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Over 70 vigilantes have been reportedly killed in an ambush by bandits at Kukawa and Bunyum communities of Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau state. According to THISDAY, the clash occurred at about 2pm when hundreds of vigilantes from Wase Local Government Area were ambushed while on their way to the bandits’ hideouts. The Chairman…

Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Umo Eno, has announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor had, on  April 29, 2025, hinted at a possible defection ahead of the 2027 general election describing the PDP as  “a faulty aircraft” Speaking on Friday in Uyo, the state…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to restrict accounts without bank verification number (BVN) or national identification number (NIN) from March 1, 2024. In a circular issued on Friday, in Abuja, the apex bank said a “Post No Debit or Credit” will be placed on funded accounts without BVN or NIN on March 1,…

Nentawe Yilwatda, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 2023, governorship election in Plateau state has congratulated Caleb Mutfwang, for his affirmation as governor of the state by the Supreme Court. Yilwatda’s legal battle against the election Mutfwang started at the election petition tribunal. The petition was dismissed at the tribunal,…

By Daniel Dauda, Jos The minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has said that since President Mohammadu Buhari came to office in 2015, he has initiated about 35 different youths focus programme aimed at addressing increasing rate of unemployment and poverty in the country. Speaking on Monday in Jos, at the 60th…