The governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has stressed the need to punish politicians using religion as a campaign tool. The governor spoke yesterday in Kaduna at the commissioning ceremony of the head office of the Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development. He expressed concern over the way and manner some politicians were using…
There was a mild drama in Kano after a resident of the state, one Alhaji Muhammad, decided to take his ex-wife to court for allegedly marrying off his daughter without his consent. Alhaji Muhammad who divorced his wife a while ago, said it was surprising when he received news of his daughter’s marriage and warned…
Akin Osuntokun, director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, says he has “abandoned” his ambition to contest for senate in the 2023 elections. He spoke on Wednesday in an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. Osuntokun, who was announced as the LP campaign DG on Tuesday, is also listed by…
Popular entertainer, Usiaphe Kevin (Whale Mouth), has cried out that his life and that of his family is in danger following Innocent ‘Tuface’ Idibia’s failure to show up for a scheduled performance. The former Plantashun Boiz singer was billed to perform at the maiden ‘Ughelli To The World Concert/Awards’, which was scheduled for Wetland Hotel,…
Operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested a 31-year-old man identified as Edeh Tochukwu, who killed his lover, 48-year-old Ijeoma Felix in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on October 24, 2022. While being paraded before newsmen on Tuesday, December 27, Edeh stated that he and Ijeoma met on Facebook two years ago,…
PRESS RELEASEIGP RECOMMENDS SUSPENSION OF ASP DRAMBI VANDI • Assures of Enabling Environment for Justice The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has recommended the immediate suspension of Assistant Superintendent of Police Drambi Vandi, the officer attached to the Ajah Divisional Headquarters of the Lagos State Police Command,…
Lawmakers and staffers must delete TikTok from any House-issued mobile phones and are prohibited from downloading the popular app on such devices, according to an internal memo obtained by NBC News. The memo, sent Tuesday by Catherine L. Szpindor, the chief administrative officer of the House, said the ban comes after her office’s cybersecurity unit…
Akin Osuntokun, the new Director-General (DG) of the Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is backing Peter Obi for president in 2023. Osuntokun, who was a former political adviser to Obasanjo, stated this on Wednesday while featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme, monitored by Inform…
The senate on Wednesday went into a rowdy session after some senators kicked against a request by President Muhammadu Buhari to approve N23.7 trillion that has been spent by the federal government without approval by the national assembly. The rowdiness began after Solomon Olamilekan, chairman of the finance committee, presented a report on the president’s…
Teenage Kaduna Girl Breaks Record, Solves 34 Questions In 172 Seconds To Win International Mathematical Olympiad In a record breaking performance, 13-year old Nasara James Dabo, a student of Ideal international college, Kaduna, solved 34 questions in 172 seconds to win International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) In the just concluded International mathematical Olympiad training. The young…