The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), under the leadership of the sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has asked the Muslim Ummah to use the remaining ten days of the Ramadan fasting to pray fervently for good and pious leaders that will lift Nigeria out of the unfortunate conundrum it has found itself. In a…
The Plateau Elders Forum (PEF) has declared that Governor Lalong’s dialogue approach to addressing the persistent attacks and killings in the state “is a colossal failure”. In a statement on Wednesday in Jos, the forum noted that for he past five or more years, the Plateau State Government through the Plateau Peace Building Agency, and…
The Christian Association of Nigeria has demanded the sacking of the Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman, over a controversial Easter advert. In a statement signed on Wednesday by the National Secretary, Joseph Daramola, CAN stated that the advert was “wicked and insensisitve” towards Christians. In the controversial advert, Sterling Bank published its…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved N100 million for its Presidential nomination form while the governorship nomination form will cost N50 million. This was announced at the end of the meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party on Wednesday in Abuja. The party also released its primary election timetable for various…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The 2023 general election is fast approaching and political activities have picked up in top gear across the country. Politicians wishing to contest for various elective positions are making frantic efforts at winning their party nominations, the first step to contesting the elections. In Plateau state, both the PDP and the ruling…
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has commiserated with the families of the two pilots, Flight Lieutenant Abubakar Alkali and Flight Lieutenant Elijah Karatu, who lost their lives in a plane crash on Tuesday in Kaduna. Speaking when he visited the families of the deceased officers on Wednesday at the NAF Base,…
