Catholic cardinals will meet on 7 May to start voting for a new Pope, the Vatican announced on Monday, a week after the death of Pope Francis. Cardinals, who are called “Princes of the Church”, under the age of 80 years will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new religious leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. The …

The outgoing Chairman of Kaduna North Local Government Area, Muktar Baloni has emphasised the crucial role of Internally Generated Revenue in the success of local government administrations, particularly in urban areas. At his end-of-tenure presentation titled “Achievements, Challenges, and Recommendations,” held at the Council Secretariat, in Kaduna on Tuesday, Baloni stressed that IGR helped supplement shortfalls when federal funds were …