Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to protect the country’s democracy from derailing towards dictatorship. Jonathan spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the 70th birthday of Mathew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese. According to him, Nigeria is a work in progress and asked citizens not to lower their guard and allow democracy…
A coalition of Kaduna youths supporting the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have demanded for the substitution of Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, the party’s Tuesday protested against the governorship candidate in the state. The group accused Hunkuyi for allegedly working for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Hunkuyi was a member of the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, received a former governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, back to its fold. Shekarau dumped the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), three months after joining the party, citing “betrayal of trust”. He had earlier partted ways in May 2022, with the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje of the…
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed an application by the federal government, seeking to extradite Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), to the United States to face criminal charges. Kyari is wanted in the United States over alleged conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft. Delivering judgment on Monday,…
The Ichen community of Bissaula in Kurmi Local Government Area of Taraba State has called on the state Governor, Darius Ishaku, to urgently ensure deployment of soldiers to the community to curb the incessant attacks and killings in the area. Bissaula, the traditional headquarters of Ichen people had been under constant attack by bandits since…
The Sokoto State Police Command has disclosed that the prime suspects in the killing Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, were still at large. The spokesman of the command, Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH newspaper on Sunday in Sokoto. On May 12, 2022, Emmanuel, a…
