“Divine right is an old, established principle. It means that kings have the right – ordained by God – to act in any way they wish. Human-made laws are of no consequence beside the awesome power of God, and God’s representative, namely the monarch.” -Vija Prashad, Washington Bullets, 23...
Kaduna State
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State on Saturday unanimously endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general election in a statewide affirmation exercise conducted across all 255 political wards in the 23 local government areas of the state. The...
Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of Obadofin Daniel Bamise and Hadiza Oyiza Yakubu, before Justice A.A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna for theft. Both convicts are former officials of Access Bank. They...
TSpeaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dahiru Liman, Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Barr. Magaji Henry Danjuma, and Majority Leader, Hon. Munira Suleiman Tanimu, have secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) tickets for their respective constituencies through consensus affirmation exercises held across Kaduna State. Liman emerged...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has recorded another operational breakthrough with the arrest of two suspects involved in a case of criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery, and unlawful possession of firearms linked to a violent syndicate operating within Kaduna State and adjoining communities. A statement issued by the Force spokesman,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a fleeing former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, in Rigasa area of Kaduna State. Mamman was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday, May 19, 2026 following weeks of intensive surveillance and intelligence gathering by operatives of the Commission. Addressing...
Aggrieved aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the three senatorial districts in Kaduna State on Tuesday rejected the outcome of the party’s senatorial primary elections, alleging widespread irregularities and violations of party guidelines. The aggrieved aspirants, led by former Senator Danjuma Laah, alongside Michael Ayuba Auta and...
Senator Sunday Marshall Katung has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kaduna South Senatorial District primary election, defeating former Senator Danjuma Tella Laah and Michael Ayuba Auta in a keenly contested exercise held across the eight local government areas of the district. The Returning Officer, Prof. John...
A coalition of aggrieved aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has rejected the party’s House of Representatives and senatorial primary processes, alleging widespread violations of the party’s constitution and nomination guidelines. Operating under the banner of the Coalition of Kaduna Aggrieved Aspirants for APC Primary...
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has concluded its House of Representatives primary elections, with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajuddeen, and several other aspirants emerging as winners across the state’s federal constituencies. Announcing the results at the APC State Secretariat in Kaduna on Saturday, Chairman...
A house wife, Haliru Halima Umar, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for pleading guilty to charges of unlawful possession of 302 rounds live ammunition of AK-47 rifles brought against her by the Department of State Service (DSS). She was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by Justice...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has constituted a high-level consensus committee on party harmonization and aspirants’ engagement as part of efforts to deepen internal democracy, strengthen cohesion among stakeholders, and sustain unity within the ruling party ahead of forthcoming elections. The committee, according to a statement issued by the...
A political pressure group under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Capacity Movement, has rejected the purported endorsement of former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, as a consensus candidate for the Kaduna Central Senatorial District ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The group described the endorsement as undemocratic, misleading...
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna Central Senatorial District, including all seven local government chairmen in the zone, have endorsed former Senator Shehu Sani as their preferred candidate for the 2027 Senate election. The endorsement was announced at a stakeholders’ meeting in Kaduna, where the State...
An aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Lere West Constituency seat in the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Tom Garba, has declared his intention to contest, decrying what he described as years of ineffective representation in the area. Garba, a native of Lere...
Nigeria Police Force, through the Force Intelligence Department Special Tactical Squad (FID-STS), has recorded a major breakthrough with the arrest of six (6) notorious kidnapping suspects and the rescue of victims in Kaduna State. The Force spokesman, DCP Anthony Placid, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, has called for urgent and sustained efforts to protect journalists in Nigeria, as it joined the global community to commemorate World Press Freedom Day 2026. The day, marked annually on May 3, was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1993 to...
Presidential Media Team, on a tour of federal government projects in Nigeria’s North-West, has commended the infrastructure development initiatives of President Bola Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State. The team, led by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, continued its inspection with...
Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sadiq Mamman Lagos, has dismissed claims that the ministry is indebted to contractors to the tune of over N30 billion, insisting that any aggrieved party should seek redress in court. Addressing journalists at a press conference in Kaduna on Friday,...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday in Kaduna launched a major humanitarian intervention involving 100 trucks of rice and N1.2 billion in financial support targeted at vulnerable households across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The initiative, executed in collaboration with the Office of...