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It was double trouble on Saturday for former Special Assistant on Media to the Governor of Kano State, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, as his sack by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje over a comment he made on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was  followed by his arrest by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). A […]

The 317 kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara have been freed. The Nation confirms they are in the palace of the Emir of Anka for onward transportation to Gusau, the state capital. The Nation

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 341 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 155,417. It disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday. It is exactly one year ago, February 27, 2020, that Nigeria recorded its COVID-19 index case, believed to be […]

Your best not enough, says CAN Northern Elders Forum: Nigerians have lost faith in FG Buhari owe Nigerians explanation for decay in national security －CNG Soyinka to Nigerians: ‘Don’t accept child hostage taking as a way of life’ The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Nobel laureate  Wole Soyinka,the Coalition of Northern […]

Akeredolu, Oyetola, Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu, Fayemi and Makinde The people of Southwest Nigeria are not only seething with anger, but also picking up stones. Piqued by pain and anguish, their blazing eyes are trained in the direction of the governors of the region’s six states: Dr. Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Rotimi […]

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) has condemned attempted arrest of Yoruba rights’ activist, Mr.  Sunday Igboho by a combined team of security forces. It was claimed that Igboho, who was on his way to Lagos, on Friday, for a scheduled meeting with one of the Afenifere leaders, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, was to be […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to speak on what it called “alleged complicity of the military and certain officials of the Presidency” in the abduction of 317 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State by terrorists. The party described as alarming allegations in the public space, especially […]

alleges rampant kidnap of students, grand plan to cripple north’s education Few hours after the release of students abducted by bandits in Kagara, Niger State, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has faulted Federal Government’s inability to put an end to security challenges bedeviling the country. This was as the group also asked Northern leaders […]

The newly appointed Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa on Thursday visited President Muhammad Buhari at the State House, Abuja. He was confirmed by the National Assembly on Wednesday as the substantive chairman of EFCC. Bawa’s appointment makes him the youngest to ever head the anti-graft commission since its establishment in 2003. The […]

Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, at the briefing of the Nigerian Senate on the measures being taken to address the insecurity across the nation. Photo/twitter/bukolasaraki Governors of the 19 Nothern States and traditional rulers of the region are meeting in Kaduna over security challenges bedevilling the region. The two-day meeting, which opened on Thursday, […]