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Seven people have been reportedly killed while a student of the Government Science Secondary School Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna state escaped with a bullet in separate attacks by terrorists on Saturday. Fifty seven people were also said to have been abducted by the terrorists. Ibrahim Nagwari, chairman of the Birnin Gwari Vanguard for Security and Good Governance,…

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has asked President Bola Tinubu to review his economic reforms and give it the need human face. The forum stated this in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Kaduna. The forum expressed displeasure over continuing improverishment of the masses due…

A coalition of Christian groups under the aegis of North Central Youths and Women Forum, on Tuesday, took to the streets in Abuja in protest against the appointment of the Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, as the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council. The protesters who are members of the APC…

By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to consider and pass three critical bills needed to effectively fight corruption in the country. The bills are: Proceeds of Crime Bill, Whistle-Blower Bill and Witness Protection Bill. The President’s request was contained in a letter dated 14th January, 2022, and…

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned newly-elected and returning governors that failure to deliver on their campaign promises Buhari stated this on Monday in Abuja at the induction programme for elected and returning governors organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, Buhari reminded the governors of the need to…