Nigeria and African news

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed security agencies to search and apprehend “envoys of death” behind the attacks on communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which left over 115 people dead. In a statement on Tuesday by Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu directed immediate mobilisation of relief materials for victims…

Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has commended Aliko Dangote Foundation for its unrelenting commitment to the fight against hunger and poverty in Nigeria. Sani made the commendation on Thursday while flagging off the distribution of 35,000 of 10kg bags of rice to the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna state by the foundation. The…

The Kaduna state police command has arrested 11 suspected bandits, including the abductors of a district head in the state. The district head (name withheld), was abducted on August 14, 2024, and released two days after. In a statement on Wednesday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has set up a committee to resolve the wranglings within the party. This was disclosed on Thursday by a former Senate President, Senator David Mark, after a closed-door meeting of the BoT at the party headquarters in Abuja. According to Mark, the committee is expected to…

A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama, Abuja, has granted a N150 million bail to former Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku. Ishaku was arraigned on Monday alongside Bello Yero, former permanent secretary, bureau for local government and chieftaincy affairs. Both men are being prosecuted on a 15-count charge bordering on criminal breach of…