A federal high court in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja has sentenced a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara state, Prof. Magaji Garba, to seven years imprisonment for N260 million fraud. Garba was jailed on Tuesday after the court presided by justice Maryam Aliyu, found him guilty on all five counts…
No fewer than 23 people have been reportedly killed by terrorists in Mararaban Agban, Agban and Adan communities in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Several people were also said to have been injured while about 70 houses were reportedly burnt by the invading terrorists. An eye witnessed who pleaded anonymity said in a telephone…
Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), has asked the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) to commence academic activities at the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna (CPESK). The minister said this on Tuesday during a working visit to the institution. Lokpobiri who was amazed by the state of the art facilities at…
The Arewa Citizens Watch for Good Governance (ACWGG), said it will mobilise its members and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to protest against what it described as “officially induced hunger and high cost of living in the country.” In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, the group warned that if the federal government fails to…
The Secretary General of the Rev. Yakubu Pam faction of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Elder Sunday Oibe, has said that the purported election of Rev. Joseph Hayab, as the chairman of the association, is illegal, null and void. Oibe stated this at…
Plateau state governor-elect, Caleb Mutfwang, has said that he will build a new Plateau that belongs to all. He also said his administration will not witch-hunt the outgoing administration of Simon Lalong whose tenure ends on May 29, the day Mutfwang will be sworn in. Speaking on Saturday during a state banquet at the New…
