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Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari has blasted the recent killings in Tsanwa and Dankar Villages of Batsari Local Government Area of the state as ignorance, barbaric and animalistic. He revealed this during a two-day seminar/training exercise organized for Islamic clerics by the Katsina State chapter of the Jama’atul Nasril Islam, ...

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has blasted the murder of 4 aid workers by armed groups in Borno. The Head of Public Information, UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Eve Sabbagh revealed this in a statement on Saturday in Maiduguri. Describing the action as ...

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle has said he has ordered his security agencies to arrest and prosecute anyone that is behind the killings in the state. Because of the brutal killings, the governor has even vowed to arrest former governor Abdul’aziz Yari if the violence does not stop. He revealed ...

Human Rights Lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has said that if nothing is done to tackle impunity in the electoral system, Nigeria would keep seeing its number of voters reduce in future elections. He shared this on Monday in Abuja, as he spoke as a panelist at a Digital Voting Summit, ...

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has urged officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to stay away from causing unnecessary deaths as they carry on their responsibilities in the state. The Governor said the Service has to find a better way to manage relationships with the ...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has condemned in strong terms the attack on passengers by some hoodlums near Yelwata, along the ever-busy Lafia – Makurdi Highway on Saturday. It was gathered that some armed hoodlums attacked passengers along the the highway and killed three of them. The governor in a ...