Gunmen kill APGA youth leader in Anambra
Emeka Alaehobi, a youth leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has been killed by gunmen in Anambra state. Alaehobi was said to have been killed in Utuh, a community in Nnewi south LGA on Saturday. The youth leader was reportedly abducted on Thursday after gunmen raided his residence in Ukpor […]
BREAKING: 11 victims of Kaduna train attack freed from captivity
Eleven of the persons abducted during an attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train in March have been freed. Tukur Mamu, media consultant to Ahmad Gumi, popular Islamic cleric, confirmed the development on Saturday. He said the abductees were released on Saturday, adding that they included six females and five males. More to […]
Democracy Day: Buhari to address the nation on Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the country at 7am on Sunday. According to a statement issued on Saturday by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, the address will form part of activities for the Democracy Day celebration. “President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at 7am as part […]
INEC to youths: You will soon hear from us on extension of voter registration
Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says an extension of the deadline for voter registration may be considered. Yakubu spoke on Saturday at an event tagged ‘Youth Vote Count 2.0 Mega Concert’, organised by YIAGA Africa, a civil society organisation, in partnership with the European Union and INEC. “We […]
‘No ungoverned spaces’ — Buratai advises FG, states on tackling insecurity
Tukur Buratai, former chief of army staff and current ambassador of Nigeria to Benin Republic, says the federal government must establish its presence in ungoverned spaces to address banditry. Buratai said this on Saturday at a one-day symposium on national security, organised by Arewa House in Kaduna. Speaking on the theme ‘Politics […]
Police: 55 scrap metal collectors killed by insurgents in Borno in three weeks
The Borno police command says insurgents killed 55 scrap metal collectors in the state within three weeks. Abdu Umar, Borno commissioner of police, said this on Saturday while speaking at a security stakeholders’ meeting in Maiduguri, the state capital. Several scavengers, otherwise known as ‘Yan Ajakuta’, were killed in Mukdala village in […]
‘It was less about ethnicity… the crowd was uncontrollable’ — Alaba traders speak on voter registration brawl
On Thursday, there were comments on social media claiming that thugs had attacked traders from the Alaba market during a voter registration exercise in Ojo area of the state. The traders were said to have shut their stalls to enable those who had not registered for their PVCs to do so. The […]
ASUU president rejects Brekete Family’s N50m intervention fund to end strike
Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has turned down an intervention fund by Brekete Family, a reality television and radio programme focusing on human rights issues, to end the strike. ASUU had on February 14 declared a one-month warning strike to protest the non-implementation of its demands by […]
Ondo cancels June 12 celebrations in honour of Owo attack victims
Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says the state government has cancelled the June 12 celebrations in honour of the victims of the Owo attack. St Francis Catholic Church in Owo was attacked by gunmen on June 4, with at least 40 people killed, and over 60 persons injured. On Thursday, the federal […]
INEC: No APC governorship primary conducted in Akwa Ibom
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its officials didn’t monitor any primary organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom state. Mike Igini, resident electoral commissioner (REC) for Akwa Ibom, disclosed this in a report dated May 27, 2022, and submitted to the commission on the conduct of primaries in […]