Kaduna central: Court dismisses suit against Lawal Usman’s candidature as PDP flagbearer. A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to invalidate the nomination of Lawal Usman as senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kaduna central. In the judgment delivered in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/333/23 on Wednesday, James Omotosho,…
The Kaduna state police command has warned Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna state to desist from frivolous and malicious allegations against any security agency. El-Rufai had on Thursday accused the Kaduna state government of using the police as Governor Uba Sani’s “kidnapping gang” to arrest Ja’afar Sani, a former commissioner in El-Rufai’s government….
At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when IS-aligned jihadists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in Borno state, the AFP quoted military sources on Monday. Also in Geidam, Yobe state, 11 people were reportedly killed when the terrorists invaded the area. The AFP reports that fighters from the Islamic State…
Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, has resigned his position on Monday night,citing health challenges. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed Abubakar’s resignation in a statement. The minister’s resignation came amid growing insecurity, bedevilling the country. “President Bola Tinubu has accepted the resignation and thanked Abubakar for his services to…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has observed that despite several alleviation programmes, the nation’s poverty index has been on the increase. Sani made the observation on Saturday when Nentawe Yilwatda, minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Kaduna. He said the fact that…
Two people were reportedly killed while 100 others were abducted in an attack by bandits on Gamdum Mallam and Ruwan Rana villages of Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara state. The criminals who rode on motorbikes were said to have stormed the communities on Saturday, August 23, shooting sporadically. Muhammadu MaiAnguwa, village head of Gamdum…
