President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch,” 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, “to determine the levels of encroachment.” In a statement on Thursday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu said the directive followed Buhari’s approval of the recommendations…
Below is a statement by the Irigwe Develoment Association (IDA) on the killings of over 20 commuters on Saturday, August 14, 2021, along Rukuba Road, Jos, Plateau state. THE RUKUBA ROAD MASSACRE OF 22 TRAVELLERS: LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD. For days after the Rukuba Road Massacre of the 22 Fulani travelers, so much rumours,…
Chairman of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state, Alhaji Shehu Bala, has said that the killings in the state will not end if people insist on vengeance. Speaking on Thursday while featuring on Arise TV programme, “Morning Show”, Bala said the solution to lasting peace in the state is forgiveness and understanding. “If…
Seven journalists of the Plateau state Radio and Television Corporation (PRTVC), narrowly escaped death on Tuesday following an attack by hoodlums. It was learnt that the incident occurred at about 10:30pm at Dandin Kowa, Jos South Local Government Area, when the journalists who closed from night duty were being conveyed to their respective homes. The…
The Kaduna state government has approved the resumption of students in Junior Secondary Schools 3 (JSS III) to enable them write the National Examination Council Basic Education Certificate Examination (NECO BECE). The examination is scheduled for Monday, August 21 to Monday, September 6, 2021. The commissioner for education, Dr. Shehu Mohammad disclosed this in a…
The Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSWN), has demanded justice for Ruth Ngladar Pogu and Hassana Adamu, two of the students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state recently freed from Boko Haram captivity. The two girls who have given birth to two children each, returned home with their captors who parade themselves as…
