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A fighter jet targeting terrorists has accidentally bombed villagers at Kunkuna in Safana Local Government Area of ​​Katsina State. Safana is the LGA where an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Aminu Umar, was gunned down by bandits, on Tuesday. Umar and his men had responded to a distress call when he paid the supreme price. A presidential convoy was also attacked …

The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison in Abuja. It would be recalled that some terrorists broke into the prison, on Tuesday night, and released over 800 inmates, including high-profile suspects. In footage on Wednesday night, the terrorist sect showed some of its men shooting their way into the facility. …

Funke Akindele, a Nollywood actress popularly known as ‘Jenifa’, has been chosen as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos. She emerged the Deputy Governorship candidate, beating five other nominees for the position. Multiple sources close to the party’s Governorship Candidate in the state, Dr. Abdul Azeez Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor, and …

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 …