The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 20, 2027, for the presidential and national assembly elections. The INEC chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, announced the date on Friday at a press conference at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. He added that the governorship and state houses of assembly election would be held on March…
The Sunday Katung, the senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Sunday Katung, has secured a partnership with a United States-based humanitarian organisation, Project CURE, to supply medical equipment valued at over N6.8 billion to 10 general hospitals across the district. Katung disclosed this in an interview with journalists after conducting a needs assessment tour of…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman As journalists, we are trained not merely to read words but to interrogate meaning, intent, and consequence. That skill becomes indispensable when examining government budgets, which often reveal truths official speeches carefully avoid. Budgets are political and moral documents. They show what leaders truly value when resources are scarce and choices…
Ahmed Makarfi and Sule Lamido, both, former governors of Kaduna and Jigawa states respectively, met on Tuesday in Kaduna, behind closed doors to chart a new pathway for reconciliation and unity within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The two PDP chieftains who briefed journalists at the end of the meeting, which held at Makarfi’s residence…
Residents of Danhonu II community in New Millennium City, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, on Monday protested against what they described as recurring attacks and kidnappings by bandits in the area. The protest followed the abduction of seven persons during an attack on the community at about 11.30 pm on Sunday. The aggrieved residents marched…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leadership Forum (SMBLF) has insisted that mandatory electronic transmission of results remains critical to credible and transparent elections in Nigeria. In a statement on Monday, the group called for the retention of Clause 60 of the Electoral Amendment Bill, which mandates real-time electronic transmission of election results. It warned that…
