Four people, including an army personnel have been reportedly killed in separate attacks on communities in Miango Chiefdom, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. According to Stefanus Foundation, a non- governmental organisation (NGO) concerned with security issues, one of the attacks occurred on June 23, 2024, when suspected fulani terrorists ambushed three Irigwe natives,…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), has condemned those using smear campaign to demand for the sacking of the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mamoud Yakubu. Addressing a press conference on Friday in Kaduna, President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima, said those masquerading as campaigners for electoral sanity and accountability in INEC are…
The police in Kaduna have arrested three suspected internet fraudsters notorious for defrauding unsuspecting students of the Kaduna State University (KASU) of their school fees, to the tune of over N60m. In a statement on Wednesday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the Kaduna state police command, identified the arrested suspects as Muhammad Uthman Busari of Nariya…
The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission(KAD-SIECOM) has fixed the October 19, 2024 for the conduct of Local Government elections. Hajara Mohammed, Chairperson of the commission, announced this at a meeting with political parties and other stakeholders on Tuesday in Kaduna. The tenure of the 23 council chairmen and councillors who were elected on November 1,…
Ahmed Makarfi and Sule Lamido, both, former governors of Kaduna and Jigawa states respectively, met on Tuesday in Kaduna, behind closed doors to chart a new pathway for reconciliation and unity within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The two PDP chieftains who briefed journalists at the end of the meeting, which held at Makarfi’s residence…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) has disclosed that it has over 1 billion litres of safe petrol for nationwide distribution. The NNPC disclosed this in a statement on its official Twitter page on Tuesday. The company disclosed further that 2.3 billion litres of petrol would arrive in Nigeria between now and the end…
