Three seminarians abducted from Christ the King major seminary in Fayit, Fadan Kagoma, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state, have regained their freedom. The fourth year theology students, were abducted on Monday at about night when bandits invaded the institution. Confirming their release in a statement on Wednesday, the Chancellor, Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan,…
By Jonathan Ishaku The news that a serving minister is distributing palliatives, in the form of foodstuff, to selected terrorist groups in Zamfara state wasn’t exactly surprising. From what I have observed in counterterrorism in Nigeria, such ambiguity has always been the pattern. Didn’t a serving governor in this country openly tell the media that…
Twelve people have been killed following an attack by suspected fulani herdsmen on Apiyejim village, near Kibori, Atyap Chiefdom, Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The attack came less than 24 hours after the murder of Rev. Silas Yakubu Ali, a pastor of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the same community. Ali…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has restrained the Inspector General of Police from reinstating the democratically elected, but suspended chairmen of the 17 Local Goernment Areas of Plateau. The court was ruling on an ex parte motion filed by the Plateau state government urging it to prevent the police from giving vent to…
President-elect, Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after staying abroad for over one month. Tinubu arrived Nigeria around 4:30 pm on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The trip was trailed by speculations and controversy about the state of health, even when his aides explained that he traveled to Paris to rest and…
The National Council of State (NCS) has granted pardon to a former governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, also a former governor of Taraba state. The former governors were serving jail terms for corruption. The NCS at its meeting on Thursday, at the State House, Abuja, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari,…
