The Rivers state house of assembly has suspended Chibuzor Amadi, chief judge of the state. The suspension, according to reports by TheCable, was reportedly carried out by members of the assembly loyal to Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state. Fubara was reportedly directed to appoint an acting chief judge immediately. The development is the latest…
The magistrate court grade 1 in Jalingo, Taraba state, has sentenced three persons arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to 10 years’ imprisonment over arms trafficking. The convicts — Sakina Garba, Ali Gono, and Ibrahim Abdulrashi were arrested between January and February 2026 along the Wukari-Jalingo road in Taraba with arms…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), have called for power shift to the South in 2023. In a communique issued at the end of an expanded meeting of leaders of the forum on Sunday in Abuja, the group, “called on the leading political parties- the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition…
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a joint statement on Sunday leaders of the three countries said it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the ECOWAS “without delay”. Struggling with jihadist violence and poverty, the regimes have…
The Annual Tarok Cultural Carnival organised by the Nim O’Tarok Cultural Association, held December 27, 2021 at the Langtang mini Stadium, headquarters of Langtang North LGA, Plateau state. The event with the theme: “Culture as a tool for peace national unity”, was led by former sports minister, Solomon Dalung. It featured Tarok cultural dances, attires…
A father and his son have been arrested by the police for impersonation during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Wednesday after inspecting the Kaduna State University University (KASU) Computer Based Test (CBT) Centre. Oloyede…
