The forum of governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have declared that the party will not join any coalition or merger ahead of the 2027 general elections. The forum stated this in a communique issued on Monday at the end their meeting in Ibadan, Oyo state. The forum also lamented…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has donated N7.5m to victims and families of those affected by killings in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau state. Obi made the donation when he visited Bokkos on Sunday to sympathise with the victims over the incident. On April 2, gunmen invaded and killed…
About 47 people have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack on Kimakpa village, Miango district of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. Twenty two others were said to have sustained injuries in the attack which occurred in the early hours of Monday. The attack came barely two weeks after gunmen unleashed terror communities…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, (SAN), has called on the governors of Benue and Plateau states to immediately ban open grazing and prosecute suspects linked to violent attacks. In a statement on Sunday expressing sympathy to the two states over incessant killings, Falana described the recent spate of attacks as “genocidal”. He said, “It is…
A court in the District of Columbia, United States has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release records of their investigations on the alleged involvement of President Bola Tinubu in drug trafficking. The judge of the court, Beryl Howell, on April 8, ruled that FBI and DEA “must…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang has disclosed that over 64 communities in the state have been taken over by bandits. Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday, Mutfwang said the latest attacks on communities in Bokkos LGA which claimed over 80 lives was sponsored by yet-to-be-identified individuals. “I can tell you in all honesty that…
