Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has said that Easter symbolises the triumph of hope over despair and an affirmation that darkness cannot trump the plans and wishes of Almighty God. In his Easter message on Sunday in Kaduna, the governor said Jesus Christ set an example of sacrifice that has moved men and women through…
Bandits who abducted some students of Greenfield University in Kaduna state have threatened to kill the victims if their demands are not met by Tuesday.The students were abducted on April 18, 2021, when the hoodlums invaded the school at about 8:30pm. They were said to have demanded for N800 million ransom for the release of…
Chairman/CEO Channels Incorporated, Dr.John Momoh, Chairman/Managing Director Chevron Nigeria Limited, Jim Swartz and Managing Director/Country Chair, Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited, Osagie Okunbor have been nominated for awards by the Government College Ughelli at the school’s 80th Anniversary. Other awardees are Chairman, Brownhill Group, Amaju Melvin Pinnick; Chairman/CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema; Miller…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed public servants in the country to embark on nation wide strike on Wednesday next week. President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, the, gave the directive at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. He also directed that affiliate unions constituting the NLC should be on standby for picketing…
A former Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun, has died. Balogun who was appointed AIG in March 2002, was said to have died at a hospital in Lekki, Lagos at about 8:30 pm on Thursday following a brief illness. He was aged 74, few days to his 75th birthday. He was born on August 25, 1947,…
The reports of attacks on Bamako, the capital of Mali, have drawn renewed attention to the activities of Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin, commonly known as JNIM, a coalition of militant groups aligned with al-Qaeda that has steadily expanded its reach across Mali, Burkina Faso, and western Niger. What is unfolding in Mali and…
