The Kuteb Yatso of Nigeria (KYN), the umbrella body for the Kuteb ethnic nationality in Taraba state, has declared that the planned installation of one Alhaji Yaro Garba Maigyada, as “Makama of Takum,” scheduled for Saturday (July 22, 2023), is provocative and an invitation to crisis in the area. In a statement on Friday in…
The Arewa Defence League (ADL) has lamented what it described as the “persistent and worsening political, economic, and infrastructural marginalisation” of Northern Nigeria, vowing to galvanise the region into a unified force ahead of the 2027 general election. In a communique issued on Wednesday at the end of its roundtable discussion held at the Arewa…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the composition of Nigeria’s delegation to the United States Nigeria Joint Working Group as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen security cooperation between both countries. The announcement was conveyed yesterday in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. According to the statement,…
Five persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of over 30 residents in Bwai, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesman of the Plateau state police command, Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. On Tuesday, two communities in…
Former general secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Joe Ajaero, has emerged president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Ajaero who takes over from Ayuba Wabba, won on consensus vote at the 13th NLC national delegates conference on Wednesday in Abuja. In his acceptance speech, the new NLC president promised to pursuing…
Bishop Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto has said that he is not against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari but is against the way the deplorable security and economic woes are being handled by the president. Fielding questions from newsmen at St Barkitha Catholic Secretariat Sokoto, Kukah said, Nigeria has becoome a house of…
