The Department of State Services (DSS) have raided the residences of two relations of Tukur Mamu, the train hostage negotiator. In a statement on Friday, Ibrahim Mada, Special Projects Manager, Desert Herald newspaper, published by Mamu, said the DSS stormed the Kaduna residences of the publisher’s brother, Ibrahim Mamu and his brother in-law, Abdullahi Mashi…
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports that the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday afternoon. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. With her death, her eldest son Charles, the…
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday insisted that it is against the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the national chairman and presidential candidate to come from the same region. Speaking at the inauguration of a campus of the Rivers State University in Ahoada east LGA of the state, the resignation of…
The chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has resigned from his position. Jibrin announced his resignation at the 97th meeting of the party’s BoT meeting on Thursday in Abuja. He said he took the to ensure the party’s presidential candidate emerged victorious in the…
The Chairman of Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau state, Henry Gotip has been released by his abductors. Gotip was abducted in the early hours of Wednesday at his residence in Kwang community, Jos South LGA. His released was confirmed in a statement on Thursday by the the spokesman of the Plateau state police command,Alabo…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that Tukur Mamu, media consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi was arrested to answer questions on security matters. Mamu, who has been involved in negotiations for the release of abducted victims of the March 28, Abuja- Kaduna passenger train attack, was arrested in Kano on Wednesday. The DSS, in…
