Senator Dino Melaye has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kogi state. Melaye secured 313 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Idoko Ilonah, who got 124 votes. A former governor of Kaduna state and Chairman of the PDP electoral committee for the Kogi governorship primary, Senator Ahmed…
The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has called for the termination of the contract awarded to Infioquest International Limited for the reconstruction of the Kaduna–Abuja expressway, alleging the company has demonstrated a lack of capacity to execute the project. The group also demanded the resignation of the Minister of Works, David Umahi, for allegedly failing to…
The Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association (SKCLA) has condemned the abduction and gruesome murder of Sylvester Okechukwu, a Catholic priest in Kafanchan Diocese. He was the pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church, Tachira, in Kaura LGA of Kaduna state. Okechukwu was reported to have been abducted by bandits at his residence on Tuesday night and…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, has frowned at the nation’s rising and seemingly uncontrollable debt profile. The governors also expressed concern about the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), maintaining that the apex bank “is operating as an independent government within a government, which is a pervasion of the autonomy of…
By Gyang Bere If you want to measure the degree of animosity against any government in Plateau state, all you need to do is to wait until an election has been completed and a new government is installed. No matter what anyone thinks about the administration of Governor Caleb Mutfwang in the last 30 days…
Amos Magaji, a member of the house of representatives, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Magaji represents Zangon Kataf/Jaba federal constituency of Kaduna state. The speaker of the house, Tajudeen Abbas, announced Magaji’s defection in a letter read on the floor of…
