The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the federal government to set up a presidential flood relief and rehabilitation committee to support victims of recent flooding in the country. The National President of CAN, Dr. Daniel Okoh made the call in a statement on on Tuesday. He said CAN is deeply concerned about…
By Daniel Dauda, Jos Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, has said the late Gen. Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro was always advising him on how to handle security matters in the state. Dogonyaro died on Thursday at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), following an illness. Speaking when he paid a condolence visit to the family…
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rt. Rev. Mathew Hassan Kukah has urged northern governors to address the persistent religious crisis bedevilling the region. Speaking on Monday in Yola, Adamawa state during the inauguration of Sangere-Marghi Housing Estate, a settlement constructed to accommodate Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) displaced by Boko Haram and were…
The Kuteb Yatso of Nigeria (KYN), an umbrella body for the Kuteb ethnic nationality in Taraba state, has raised the alarm over alleged plots to launch massive attacks on Kuteb communities. Emmanuel Ukwen, President of the KYN, disclosed this at a press conference on Saturday in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. Ukwen urged security agencies…
A group, Nigeria Citizens Watch for Good Governance (NCWGG), has expressed concern over alleged fresh plans to re-arrest former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. On Wednesday, a federal high court in Abuja granted bail to Emefiele, who had been in detention since his arrest on June 10, 2023. The…
The outgoing Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has stoutly defended his administration’s construction of a 2,000-capacity ecumenical centre in Asaba for the Christian Association of Nigeria. Okowa, while speaking at the inauguration of the newly-constructed 2,000 seating capacity ecumenical centre in Asaba for the CAN on Friday, described the Delta State Christian Centre…
