A Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo on has sentenced a former member of the House of Representtives, Farouk Lawan to seven years imprisonment over $3 million bribery. The court also ordered for restitution of the sum of $500,000 he collected as part payment of the $3 million. Lawan was the chairman of the House…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of a federal government team to engage Twitter over its suspension in Nigeria. The approval was announced on Tuesday in a statement in Abuja by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. A statement by Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to the President (Media) Office of the…
The Kaduna state government has said that it will improve on its electronic voting system in the conduct of the August 2021 Local Government elections. In 2018, the state introduced electronic voting system for the conduct of council polls. Speaking on Monday while swearing in the Chairman of the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM)…
Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and the state police command, have warned communities around the Kaduna- Abuja road against blocking highways. The governor in a statement by Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, described such practice as “detrimental to the activities of innocent citizens whose movement is forced to a halt.”…
The police have killed 14 gunmen in a foiled attack on Kastina-Ala police station, Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue state. Spokesperson of the Benue state police command, Catherine Anene, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Makurdi. Anene said the bandits numbering up to 50, invaded the police station in the early hours…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the bye-election for Sabo Gari constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly. Declaring the result of the election which held on Saturday in Zaria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, Mohammed-Nuruddin Musa, said Usman Baba, candidate of the PDP secured 9,113 votes to emerged…
