Residents of Otukpo in Benue State on Tuesday staged a protest against the incessant cases of kidnappings and killings by suspected herdsmen. The protesters, mostly youths, occupy the Otukpo-Enugu federal highway, calling on the government to address the growing insecurity in the state. There has been a surge in cases of killings and kidnappings allegedly…
INEC warns politicians against early campaigns Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties and politicians against campaigning before the approved time. Speaking at a capacity building workshop for head of education and publicity of the commission, the commissioner in charge of information and voter education, Mr. Festus Okoye, said for now, the electoral…
Tinubu has the capacity to sustain achievements of APC, says Buhari Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is a well known democrat with capacity to sustain the gains recorded by his administration. Speaking on Friday at the unveiling of manifesto and inauguration of the APC…
Eight traders from Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau state on a business trip to Jigawa state have died in a fatal motor accident. Thirteen others were said to have sustained serious injuries in the incident which occurred on August 29, 2023, in Ringim. The traders were said to have traveled to Jigawa state for…
President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Mukhtar Sirajo, has urged the federal government to ensure transparency, accountability, fairness and equity in the distribution of palliatives aimed at ameliorating the effects of petrol subsidy removal. Speaking at the opening of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NIPR on Thursday in Abuja, Sirajo…
The General Assembly of the Tangale Community Development Association (TCDA), the umbrella socio-cultural body for the seven clans of the Tangale nation, Gombe State, has inaugurated a caretaker committee to serve for a period of six months. The TCDA, in a statement by Richard Yusuf, its Public Relations Officer (PRO), said the committee was inaugurated…
