In this week’s explosive edition of Updates, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum breaks down the evolving security crisis in Nigeria. From the chilling mass abduction and killing of 33 kidnapped victims in Zamfara to the brazen raid of a federal radio station in Kogi, this episode exposes how violent non-state actors are escalating their operations. • •…
A founding member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Jerry Gana, has said that Peter Obi, former Anambra governor and Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections would defeat any candidate from northern states if he runs for the 2027 election on the PDP platform. Speaking on Arise TV’s Prime…
Benue state governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has dissolved the state’s executive council. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Tersoo Kula, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. He said the decision was made at the conclusion of the 12th meeting of the executive council on Wednesday. The statement added that the governor also…
Participants at the two- day interactive session on Government- Citizens Engagement which held in Kaduna, have commended President Bola Tinubu’s administration for its “high performance in delivering electoral promises in many areas especially security and infrastructural development. This was contained in a communique issued on Wednesday at the end of the event organised by the…
The federal government is to embark on a comprehensive farmer data audit and registry to identify genuine beneficiaries of agricultural interventions across the country. Aliyu Abdullahi, minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, disclosed this on Wednesday in Kaduna during the technical session of the Government-Citizen Engagement Forum organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello…
The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, has said the northern region is among the biggest beneficiaries of President Bola Tinubu’s infrastructure drive under the Renewed Hope Agenda. Alkali stated this on Wednesday at the Government-citizens’ Engagement Interactive Session organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Kaduna According to him, Tinubu’s administration has revived…
