The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Prof. Joash Amupitan, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Amupitan was conformed a screening by the upper legislative chamber on Thursday which lasted for about two hour. Amutan who spoke on the lessons of the 2023 elections, ppromised to…
The inspector-general of police Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of armed personnel to safeguard the Abuja-Kaduna rail services. Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement on Sunday, said the operatives would be drawn from the police mobile force, K-9, force intelligence bureau, explosive ordinance unit and railway police command. The Abuja-Kaduna train operation is…
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed for second reading a bill seeking to stop anyone above 60 years from contesting for election to the Offices of the President and Governor in Nigeria. If the bill scales legislative scrutiny and is signed into law, President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and the 2023…
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), has called for urgent steps to stop the orgy of killings and destruction of communities in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Kaduna, President of the union, Mr. Jonathan Asake, said no fewer than 100 people have been massacred while…
Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) have arrested two suspected terrorists with weapons hidden under the seat of a motorcycle in Taraba state. Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu,army spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the troops apprehended the suspects during a routine patrol at the Miyande village in Takum Local Government Area…
