Former senate president and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bukola Saraki has said that he has the requisite skills to address the problems facing Nigeria. Speaking while addressing PDP delegates in Akure Ondo state, Saraki who is also a former governor of Kwara state, said, “I am ready, willing and able to…
The Kaduna state Police Commissioner, Mr. Yekini Ayoku has called on religious organizations and communities to join hands with police and other security agencies in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the state. The police commissioner made the call weekend, when a delegation of Ansar-ud-Deen Society, Kaduna Branch, paid him a courtesy visit in his office…
The Taraba state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the explosion that rocked Jalingo, the state capital on Friday. State chairman of the association, Isaiah Jirapye, said in a statement on Saturday in Jalingo noted that the explosion occurred four days after the one at Iware, Ardo Kola Local Government Area…
The Northern Democratic Defense League (NDDL) has commended the pruning of the presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the region, describing the process as judicious and the outcome as fair and credible. The group, in a statement by its coordinator, Auwal Darazo said reports that Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal had denied the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as a member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC), Dogara was…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has said that intelligence operations of security agencies against bandits are not for public consumption. Monguno stated this on Thursday while addressing journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and Service Chiefs at the Presidential villa, Abuja. Responding to recent comments by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna….
