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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has announced Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. He announced this while addressing journalists in Katsina State on Sunday, according to a presidential aide, Buhari Sallau. This is coming hours after Tinubu met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), alongside Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari. Governor Abdullahi …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the 36 state governors “over their failure to redirect public funds budgeted to pay ex-governors undeserved life pensions, to pay the counterpart funds that would allow poor children to enjoy access to quality basic education in their states.” Over N40 billion has been reportedly paid to 47 former governors …

Apart from the attack on the presidential convoy, there were attacks on Nigeria’s ‘most fortified’ prison, police officers, a Chinese expatriate and others. The insecurity in Nigeria last week (July 3-9) took a more absurd dimension as non-state actors launched daring attacks on different government institutions and officials including officials working with President Muhammadu Buhari. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the attack …

• 41,000 Nigerian Pilgrims Pray For Country At Mount Arafat• Leaders Charged To Lead Exemplary Lives• Olurode Preaches Rededication To Tenets Of Islam• Calls On Political Leaders To Make Nation Great Again• Prayers Offered For Successful 2023 Elections As Muslim faithful across the nation celebrated the Eid el-Kabir yesterday, clerics, heads of government and traditional institutions, and thought leaders reflected …

According to the official, all inmates’ cash deposited in the custody of the authorities of the custodial centre was intact and safe. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that fleeing inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, during the attack, stole money (local and foreign currencies) belonging to their fellow inmates The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Abubakar Umar …

“In all these allegations, Mr Kayode is merely playing to the gallery. He is not in any position to know whether the DSS notified the military of any attack or not.” The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has called on the Nigerian public to disregard a video produced by a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on the recent jailbreak at the Kuje Custodial Centre …

A pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Alliance has advised former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, not to escalate current security challenges with unguarded utterances. The group gave the advice in a statement issued by its Secretary, Biodun Olajumoke, on Sunday in Abuja. Olajumoke recalled that Fani-Kayode recently heaped blames on military hierarchy over insecurity in the country in a …

This may be the end of the road for Mr Akpabio’s dream of returning to the Senate in 2023. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has insisted that the name of the embattled former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, will be published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the party’s candidate for the Akwa …

Ganduje Grants Amnesty To 3,898 Inmates In Seven Years Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday released a total number of 3,898 inmates across Kano centres within a period of seven years in compliance with the federal government’s call for decongestion of Correctional Centres nationwide. This was revealed in Ganduje’s Sallah message, noting that the exercise “is conducted through the …

The first, second and third bomb explosions from the Boko Haram terrorists last Tuesday night may have caught the residents of Kuje Area Council napping. Consequently, many of them were thrown into panic and confusion. But the successful attack on the Kuje Medium Correctional Centre did not certainly come as a surprise to visitors, workers and close residents of the facility. …