A former military head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd) has asked Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday after a meeting with the President at the State House, Gowon appealed to Nigerians to be patient with Tinubu, it is too early for the president achieve absolute results within…
Department of State Services (DSS) has said that some elements are planning to hijack the planned protest by labour unions over high cost of living to foment crisis and widespread violence in the country. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), had last Friday declared a two-day nationwide mass protest for February 27 and 28, 2024, over…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that there forces hell-bent on plunging the country into a state of anarchy. According to him, those who could not get to power through the ballot box, but instead of waiting till 2027, are so desperate. Speaking on Tuesday at a conference on Public Wealth Management in Abuja, Shettima…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo A Taraba state high court sitting in Jalingo, has sentenced Mwarga Iormbaga and Aondona Iorungwa to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing of Hosea Ibi, in 2017. Ibi, who was at the time, a member of the state assembly, representing Takum 1, state constituency, was abducted in Takum on December 30, 2017,…
Youths in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday, hit the street to protest the skyrocketing price of food and the state of the economy. The PUNCH reports that protesters gathered around the Mokola area in the state wielding placards with various inscriptions such as ‘End food hike and inflation,’ ‘The poor are starving,’ and ‘Tinubu,…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Chairman of Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba, Dr Aminu Hassan, has inaugurated an eight- man committee to recruit health personnels to address the acute shortage of manpower in the sector. The committee is headed by the Vice Chairman of the council, Hon. Nathaniel Ntani. Speaking at the inauguration…
