Former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, has appealed to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, former Anambra state governor and 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, former Osun governor, Rauf Aregbesola and former transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP). On March 10, El-Rufai defected from the ruling All Progressives…
The chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Kaduna state, Ben Kure, has resigned from the party over alleged overbearing interference by the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Kaduna, Kure alleged that since the nomination of Hunkuyi as the party’s flag bearer in Kaduna state, the…
During this past week, government released a statement, detailing the officials that will engage Twitter on the ban it imposed on the giant American high-tech company. The team is made up of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed as the Chairman. Others include, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of…
Kaduna State Security Council Imposes 24 hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria Metropolitan Cities to avert breakdown of law and order. In a statement on Monday, in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said the decision was taken following the activities of criminal elements who have resorted to looting and…
The governor of Zamfara, Dauda Lawal, has signed an executive order restructuring and reducing the number of ministries in the state from 28 to 16. The governor disclosed this in a post on his official Twitter handle on Thursday. According to him, the decision to reduce the number of ministries, was taken to transform the…
A group of lawyer, supporting Abba Kabir Yusuf, governor of Kano state, have appealed to the Supreme Court Justices to resist any form of external interference in the Kano governoship appeal before them. Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna, the lawyers, under the aegis of “Abba Yusuf Kabir lawyers forum in the 19…
