Some rampaging suspected Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Wednesday attacked Ebete community, Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State and killed no fewer than 16 persons. Reports have it that the suspected herdsmen stormed the area at 1 am when the residents were fast asleep and opened fire on houses as the people Read more
The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, may be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court over his “body bag” threat. This was pointed out by human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN). The lawyer said the only thing that could save El-Rufai from being picked up and prosecuted by the ICC was for none Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, never offered the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa State, Kashim Gaidam, $1m or a house in Dubai. INEC said this in a Facebook post while reacting to social media rumours that Atiku had compromised the Adamawa elections. The Read more
The 2019 WIMBIZ Women in Politics Town Hall Meeting may have come and gone but there persist growing talks of an unforgettable moment of what was termed as ‘unpardonable error’ when the Lagos State governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi (BOG) addressed prominent Nigerian women at the event as ‘side Read more
A chieftain All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, has again said he is richer than Osun State. The former Lagos State governor reiterated his statement having said he was richer than Osun State during the run-up to the Osun State governorship election last year. Tinubu’s re-declaration of his wealth more than a state in the Read more
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of 66 people in eight different communities in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state. Faruk Yahaya, general officer commanding (GOC) 1 division of the army and Ahmad Abdulrahman, the state police commissioner, confirmed the mass killing on Saturday when they accompanied Nasir el-Rufai, the state governor, on Read more
The governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has reacted to comments made by some groups including the state’s chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over the killing of 66 residents in the state. CAN had insisted in a statement that governor el-Rufai deliberately gave out wrong information on the Kaduna killings to Read more
The claims by governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State that 66 persons were killed by gunmen on Saturday have been dismissed and regarded as false alarm by the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Rev. Joseph Hayab, the state Chairman of the CAN Chairman, insisted in a statement that Governor deliberately gave Read more
This year’s Valentine day was marked on Thursday with special African flavour that saw the launch of the first-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) (www.APA-Congress.org) at Nairobi National Park’s historic Ivory Burning Site. Kenya’s Principal Secretary – State Department of Tourism and Wildlife, Dr. Margaret Mwakima accompanied by Dr.John Waithaka the Congress Director and Mr. Read more
Like a deep cut in the flesh, the show of shame put up by the members and supporters of opposing party, the Alliance Peoples Movement (APM) at the Ogun state All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential rally may not after all heal in a while. In sequence to the unfortunate incidents at the rally held on Read more
