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24th August 2022 By Gilbert Joseph@Jozefgiovanni Judge Grants 13 Arrested Jos Hikers Bail Days after their arrest and eventual detention by police authorities in Jos, the Plateau state capital, the 13 hikers involved have today been granted bail. Honourable Hisent of a Central Area court in Jos ruled that they should be granted bail pending […]
Over 50 locals in Damari communities of Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State were abducted on Saturday night when terrorist invaded the eastern part of the local government and displaced many.The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives’ Union (BEPU), in a statement on Sunday night issued by the Chairman, Ishaq Usman Kasai,said in the last five days,they have been […]
Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party has emerged victorious in Osun’s governorship elections, defeating Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress. The results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission registered that out of the votes counted across the state, Mr Adeleke received 403,371, unseating the incumbent, who scored 375,027 votes. The ruling […]
Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau state, Reverend James Kantoma and a traditional ruler in the state, Ugoh Adams Ababs, who were kidnapped by gunmen have regained their freedom. Jay FM had reported that the two individuals were kidnapped separately by gunmen on Sunday. While Kantoma […]
2023 PDP Presidential aspirant and Former Vice President of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has on Monday angry ordered Journalists out of the PDP Hall in Jos before he met with Plateau delegates. The former Vice President who arrived the Plateau State PDP Secretariat at about 2:19pm was visibly distraught seeing a cream of print and […]
Jigawa State Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has described the media report which says he collected N200 million from former President Goodluck Jonathan for the purchase of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination form as a blatant lie. An online medium had in a report titled, “Exclusive: How Jonathan Gave Jigawa Governor, Badaru Over N200 […]
“We wish to urge political parties to consider donating 40 per cent of the total proceeds from the sale of forms to ASUU in the best interest of Nigerian students and youths.” The Progressive Students Movement, a nationwide students’ movement, has urged political parties to consider donating 40 per cent of proceeds from sale of […]
Some presidential and governorship aspirants under the All Progressives Congress (APC) have begun to submit their expression of interest and nomination forms. Naija News reports that some of the APC aspirants have turned in the forms ahead of the presidential and governorship primaries of the ruling party fixed for May 30 and June 1. Recall that the APC […]
Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has been appointed to the international advisory board of the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East. The appointment makes Jonathan the first sub-Saharan African leader to serve on the board of the ECAM Council, a non-profit organisation established with the purpose of promoting and developing relations between […]
Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has lambasted Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government over the ongoing strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. ASUU had embarked on a four-week warning strike on February 14 to press home its demands, with the prominent ones being the renegotiation of the ASUU/FG 2009 agreement and the sustainability […]
