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Gunmen have reportedly attacked the motorcade of Kafayat Oyetola, the first lady of Osun state. According to The Punch, the incident occurred on Friday evening around Owode, in Ede. Kafayat, wife of Gboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun, was said to have been making her way to Osogbo, the state’s capital, when the […]

Tukur Mamu, media consultant to Ahmad Gumi, the popular Islamic cleric, says a top bandit commander has planned to marry one of the abducted victims of the Kaduna train attack. Mamu revealed this on Friday while announcing the release of four other victims from the attack. He identified the victim as 21-year-old […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Bola Tinubu has added new vocabulary to the Yoruba political dictionary. His statement comes days after the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met with him in Abeokuta, Ogun state. On June 2, days before the party’s presidential primaries, the former Lagos governor spoke about […]

A three-member delegation of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), met with Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, on Friday. The meeting was held behind closed door at the government house in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers state. The members of Atiku’s delegation were Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of […]

Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa commissioner for information, has been freed by his abductors. Ramhan Nansel, the Nasarawa police command spokesperson, confirmed his release to NAN on Friday. The commissioner was kidnapped on Monday at his residence in Nassarawa-Eggon LGA of the state. Nansel said the commissioner regained his freedom around 6pm on […]

Jerry Gana, a former minister of information, has asked Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, to put away the disappointment of the past and look to the future when he will become Nigeria’s president. Gana spoke on Friday during the flag-off of a flyover in the Obio-Akpor area of Rivers state. Over the […]

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of  Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says many aid workers have either died, been injured or kidnapped in north-east Nigeria. In a statement issued on Friday to commemorate World Humanitarian Day, the UN said the challenges have not deterred humanitarian workers from ensuring that aid gets to people […]