Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, on Friday discharged and acquitted a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, over the N6.3 billion corruption charges against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Jang was governor of Plateau state between 2007 to 2015. Delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Justice Christy Dabup, also…
By Gloria Mabeiam Ballason On a day that we should shut down the streets and roll out the drums to celebrate seven decades of natal existence of Nigeria’s conscience in the person of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, we are steeped in a discourse of Nigeria’s unfinished greatness with a view to finding next steps. Kukah…
ASUU strike aimed at destroying public universities, says NANS president The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), have condemned the indefinite strike ny the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), descibing the action as unpatriotic, wicked and meant to collapse the public universities and promote private ones. In a statement, NANS President, Sunday Asefon called…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to protect the country’s democracy from derailing towards dictatorship. Jonathan spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the 70th birthday of Mathew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese. According to him, Nigeria is a work in progress and asked citizens not to lower their guard and allow democracy…
A coalition of Kaduna youths supporting the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have demanded for the substitution of Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, the party’s Tuesday protested against the governorship candidate in the state. The group accused Hunkuyi for allegedly working for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Hunkuyi was a member of the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, received a former governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, back to its fold. Shekarau dumped the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), three months after joining the party, citing “betrayal of trust”. He had earlier partted ways in May 2022, with the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje of the…
