This comes after two consecutive abductions of over 200 internally displaced persons from their camp in Borno State and 287 schoolchildren in Kaduna State on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.   The spokesman for the command, ASP Ahmed Rufai, stated that suspected bandits invaded the community around midnight.  “They (bandits) reportedly invaded …

Funmilayo Ojo President General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad, has called for Nigerian Muslims to bear with the economic downturn with patience and to increase their prayers for comforter during the next Ramadan fast. To mark the beginning of the next Ramadan fast, the Sultan …

Osun State, the All Progressives Congress and the state government on Saturday disagreed on the emergence of new monarchs for Iree and Igbajo communities. The APC in a statement by its chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, accused the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, of promoting a crisis in Igbajo and Iree by tinkering …

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Saturday sworn in new 44 caretaker chairmen for all the local government areas of the state. The development came following the approval of the state House of Assembly committee on local government affairs. Speaking at the event, the governor emphasised that the local …