Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has disassociated himself from a group that staged a protest asking him to reject the job as Director General of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign organisation. According to Lalong, who met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, to thank him for approving the University of Jos as …

No fewer than seven hostages abducted from the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28 have been released. The seven hostages released by the terrorists include a family of six and a woman. Their release was confirmed to journalists in Kaduna by Tukur Mamu, Publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald and Media Consultant …

Gunmen pretending to be customers have kidnapped a trader identified as Hajia Amina Folorunsho-Balogun. According to Vanguard, the unknown gunmen who stormed her shop in the Plywood area of Epe, Lagos, Sunday night, August 7, walked into her shop at about 10.07pm, requesting to buy water. Her husband was said to …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) women leader for Kebbi Central, Kebbi State, Hajiya Yar-Sokoto Jega has dumped her party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jega made this known while speaking at a ceremony in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, She said the injustice and a lack of purposeful leadership made her …

On Tuesday, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi had a meeting with the Consul-General of the United States in Nigeria, William B. Stevens. Peter Obi who made this known in a tweet on Wednesday said they had constructive discussions and exchanged ideas during the meeting. The former Anambra State …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened to render the vice-presidential ambition of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, a mirage if he fails to do something about alleged killings of innocent citizens in the state. IPOB’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, said this in a statement on …

Not less than 11 people have reportedly lost their lives following an overnight Russian missile attacks in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, not far from the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, according to the local military. Valentyn Reznichenko, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk military administration, who confirmed the incident, wrote on Telegram Wednesday, “A …

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested a housewife, Hajaratu Sini, for allegedly killing her husband’s mistress with a stick after she caught them pants down. The 58-year-old suspect, who hails from Wumbirmi Tilli, in Michika Local Government Area, allegedly murdered her husband’s lover, Kwada Drambi, on July 31. …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has reacted to claims that the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has ordered members not to campaign for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the State. PDP State Publicity Secretary, Tambari Gbara, said the claim was false. He disclosed that Wike never banned party …

A 12-year-old boy has confessed to accidentally shooting his Nigerian mom, Ayobiyi Cook, after initially claiming an intruder killed her in their family’s Forestdale, Alabama home in the United States. The 29-year-old registered nurse who friends called ‘Yo-Yo’, was found dead on the 2400 block of Freemont Avenue, Alabama, after midnight …