The immediate past governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, is being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged misappropriation of public funds. Ortom was invited to the zonal office of the EFCC in Makurdi, the state capital, on Tuesday morning for questioning. The former governor was succeeded by Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the general cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Speaking at a virtual meeting by the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, the registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said tertiary institutions across the country have chosen different cut-off marks for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the payment of withheld salaries of university workers. Speaking at the national administrative council meeting of the NLC in Abuja on Saturday, the NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, said the situation has made it difficult for university staff to cope with the present…
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has condemned the continuous detention without trial of 15 community leaders from Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state, accused of allegedly killing 706 cows and 75 sheeps belonging to fulani herdmen. The spokesman of the Kaduna state police command, Muhammad Jalige, while confirming the arrests…
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani mourned the death of Ekene Adams, a federal lawmaker representing Kajuru/Chikun federal constituency of the state. Ekene died on Tuesday in Abuja following an illness. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, the governor said, he was sad over news of the death of the lawmaker. He said Adams lived…
Eleven of the 62 passengers abducted in the March 28attack on the Abuja- Kaduna train, have been released. Tukur Mamud, a media consultant to Kaduna based Islam cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi confirmed their released in a telephone chat on Saturday in Kaduna. Mamu who is the publisher of a local newspaper, “Desert Herald” had been…
