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The son of Ibrahim Mamman Tsafe, commissioner of security and home affairs in Zamfara state, has been shot dead by bandits. The assailants reportedly opened fire near the commissioners’ residence, killing his son and three persons, while a few others suffered gunshots wounds. The attack took place on Sunday night in Tsafe […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 127 people have died of Lassa fever in 2022. The agency said this in its latest Lassa fever report for week 12 covering March 21 to March 27. It said in the reporting week, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 29 in […]

The presidency has reacted to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors’ criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration. The PDP governors had met in Abia state on March 24, after which they declared that the APC is unfit to participate in the 2023 general election. They described the ruling party as […]

Nuru Khalid, the suspended chief Imam of Apo legislative quarters mosque, has aired his mind following the sanction meted out to him. TheCable had reported that Khalid was suspended from his position in the mosque after his sermon during Friday’s Jummat service. The cleric had flayed the government for its inadequacy in […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigerians are no longer safe anywhere in the country. Speaking on Saturday while receiving Ugochukwu Williams, a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at his residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, the former president said citizens are no longer sure of safety while travelling on […]

Visibly angry by Nigeria’s worsening insecurity, Nuru Khalid, chief Imam of Apo legislative quarters Juma’at mosque, on Friday, made some comments that upset powerful people. Khalid’s comments could not have been soothing to the ears of political leaders, who the cleric flayed for the country’s rising insecurity. Less than 24 hours after […]

Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says he is not involved in partisan politics. In a memo dated February 28 and addressed to all provinces and regions, RCCG said it had created the office of the directorate of politics and governance to support its members interested in […]