By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Six communities in Gasol Local Government Area of Taraba State, have protested against land grabbing by Sanusi Dagash a former senator from Borno state. The communities include Kwantan-Taru, Natirde, Dinyawo, Wuro, Kiyari and Sendirde. Dagash represented Borno north senatorial district as senator in 2003. The communities are accusing him of…
The Emir of Zuru, Kebbi State, Major General Muhammadu Sani Sami, has passed on. Sami died in a London hospital following a brief illness. He was aged 81. The Kebbi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Garba Umar-Dutsinmari, confirmed the monarch’s death in a statement on Sunday. The Kebbi state government expressed deep…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has declined calls by presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar to join hands in fighting President Bola Tinubu’s certificate saga. Addressing a press conference on Friday in Abuja, the Deputy National Chairman of the party, Nwaeze Onu, said the NNPP will remain neutral in the…
The Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Mangu Local Government Area, following massive attacks on communities by gunmen suspected to be fulani herdsmen. In a statement on Sunday in Jos, Gyang Bere, spokesman to the governor said the decision to impose curfew in the area was taken in consultation with…
A Crown Court in Woolwich, London, United Kingdom , has jailed four Nigerians for forging over 2000 marriage certificates. The marriage certificates were forged to help people live illegally in the United Kingdom. Reports said the culprits include Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31 and Adekunle Kabir, 54….
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, has declared that he will break the ongoing warning strike by the Kaduna chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and deal with the “criminals” that have violated the law. The state chapter of the NLC, on Monday, embarked on a five day warning strike against mass sack of…
