The Supreme Court will on Tuesday, deliver judgment on the disputed July 16 governorship poll in Osun state. A five-member panel of justices led by John Okoro fixed the date on Monday after all the parties involved adopted their written briefs in the matter. The Osun governorship election tribunal, in January, held that Gboyega Oyetola…
Twenty five people were on Sunday abducted by gunmen during a Church service at Bege Baptist Church, Madala, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab, disclosed on Monday in Kaduna. Hayab said the criminals invaded the Church during the…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended the federal government, chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote for their efforts in ensuring the return of Nigerians trapped in war torn Sudan. The forum in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna by Chief Audu Ogbe, its chairman, particularly praised Onyema,…
Plateau state governor and chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has said that governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north supported power shift to the south to promote stability. Speaking at the ninth annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Lecture in Lafia, Nasarawa state, Lalong, ninth annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his conduct during the governorship rerun election in the state. In a statement on Tuesday, spokesperson of the Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi said Yunusa-Ari was being questioned by the police. The statement said, Ari who was “arrested by the Police…
The bill seeking the establishment of the National Centre for Christian Education has passed a second reading in the senate. The bill sponsored by Binos Yaroe, senator representing Adamawa south, seeks to “regulate and set standards” acceptable to the practice of Christianity in the country. According to him, the “inappropriate practice” of religions in the country…
