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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has explained why former governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye and former governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba state, have not been released, two months after they were granted state pardon alongside 159 other convicts. The Council of State led by the President Muhammadu Buhari, had on April 14, 2022, granted…

The Ansaru terrorists group has reportedly banned political activities in some communities in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Kaduna on Sunday night. The statement signed by Ishaq Usman Kasai, chairman of the BEPU, said the terrorists…

Chaplain of the Catholic Community in Kaduna Polytechnic , Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Vitus Borogo, has been killed by terrorists. Vitus who was also the Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA), was killed on Saturday in his farm located in Kujama, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state….

A group known as “Coalition for Peace and Progress,” has declared that, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, is the most suitable to be the running mate of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Addressing a press conference on Saturday in Kaduna, the coordinator of the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state, has issued a three- day ultimatum to the state governor, Simon Lalong to return to his duty post or face the wrath of the people. In a statement on Friday in Jos, the PDP accused Lalong of abandoning governance and wasting public resources on unnecessary travels. The…