Plateau state governor and chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has said that governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north supported power shift to the south to promote stability. Speaking at the ninth annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Lecture in Lafia, Nasarawa state, Lalong, ninth annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his conduct during the governorship rerun election in the state. In a statement on Tuesday, spokesperson of the Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi said Yunusa-Ari was being questioned by the police. The statement said, Ari who was “arrested by the Police…
The bill seeking the establishment of the National Centre for Christian Education has passed a second reading in the senate. The bill sponsored by Binos Yaroe, senator representing Adamawa south, seeks to “regulate and set standards” acceptable to the practice of Christianity in the country. According to him, the “inappropriate practice” of religions in the country…
Harry Belafonte did not seek social justice; social justice sought him out. When they met, he was ready for a life-long struggle to bring justice to the United States or more correctly, to bring the United States to justice even when he knew this might cost him his lucrative career, if not his life. At…
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has called on the government and employers to ensure that workers are treated with dignity and respect as well as providing them with favourable working conditions. Okoh made the call in a statement on Monday, marking Workers Day. He commended Nigerian workers for their…
The Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA), said on Monday that in the past five years, 518 people have been killed by armed herdsmen in the persistent attacks on communities in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Addressing a press conference on Monday in Samaru Kataf, Zangon Kataf LGA, Samuel Achie president of ACDA,…
