The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, declared Piket Plang, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the Plateau Central Senatorial election. INEC Returning Officer, Dr. Jimam Lar, declared that Diket, a former member of the Plateau state House of Assembly, scored 131,129 votes, to defeat Yohanna Gotom of…
Bandits have reportedly killed eight people in an attack on Atak’Njei community, Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Several others were said to have sustained injuries in the attack which occurred on Wednesday at about 9pm. Atak’Njei is the community housing the Palace of the Agom Atyap, the paramount ruler of the Atyap…
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Punch have killed two notorious bandits terrorising Kaduna state. Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Lt. Col. Musa Yahaya, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. He said the two bandits leaders which include, Isiya Danwasa, were killed in Sabon Birni, Igabi…
Full text of Easter message by Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese. 1. Easter and our inconclusive dreams: The resurrection of Jesus Christ is everything for the Christian faith. Without it, every pillar and the foundation of the Christian faith collapses. It is the single most shocking and dramatic event in human…
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has lamented the killing of 134 people by rampaging armed invaders within five days in separate attacks on villages in Otukpo, Apa and Guma Local Government Areas of the state. It was gathered that the death toll of Wednesday’s attack on Umogidi village in Otukpo LGA rose to 52 from…
The House of Representatives has asked the Chief of Defence staff to, as a matter of urgency, deploy Special Forces to Ussa and Takum Local Government Areas of Taraba state to stop the killings by bandits. The house also directed the Inspector General of Police to deploy mobile Police Force to the sections of Takum-…
