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Some of the aspirants for today’s governorship primary of the Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) have accused Governor Yahaya Bello of trying to manipulate the list of delegates for the primary election. Sources close to some of the aspirants told The Nation that they have information that the governor was working with some unnamed officials at…
Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants, Princess Hadiza Ibrahim and Yakubu Mohammed, on Wednesday called for free and fair primary. The two contenders, who hail from Igala ethnic group, hailed the Appeal Committee for cancelling their disqualification by the Screening Panel chaired by Senator Hope Uzodinma. Hajia Ibrahim, who spoke on phone, said…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said that his yet-to-be-constituted exco will be made up of round pegs in round holes. AbdulRazaq added that his over three-month-old administration, unlike in the past, has been accused of not spreading political patronages. The governor spoke on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, at a dinner/investiture night of…
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, accused Shiek Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, Leader, Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), of being sponsored by Iran to replicate the 1979 violent revolution that led to the forceful takeover of power in the country in Nigeria. El-Zakzaky In a fresh process it filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja, the federal government…
The Kaduna State Police Command said last night that the three final year Law students from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, kidnapped on the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Tuesday evening, have been released. The students were kidnapped with four other travellers on the highway when about 20 gun bearing kidnappers blocked the highway. Spokesman Yakubu…
By Ikechukwu Nnamdi Kanu FOR Ndigbo, August, a month of homecoming and celebrations, is special. They love going back to their ancestral homes across the Great River, called Niger, to celebrate the new yam festival (Iri-ji Ohuru). The magnificence of the ceremonies was aptly captured by the inimitable raconteur, Chinua Achebe, in his 1958 classic,…
Operatives of the Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested three lawyers for allegedly defrauding Pastor Adetunji Adedoyin of his property worth N20 million. The suspects are Salman Rafiu, Sulyman Abaya and Saka Hammed. Their accomplices on the run include Olarewaju Aluko and Na’ Allah Suyuti. Adedoyin, the petitioner,…
The police in Ogun State have arrested three members of a local vigilance group called Yaluwon, for the alleged murder of 24-year-old Ahmed Obisanwo, an Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State (OOU) student. Obisanwo was alleged to have been killed by the trio on August 9, after they apprehended him and his friend on the…
A REPORT that 48 villagers were abducted in the aftermath of bandits’ attack on Wurma community, Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State was dismissed on Wednesday by the State Police Command. Police spokesman Isa Gambo in a statement last night appealed to reporters to await further clarifications on the matter from the command, reiterating the…
The police in Katsina State said they have rescued 10 out the 15 women kidnapped by bandits on Tuesday morning at Wurma village in Kurfi Local Government. Spokesman Anas Gezawa said yesterday in Katsina: “Gunmen invaded Wurma village in Kurfi Local Government and abducted 15 women, including the village head’s daughter and his in-law.” Gezawa…