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The governor made the appeal on his twitter handle.  

Former aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode has just described President Buhari as the greatest terrorist to ever rule Nigeria and he says former US President Barack Obama helped put him there following the ousting of Goodluck Jonathan . See his tweet below…

  A Nigerian man has been arrested in Thailand for deceiving women into transferring him money as a part of a romance scam. The suspect identified as Light Chinezurum Mmaramigro was arrested on Friday morning, April 27, at his apartment in Bangkok after he posed as an online suitor, engaging ...

  The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Haddy Ametuo, says “some ghosts “ initiated the recall process against Sen. Dino Melaye. Mr Ametuo, who stated this in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday on the botched recall process, expressed delight that the efforts had ...

The young man pictured, according to Mohammed Ciroma, used to work at an abattoir in Missouri before he became addicted to drugs, precisely codeine syrup. “This young man is at the abattoir in maiduguri. He was a hard working fellow, before becoming a victim of drug abuse, namely, codeine syrup. ...

This is according to Tracka, an independent body which tracks government spending.  

A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto has sentenced two persons, Abubakar Umar (Abuja) and Rukkayya Isa(Nana), to one year each and a fine of one hundred thousand naira each for human trafficking.   Abubakar Umar, from Sokoto State, and Rukkayya Isa, from Republic of Benin, were arraigned by the ...

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday, met behind closed doors in Lagos with all the APC aspirants for the Ekiti State governorship election. The meeting, which held at the old State House, Marina, had in attendance the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, ...

The National Economic Council, NEC, presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday April 26th, agreed to stop the movement of herdsmen in the country, starting with Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna and Plateau. The meeting which had in attendance state governors, approved the creation of ranches across the country. Briefing ...

  The spokesperson of Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, Imam Imam, has died. He died in the early of today April 27th at an Abuja hospital where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed alment. He was 41. Presidential media aide, Bashir Ahmad, who confirmed Imam’s death, took to twitter ...

  Romeo Oriogun from Ilesha and a worker with Community Individual Volunteers for LGBTQ/KAPs, has narrated how a man suspected to be a homosexual was allegedly lynched today in Isiala Mbano, Imo State. Mr Oriogun said he will share details of the incident on Friday. “He didn’t steal, he didn’t ...

chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, APC, Kogi West has said that he has not been allowed to see his family, his lawyers. He also said that he has been denied food at the National Hospital in Abuja where the operatives of the Nigeria ...

Barely 24 hours after two catholic priests and 17 parishioners were killed by suspected herdsmen, 16 persons were today killed by suspected herdsmen in Ali Agundu and Tsav council wards of Guma Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. Confirming the attack, the state commissioner of police, Fatai Owoseni, said unidentified ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday unveiled his plans for Nigeria if elected as president in next year’s election, promising to offer a matching grant of $250 million each to the 36 States of the federation to challenge them to enhance their internally generated revenue (IGR). Delivering a lecture entitled, ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has reacted to the backlash she has suffered from Nigerians following her comment to Hillary Clinton. While interviewing the former first lady at a PEN World Voices Festival lecture at the Cooper Union in Manhattan on Sunday night, Chimamanda who is well known for her stance on ...

  A tilefitting contractor identified as Harshsahai Gurjar has been arrested for the murder of a 30-year-old woman and her 11-year-old daughter in Surat, India. The accused, 27, had tortured and raped the 11-year-old girl for at least a week before killing her. According to Indian media, the man had ...

  The Indian Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an international drugs smuggling racket and seized condoms filled with liquid cocaine. Two Brazilians and a Nigerian were arrested by the agency from a guest house in the Paharganj area of central Delhi on April 16, as part of an intelligence-based ...

Social network giant, Facebook found and removed 1.9 million social-media posts by the Islamic State and al Qaeda terrorists during the first three months of 2018, using new anti-terror algorithms. “In Q1 (first quarter) we took action on 1.9 million pieces of ISIS [Islamic State terror group, outlawed in Russia] ...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton just welcomed their third child and second son to the family. After arriving at St. Mary’s Hospital in London on Monday, Kate Middleton gave birth to her third child with Prince William at 6 a.m. EST.The Kensington Palace released ...

Mr. Isaac Egbunu, the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) department, University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State was shot dead by Fulani herdsmen around 4pm on Sunday. According to reports, the incident occurred at Kadroko, along Lafia – Makurdi road, on his way back from Jos. Ukan Kurugh wrote: ...