The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to declare full scale war against terrorists unleashing mayhem in the country. The called came following the deadly attack on the an Abuja- Kaduna passenger train by terrorists on Monday at about 8pm. Eight people were killed while 26 others sustained injuries from…
Senator Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo state was arrested Tuesday in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Spokesman of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Ewujaren, confirmed his arrest. However, it was not clear whether Okorocha who represents Imo West Senatorial District, would be detained or not. The former governor have been having…
The federal government has lifted the suspension on Twitter operations in the country, effective from 12 am, January 13, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement Committee, Kashifu Abdullahi. “The Federal Government of Nigeria directs me to inform…
