At least 36 people have been killed in an attack by gunmen on Gbeji community in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state. Terver Akase, Senior Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom on media and publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. The were said to have invaded the community in the early hours…
Tinubu has the capacity to sustain achievements of APC, says Buhari Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is a well known democrat with capacity to sustain the gains recorded by his administration. Speaking on Friday at the unveiling of manifesto and inauguration of the APC…
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Daniel Okoh, has distanced himself from the appointment of seven officials of the association in the Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement on Thursday night, Okoh expressed worry about the development, noting that, “it counters the well-known stance…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday disclosed that the air component of operation Hadarin Daji has killed 30 terrorists in an airstrike in Zamfara. The Director of Media Operations, Brig. Gen. Musa Danmadami said in a statement in Abuja that the operation was carried out on October 14 following an intelligence report about the terrorists’…
Kķ The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has called on presidential candidates to suspend their campaigns and assist victims of flooding in the country. Obi said this on Wednesday while speaking to journalists in Benue, after a visit to the state to commiserate with residents over flooding. He said Nigeria is…
The speaker of the Ekiti state house of assembly, Funminiyi Afuye, is dead. He was aged 66.. His death was confirmed in a statement on Wednesday by Yinka Oyebode, spokesman to the Ekiti governor. The speaker was said to have died Wednesday evening at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado- Ekiti, where he was…
