Convener of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and former Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Prof. Ango Abdullahi has said that the northerners will no longer consider religion and ethnicity as a basis for electing leaders. Speaking at the Northern Peoples Submit which held on Wednesday in Kaduna, Abdullahi said northerners will rather vote…
Sunday Dare, Minister of Youths and Sports Development, has expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance with COVID-19 protocols by athletes and officials participating in the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin city, Edo state. Dare said this on Tuesday in Benin shortly after he was conducted round the games village by University of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as the acting Inspector-General of Police. The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Muhammed Dingyadi, disclosed this at a briefing with State House Correspondents on Tuesday at the Presidential villa, Abuja. Until his appointment, Baba was the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department,…
Sulaiman Aliyu, a federal lawmaker representing Lere Federal Constituency, Kaduna State, is dead. A member of the family in Lere, Abubakar Lere, confirmed the law maker’s demise in a telephone interview on Tuesday in Kaduna He said the lawmaker died on Tuesday morning in Abuja, following a brief illness. According to Lere, the lawmaker had complained…
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has commenced an indefinite strike following the failure of the federal government to implement its demands. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the ASUP President, Anderson Ezeibe, said academic activities had been shut shown in all polytechnics and monotechnics across the country from 12am, April 6….
Nine people have been reportedly killed by bandits while an unspecified number were abducted along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The attack was said to have taken place at about 10:30pm on Monday, near Kasuwan Magani, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. According to sources in Kasuwan Magani, the vehicles were many and were heading…
