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Nigeria Senate President Accuses Southwest Governors of Inciting Violence
Nigeria’s Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said the country’s Southwest governors should be blamed for the recent ethnic violence, which erupted in some states in the region and targeted the
Herders Can’t Forcefully Acquire, Settle on Land, Falana Tells Bauchi Governor
No person, however highly placed he or she may be, is permitted to forcefully acquire land and settle on it by force and arms in any state in Nigeria, a
Nigerian Air Force Plane Crashes in Abuja, Six Dead
Six people have been confirmed dead after a Nigerian military aircraft King Air 350 crashed just minutes after takeoff from the Abuja airport. A statement from the country’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIC)
Sheikh Gumi Denies Negotiating with Bandits for Release of Kidnapped Kagara Schoolboys
Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, who last week met some of the bandits that kidnapped 42 people including 27 students of the Government Science Secondary School Kagara in Niger
Five Days After, Kagara Students, Others Still Held Captive By Bandits
Despite speculations, which went viral about possible negotiations to free the abducted students of Government Science College, Kagara, in Niger State, the 27 schoolboys, 15 members of staff of the
Bandits Will Overpower Nigeria if Government Continues to Dialogue, Cardinal Onaiyekan Warns
Prominent cleric and former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan has warned that Nigeria will soon be overpowered by bandits if the government continues to dialogue with non-state actors. The
Nigerian Governors Fayemi, El-rufai Advocate Immediate Devolution of Power, State Police
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi and his Kaduna State counterpart Nasir El-Rufai have called for the immediate devolution of powers between the federal
Daughter of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero Appeals to Belgium to Intervene in ‘Unfair Trial’
Carine Kanimba, the daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, the hero of the movie, “Hotel Rwanda” has denounced the “unfair trial” her father received in Rwanda calling on Belgium to intervene and repatriate her father who is of
Herders Don’t Need Your Consent to Reside in Forests, Bauchi Governor Mohammed Tells Ondo Governor Akeredolu
in Nigeria, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Friday said citizens do not need the permission of his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, to live in the forests in the
Niger Governor Rejects $1.3m Ransom Demand as Bandits Cling to Abducted Kagara Schoolboys
Hope was initially raised on Fridday on freedom for 27 abducted students and 15 others at Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, but later dashed, with the bandits insisting on
