On Thursday 15 July, at the final deliberations on the Amendment to the 2011 Electoral Act, the Senate, by a vote of 52 to 28, threw out the clause that should have guaranteed electronic transmission of results in subsequent elections. It was a vote that was strictly done on party line. All 52 who voted…
The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), has felicitated with Ali Muhammed Zarah, Managing Director, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Limited as he clocks 59. In a statement on Thursday in Kaduna, the group described Zarah as a perfect gentleman, a workaholic and an achiever. The statement signed by Mohammed Salihu Danlami, spokesman of the AYA, said…
By Daniel Dauda in Jos The Tangale Community Development Association (TCDA) has filed a suit challenging the appointment of Mallam Danladi Sanusi Maishanu, as the “Mai Tangale”, the paramount ruler of the Tangale ethnic nationality in Biliri Local Government Area of Gombe state. Speaking in an interview with journalists on Friday in Jos, a member…
Timileyin Ajayi, gospel singer, has been arrested by the police in Nasarawa state, after he was allegedly caught with the severed head of his girlfriend. The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday in Agwan Sarki, Orozo, Karu LGA, near the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ajayi’s arrest was facilitated by an intelligence tip-off, leading…
Israel has denied having a hand in the air strike that is believed to have killed about 500 people at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. According to agencies reports, the hospital is where thousands of displaced Palestinian civilians seeks for medical treatment and shelter from attacks in the conflict between Israel and Hamas….
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, on Tuesday, appeared before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. He was invited before the committee, following a petition submitted against him by Clement Sagwak, a security guard he assaulted on March 29, at Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja. Sagwak had,…
