Maiduguri is once again in the news. But this time, the headlines carry a familiar and unsettling tone—one that many Nigerians had hoped belonged to the past. On a recent evening, multiple explosions tore through parts of the Borno State capital. The blasts, reported around the Monday Market and near the University of Maiduguri Teaching…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has extended the closing date for the purchase and submission of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the 2023 general election. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement Friday night, said the extension was to make up for the two-day public holidays as announced…
Atsi, sister of the Taraba state governor, Kefas Agbu, has died in an Abuja hospital where she was on admission following gunshot injury. The secretary to the Taraba state government, Timothy Kataps, confirmed her demise on Tuesday. Atsi was said to have sustained the gunshot injury after gunmen attacked a convoy she was in. A…
The Deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe has said that the state government is strengthening its education institutions to empower the youths to enable them realised their potentials. She stated this on Friday in Kaduna while declaring opened a leadership training programme for youths in the state. The programme tagged “Youth Leaders Clinic”,…
Participants at the 2023 Annual Conference of Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON), in Portharcourt, the Rivers state capital. Bishop Enobong Etteh, one of the guest speakers at the occasion. Photo credit: Laura Bismarck and David Ogbolu, participants at the conference.
An Abuja Federal High Court, on Wednesday, granted a warrant to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to apprehend Yahaya Bello, the immediate ex- governor of Kogi state. The warrant was issued following an exparte motion filed by the commission. Ruling on the motion, the presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, also directed that the…
