The Class of 1983, Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa state, is to honour some prominent members of the Keffi Old boys Association (KOBA) at its reunion meeting marking 40 years of graduation from the college. The meeting is slated for July 28 -29, 2023, in Jos, the Plateau state capital. Chairman of the organising committee, David…
The memorial service for late Parker Shepnaan Dongban, son of the President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, was held on Saturday at St. Peters Clever Church, Demshin, Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau state. Shapnaan died in his sleep his sleep on July 24, 2022, at the age of 38. A…
The Kuteb Yatso of Nigeria (KYN), the umbrella body for the Kuteb ethnic nationality in Taraba state, has declared that the planned installation of one Alhaji Yaro Garba Maigyada, as “Makama of Takum,” scheduled for Saturday (July 22, 2023), is provocative and an invitation to crisis in the area. In a statement on Friday in…
The trial of Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, has commenced before a federal high court in Abuja. TheCable reports that Mamu was arraigned in March by the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism. However, in March, he pleaded not guilty to all the counts and denied having allegiance to…
The Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, has alerted residents of the outbreak of diphtheria disease in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jama’a Local Government Area of the state. On Thursday, five children within the ages of one to 13 years, were reported to have died in Kafanchan following outbreak of what residents of the area described…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the federal government to ensure that the fuel subsidy palliatives being considered go beyond cash transfers. In a statement on Friday in Abuja, President of CAN, Arch Bishop Daniel Okoh, advised the government CAN to consider the introduction of mass transport across the states to reduce…
