Yet another high-profile personality has jumped into the raging controversy about people behind the heightened spate of banditry in the northwestern part of the country with a former governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2019 governorship election in Zamfara State, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi alleging that top politicians are sponsoring the crime in the region. He claimed that some unscrupulous politicians have been using banditry…

The Kogi State Police Command has called on the organisers of the planned October 1 protest to allow President Bola Tinubu additional time to address the nation’s pressing challenges. According to Vanguard newspaper, the state’s Public Relations Officer, Williams Anya, stated that this appeal was made by Commissioner Bethrand Onuohaafe shortly after a meeting with the protest organizers at the state command. The Commissioner of Police urged the organisers to…

Man in the eye of the storm and social media sensation, Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky has dragged Martins Vincent Otse, AKA, VeryDarkMan to court, slamming a ₦1 billion lawsuit against him for alleged defamation through an audio clip.Disclosing the development on his Instagram account on Sunday, Bobrisky claims that VeryDarkMan released an AI-generated audio recording that falsely implicated him (Bobrisky) in illicit relationships with high-profile figures, including politicians…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Abuja after representing President Bola Tinubu at the just concluded 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA. His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha in a statement said Mr Shettima arrived in Nigeria on Sunday. Mr Shettima presented Nigeria’s National Statement at the General Debate, as well as engaged in several bilateral meetings and…

Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai have thwarted an attempted attack by terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) along the Magumeri – Maiduguri axis in Borno.According to Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osaba, Chief Military Information Officer of the MNJTF in N’djamena, Chad, who disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Sunday, the troops recovered caches of ammunition from the insurgents during…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has explained his decision to choose the current Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, as his successor. Vanguard newspaper reported that Mr Wike shared his reasoning during a civic reception organised in his honour by the Rivers Ijaw People’s Congress in Port Harcourt on Saturday. The minister addressed the controversy surrounding his choice, stating that he selected Fubara as his successor…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as the Director-General and Global Liaison for the Nigeria-China strategic partnership established during the President’s visit in early September. In a statement, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed that Mr Tegbe, who graduated with first-class honours in civil engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University in 1988, will report directly to the president. The statement further noted that Mr Tegbe…

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, highlighted several key factors contributing to insecurity in Africa during a Leadership Dialogue in Athens, Greece, over the weekend. Speaking at the event, which focused on governance, particularly in the areas of democracy, security, and the economy, Mr Obi stressed the need for leaders to recognise the profound global and generational shifts currently underway. In a statement shared on his X (formerly…

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) deployed in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State has announced that a self-confessed Boko Haram terrorist, Bochu Abacha has surrendered to its troops. Bochu was said to have confessed to having surrendered because of the intensity of the operation of the MNJTF and declining interest. The Information Officer of the MNJTF, Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba, in a statement on Saturday, noted that the…

At least 17 people were reportedly killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town on Friday.A BBC report, quoting the police, stated that 12 women and one man were killed in one location, while three women and one man were felled in a second location, with the 18th victim in critical condition in the hospital.The report also noted that the yet-to-be-identified gunmen targeted two homesteads in the…

A zookeeper and lion handler at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta identified as Babaji Daule has reportedly been killed by a lion in the zoo. The library is said to be one of the investments of the former head of state and two-time president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The New Daily Prime recorded that the victim’s body had been recovered and taken to the…

In continuation of the money laundering trial of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, a Bureau de Change operator based in Abuja, Jamilu Abdullahi, has narrated how the former governor severally paid his children’s school fees in dollars. Abdullahi, who is the third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, the current Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, and nephew of Yahaya Bello was…