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Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku, has said that the only solution to insecurity is to decentralise the police. Ishaku stated this on Monday while featuring on a TVC programme, Journalist Hangout”.  He said Nigeria must embrace local policing to end insecurity. “We must tell ourselves the truth: what will work will work and what will…

Former minister of youth and sports minister, Mr. Solomon Dalung has resigned his member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In his resignation letter dated April 1, 2022 and addressed to the Ward Chairman of the APC in Sabon Gida, Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau state, Dalung said, recent developments in the APC were…

Former governor of Zamfara state, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, Senator Kabiru Garba Mafara and other top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Briefing journalists in Gusau on Sunday, the state of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col. Bala Mande (rtd), confirmed that the…

The Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has descended heavily on the Buhari administration, declaring that every aspect of life in Nigeria has been destroyed while corruption thrives. In his Easter message on Sunday titled, “To mend a broken nation: The Easter metaphor”, Kukah also said the Buhari administration has divided Nigerians…

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…