The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, has said that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) still remained one of the basic requirement for entry into the Academy. In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, the academy said speculations that it had suspended JAMB for admission into the 73 Regular Course is not true and urged…
The Zonal Congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the North West Zone ended in fracas on Saturday in at the International Trade Centre, Kaduna. There was pandemonium as fighting broke out when voting commenced, leading to the destruction of ballot boxes and voting materials. It was learnt that supporters of two candidates from…
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam, has urged the federal government to take practical steps to end banditry and all forms of criminalities in the country. He also asked those advocating for amnesty for bandits to stop such agitations, saying the bandits have committed crime against the society…
The umbrella body for ethnic nationalities in the Southern part of Kaduna state, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), has accused the federal and the Kaduna state governments for allegedly abandoning victims of herdsmen attack in the area. In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, spokesman of the union, Luka Binniyat, said many communities were…
The Nigerian Army has denied allegations by residents of Mbator in Shangev-Tiev of Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State that at least 70 innocent persons were killed during an invasion by soldiers. In a statement on Friday the army said the allegations were not true. A group known as Shangev-Tiev Assembly (STA), had at…
