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• Her Killing Barbaric, Say CAN, Amnesty International, HURIWA, Womanifesto• Murder Anti-Islam, MURIC, MMPN Declare• Christian Youths Petition IGP As Buhari Orders Probe More condemnations yesterday trailed the killing of a 200-level female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, last Thursday, over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. President Muhammadu Buhari, Amnesty International (AI), the …

The former Vice President of Nigeria, Abubakar Atiku, on Friday said that every tweet in his official social media handles must get his approval before publication. Mr Abubakar, one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, said this when he paid a consultative visit to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo at the Government House, Benin. The News Agency of …

Deborah Samuel who was lynched on Thursday in Sokoto over alleged blasphemy, have been laid to rest. Deborah Yakubu laid to rest She was buried in her hometown,Tunga Magajiya, in Rijau local government area of Niger State admist tears.

Govevernor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of  Sokoto state has today declared a 24-hour Curfew to enhance the restoration of law and order in the state following violent student unrest that led to the killing of Miss Deborah Emmanuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. ADVERTISING The Governor in a press statement said the sad incident that happened at the …

There is fear in Sokoto metropolis as protesters in their hundreds trooped into the streets today to express their dissatisfaction over the detention of some Muslims in connection with Deborah Samuel’s killing. The protesting Muslim youths face-off security personnel at the Sultan’s palace. Major streets such as Ahmadu Bello Way, Kano Road, where banks are located and Emir Yahaya Road, …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will replace the 10 members of his cabinet who have resigned from their positions to contest various elective offices in next year’s general elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House Correspondents shortly after the President held a valedictory meeting with nine of the concerned ministers at …

The Delta State High Court sitting in Kwale division has granted an order restraining the Board of Central Bank of Nigeria and Independent National Electoral Commission from stopping the CBN governor, Godwin Emiefele from seeking an elective post. Emefiele had gone to the court to obtain a Court order to enable him to stay in office while contesting for the …

Presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, has distanced himself from a tweet condemning the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, who was killed for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. Atiku, who is running for President on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, had taken to Twitter to condemn the mob action, saying, “There …

African, Caribbean and Pacific States should engage more among themselves and collectively review and address issues affecting them especially issues relating to peace, security, climate change and debt relief, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). Prof. Osinbajo stated this today when he received the Secretary General of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Mr Georges Rebelo …

Edo Peoples Democratic Party’s three-man Local Government Congress Appeal Panel, headed by Mr. Immanuel Penda, on Friday, submitted its report to the state’s chairman of the PDP, Tony Aziegbemi.The report was submitted to the party chairman at the Edo PDP Secretariat in Benin City, in the presence of other top officials of the party in the state.Presenting the panel’s report, …