Category: Politics
Bandits hit Sokoto again, kill 25, raid three villages
Rabah, a local government area in Sokoto State which has been experiencing attacks in recent times, has been hit again by bandits with at least 25 peo [...]
CAN kicks as JNI supports bill to regulate preaching in Kaduna
Religious bodies in Kaduna state have expressed divergent views on the passage of the bill to regulate preaching in the state. The state house of asse [...]
NBC has no power to suspend media houses’s licenses – Femi Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) lacks the power to suspend licenses of media organisation without an [...]
Hours after reopening, police, DSS lay siege to AIT, Raypower
Policemen and officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) are currently laying siege to the head office of DAAR Communications in Asokoro, Abuj [...]
Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan gets ISCP appointment
Former president Goodluck Jonathan, has emerged as the Chairman of the African Union’s International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP). Speaking at the [...]
Court declares Breeze FM, Nassarawa demolition, illegal
Chief Wilson Bako, National Vice President, Zone D, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has applauded the verdict given by a high court in Nasarawa st [...]
You now require a license to preach in Kaduna State
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Friday, June 7th, passed a bill, ‘the Religious preaching Regulation law 1984’ into law, to ensure Pastors and I [...]
AIT, Ray power ordered reopened by court
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the reopening of the Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power radio who were on Thursday, sus [...]
INEC ordered by court to issue certificate of return to Okorocha
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been ordered by a federal high court in Abuja to issue certificate of return to Rochas Okoroc [...]
EFCC withdraws from Goje’s fraud case after he met with Buhari
24 hours after Danjuma Goje, former governor of Gombe state, met with President Muhammadu Buhari and stepped down from the Senate presidency race to e [...]