The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), has called on the federal government to stand with the chairman of Airpeace airline, Chief Allen Onyema over allegation of $20,000.00 fraud with a United States (US) bank. AYCF President, Yerima Shettima made the call in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Shettima said it is imperative for the…
A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kaduna state, Ahmed Tijjani, has said that Nigerians are fully prepared to vote out leaders who have nothing to offer. Speaking in an interview with the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Tijani said, the privilege enjoyed by big political parties will not count in the…
A new association for legal practitioners in Nigeria, known as, Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) has been established. The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), founded in 1933, had been the only professional body regulating legal practitioners in Nigeria. The new association, according to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is led by Kunle Ogunba,…
Kaduna based controversial islamic cleric,, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned the redesigning of some naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying that it may force kidnappers to start demanding for ransom payment in dollars. The CBN had on October 26, announced the redesigning of N200, N500 and N1,000 notes. However, in a…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, on Friday, affirmed the ruling of the National and State House of Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal, which sacked the lawmaker representing the Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Musa Agah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to…
A cross section of senators on Friday during the 2023 budget defense at the National Assembly, Abuja. Photo by Sylvanus Tyoakaa
