Governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will play a crucial role in the selection of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). While hosting Rotimi Amaechi, presidential hopeful, in Maiduguri, Borno capital, on Sunday, Zulum said the APC delegates in the state …

Police in Delta state say they have neutralised some suspected kidnappers and armed robbers terrorising the state, killing ten in the process. In a statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, the police engaged the nonstate actor in fierce gun battle around Kwale axis in …

Commercial motorcyclists popularly called Okada riders allegedly tricked and stolen N30, 000 from a point-of-sale operator, Zainab Adediran, at Arepo, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The incident happened around 11am on Sunday at the Underbridge area of Arepo, where the woman had a kiosk. According …

A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State, Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has spoken on his recent suspension by the  Catholic Church for dabbling into politics. The Gboko Catholic Diocese in the state had suspended the priest over his foray into partisan politics. In the latest …

Former Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has implored his former deputy, Prof Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, to be introspective and circumspect on how their political relationship turned sour after they left office. Fayose, who took umbrage at Olusola-Eleka’s choice of words that described him as ‘cunning and prideful, asked him not …

Gunmen attacked and set a police station and vehicles ablaze in Anaku in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State. The hoodlums hours after killing seven persons on Sunday in Anambra, killed another four in two other locations in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of the state. Sources had reported …

The Federal Government will not hesitate to fly Nigerians who are involved in certain legal cases as witness to foreign countries in other to guarantee their safety. This is as the government ramp up effort to ensure protection for Nigerian who provide information to security agencies during an investigation and …

The Indigenous People of Biafra says enemies, who are hiding under the guise of fighting for secession, have turned the South East to killing zone. The group said this through its lead counsel Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Sunday, while condemning the beheading of a member of the Anambra State House of …

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has called for the sack and prosecution of Prof Ibrahim Maqari, the Deputy Chief Imam of Abuja’s National Mosque, for supporting the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, by her colleagues over alleged blasphemy. Soyinka said …

Osun State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has warned against any attempt to manipulate the poll as he won’t watch while people steal votes. WITHIN NIGERIA reports that the 2022 Osun gubernatorial election will hold on July 16. Speaking with PUNCH, Adeleke alleged that he was rigged …