Angry youths on Saturday, blocked the Kaduna- Abuja following the killing of four people and the abduction of 49 others in a weeklong attack by rampaging bandits in Angwan Madaki, Kakau community, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The community which is located at the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis was said to have come…
Another batch of 10 of the remaining 31 abducted students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna have been released by bandits after spending 75 days in captivity. The Chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab confirmed their release in a telephone chat on Saturday…
The Kano state police command has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state to forestall any break down of order following the tribunal judgment sacking Abba Yusuf as the governor of the state. The tribunal had declared Yusuf Gawana of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of the state. In a…
A justice of the Supreme Court, Olukayode Ariwoola, is to be sworn in today as acting chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) by President Muhammadu Buhari following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Muhammad on Monday. Ariwoola is the next-highest ranking justice of the supreme court and is expected to take over in acting capacity from Monday. Mohammad…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has mourned the late the Esu Chikun, Dr. Danjuma Barde, a first class traditional ruler in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Barde died in the early hours of Wednesday at the 44, Nigerian army referral hospital, Kaduna following an illness. El-Rufai, in a condolence message to the…
The Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted to the Tuesday judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which sacked Governor David Umahi and his deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, from office. The party described the court judgement biased after it ruled that Umahi and his deputy were to be sacked…
