Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, Bishop Matthew Kukah has asked President Bola to reduce prices of fuel to ease the sufferings of Nigerians. Speaking on Friday at the formal unveiling of the APC Progressive Institute in Abuja, the clergyman said there was serious hunger in the land. He urged political leaders to urgently…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has condemned the recent increase in pump price of petrol and warned the federal government not to take Nigerians for granted. In a statement on Friday, in Kaduna, President General of the forum, Yerima Shettima said, it is becoming clearer that the present government seem to have lost touch…
The Kaduna state government has signed an agreement with UNICEF to fund the “Reaching Out-of-School Children Project” aimed at reintegrating 200,000 out of school children back to the classroom. Speaking while signing the agreement on Friday at the Government House, Kaduna, the deputy governor of the state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, said one of the challenges…
Jonathan Ishaku, a chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau state, has resigned his membership of the party, citing the exclusion of the state from the federal executive council as reason for his action. In a statement published on his Facebook page on Friday, the veteran journalist, said he is disappointed with…
The chief branding and communications officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has not commenced lifting of petrol from Dangote refinery. In a statement on Thursday, Chiejina said the company was yet to finalise its contract with the NNPCL. “We would like to state that NNPC…
The Kaduna state police command has arrested 11 suspected bandits, including the abductors of a district head in the state. The district head (name withheld), was abducted on August 14, 2024, and released two days after. In a statement on Wednesday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in…
