President Bola Tinubu has directed that ministers and heads of agencies of the federal government to restrict the vehicles in their official convoys to a maximum of three. In a statement on Thursday, Tinubu said the measure is cut cost. The statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy,…
The Kaduna state government, in collaboration with the military security outfit, Operation Save Heaven (OPSH), has concluded arrangements to resettle Southern Kaduna communities displaced by bandits to their ancestral homes. Governor Uba Sani, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists shortly after the state security council meeting at the Government House, Kaduna. Sani said the…
The House of Representatives has asked the Chief of Defence staff to, as a matter of urgency, deploy Special Forces to Ussa and Takum Local Government Areas of Taraba state to stop the killings by bandits. The house also directed the Inspector General of Police to deploy mobile Police Force to the sections of Takum-…
Two chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state have been reportedly abducted while three others were injured following an attack by bandits along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The attack was said to have occurred Thursday night at Tashar Icce, near Kujama, headquarters of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The party…
The Southern Kaduna Journalists Forum (SKJF) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint a southern Kaduna person to fill the state’s ministerial slot. Tinubu had earlier nominated former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai for the ministerial appointment, however, the senate withheld his confirmation, citing security reports from the Department of State Services (DSS)….
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has vowed to resign if embattled former Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, is not prosecuted. In a chat with editors at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, on Tuesday, Olukoyede swore to follow the prosecution of Bello to the logical conclusion He also vowed that…
