The Bashar Chiefdom Development Association (BACODA) in Bashar district of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State is seeking justice over the suspension of the Rekna of Bashar, Alhaji Abdullahi Idris, by Governor Caleb Mutfwang. The association made the call on Friday during a press conference held in Jos, the state capital. Led by Alhaji Yunusa Aliyu, Sarkin Malaman Bashar and secretary of ...

Ibadan, Oct. 4, 2024 (TheGavel) – An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan has remanded ten men in a correctional facility following allegations of unlawful possession of firearms. The defendants, who range in age from 20 to 46 years, include Mufutau Hammed, 46; Monsuru Salami, 35; Ifalola Johnson, 30; Rauf Dauda, 30; Lukman Salami, 45; Nurudeen Hammed, 30; Rasak Alimi, 30; Nurudeen Sodiq, ...

Benue State House of Assembly has amended the 2007 Local Government, LG, Act and approved a three-year tenure for LG elected officials. The amendment of the 2007 LG law took place on Friday, a few hours before local government elections slated for Saturday. The house, presided over by the Speaker, Hyacinth Dajoh, unanimously agreed that the LG law be amended after clause-to-clause consideration ...

The Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command in collaboration with other security agencies in Imo State have raided a notorious ESN/IPOB camp in Ezioha forest in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo State. During the operation, several kidnap victims including a 69-year-old traditional ruler of Umuorji Mgbidi community in Oru west Local government were rescued by the security ...

U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday, October 4, that he wasn’t confident the US election in November would be peaceful, due to previous comments by Republican party contestant, Donald Trump.   “I’m confident it will be free and fair. I don’t know whether it will be peaceful,” Biden told reporters as he made the first appearance of his presidency in the White House briefing room.” ...

Gilead Sciences has unveiled plans to make affordable versions of its groundbreaking HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, available in 120 low and middle-income countries. Lenacapavir, which is administered as a twice-yearly injection, has shown promising results in clinical trials, significantly reducing HIV infection rates among both women and men.   In trials conducted in South Africa and ...