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Death toll from Kano’s mosque attack rises to 23

The death toll from the arson attack on worshippers by a 38-year-old Shafi’u Abubakar at a mosque in Larabar Abasawa community of Gezawa Local Governm

Strike: FG, ASUU agree on amicable resolution

The federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday ended their closed-door meeting with an agreement that all con

Minimum wage, LG autonomy top agenda as govs meet in Abuja

Governors of the 36 states of the federation on Wednesday met in Abuja to decide on the burning issue of national minimum wage. The meeting was also a

Police Affairs minister, IGP pledge to eradicate kidnappers, bandits in Nasarawa

The Minister of State for Police Affairs, Mrs Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, have reaffirmed their c

Sokoto govt still targeting Sultan, MURIC insists

Despite the denial of the Sokoto State government on the reported plan to depose the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Muslim