The remaining three children of Janet Gimba, the Kaduna customary court judge who were held in captivity by bandits, have been freed after 15 days in captivity. Godwin Ochai, chairman of the Kaduna branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), said the children were released on Tuesday. Family sources also confirmed the release in a…
The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu says the Kudendan power plant in Kaduna, will be completed before the first quarter of next year. The minister also said his ministry is collaborating with the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Ministry of Interior and security agencies to safeguard power installations. Adelabu spoke in an…
The Federal High Court in Kaduna has adjourned hearing on a suite filed by Nasir El-Rufai, ex- governor of Kaduna state, against the Kaduna state House of Assembly to July 17. Joined in the suit is the state’s Attorney General and commissioner for justice. The former governor is challenging the report of a committee of…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Acting Rector of Taraba State Polytechnic, Suntai, Dr Agbu Danlami has warned that the institution has zero torerance for extortion of students. Speaking in an interview with journalists at the Jalingo campus of the institution on Monday, Danlami said no student should be extorted under the guise of payments…
Rv.Fr. Mikah Suleiman, the abducted Catholic priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church, Damba, Gusau, Zamfara state, has been released from captivity. The clergyman was abducted on June 22, 2024, at his residence in Damba, Gusau. His release was announced in a statement on Sunday by Rev.Fr. Pascal Salifu, Director of Communications, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto….
A federal high court in Lagos has ordered, a former minister of humanitarian affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq, to account for payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million vulnerable Nigerians. Umar Farouq was minister from 2019 to 2023 in the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. In a judgment delivered by Deinde Dipeolu on June 27, Farouq…
