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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently at Kuje Prison, which was attacked by gunmen on Tuesday night. Over 800 suspects, including Boko Haram suspects, were released in the attack. The Presidency had announced that Buhari was heading for a World Bank summit in Dakar, Senegal. This had sparked anger as Nigerians accused Buhari of being insensitive to the insecurity in the …

Aminu Umar, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, has been shot dead by bandits in Katsina State. The deceased and his team members were ambushed while on a clearance operation in Zakka forest, Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Tuesday. Aminu Umar Until his death, Umar was the Area Commander of Police in Dutsinma. Sources within Zakka community told …

Gunmen, on Tuesday, opened fire on the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State. According to Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, Nigeria’s number one citizen was not in the convoy at the time of the attack but security operatives and an advance team heading for Daura, Buhari’s hometown, ahead of Sallah, were attacked near Dutsinma in Katsina. He said the …

Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed reports making the rounds that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, met with him in France. Since the selection of the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa on June 16 by the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, there has been an uneasy calm …

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal today July 1, 2022 convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to 7 years imprisonment along with his two companies: Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd In addition, the Court of Appeal ordered that  the companies who were the 2nd and …

Two sons of Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, were at Uxbridge magistrate’s court in the United Kingdom when their father reappeared on Thursday. Ekweremadu and Beatrice, his wife, were arrested last week over alleged trafficking and attempt to harvest the organs of an “underaged”. Although their trial was adjourned till July 7, 2022, it was fast-tracked, according to Channels Television. …

The lawmaker representing Kwara Central district, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, says he got a refund of the cash he gave to delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the party’s primaries. He stated this during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. The funds given to the delegates were for logistics, according to him. Oloriegbe is among several …

The acrimony generated by the emergence of Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the vice-presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued to fester.  The development has degenerated into a full-blown disagreement among party leaders with some calling for the ouster of the national chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.  According to Daily Trust, those after …

Former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has demanded power shift to the South, saying it would be unfair for a Northerner to step into office after President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years. Fayose, an ally of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, is among those who contested the presidential ticket of the opposition party, won by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. …

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he is still searching for his running mate. Tinubu, who has been in the news since the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published particulars of 2023 candidates, spoke at the presentation of “Mr. Speaker”, a book in honour of Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives. In …