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Yobe State Governor and Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, has said the Committee is yet to reach any decision on zoning.

Gunmen suspected to kidnappers on Monday evening reportedly kidnapped an expatriate working with a construction company in Edo state.

The Pentagon is readying up to 8,500 U.S. troops to potentially deploy to Europe as Russia ratchets up its aggression towards Ukraine.

Burkina Faso’s army said on Monday it had ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, suspended the country’s constitution, dissolved government and closed the national borders. The announcement followed hours of confusion after gunfire erupted at army camps on Sunday night. Kaboré has not been seen since Sunday and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Some police officers have been gunned down at Kwalam, one of the populous communities in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State.  

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, issued a warrant for the arrest of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the United Kingdom.

The West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Monday voiced deep concern over what it called a “coup attempt” in Burkina Faso amid uncertainty over President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré’s fate. While reports said the president was detained after troops staged a mutiny Sunday night, some Burkinabé officials have denied the reports of his arrest.

Protesters siding with soldiers who staged mutinies at several barracks in Burkina Faso on Sunday set fire to the headquarters of the ruling party in the capital. The government has denied rumours of an army take over.

A train conveying passengers has crushed a Cement trailer and commercial tricycle, popularly known as “Keke NAPEP”, in Kano.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited the Hilltop mansion of former military President Ibrahim Badamsi Babaginda (IBB), in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday.