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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a political platform he helped to found in 1998, citing a departure from the party’s founding principles. In a letter dated July 14 and addressed to the chairman of the PDP in his Jada 1 Ward, Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Atiku said his resignation …

Nigerian pirates kidnapped two government officials in Idabato, a Cameroonian border town in the Bakassi Peninsula, on 1 October 2024. One hostage, Ewane Ekeh, was released on 17 March, after six months in captivity in Nigeria. The second, Etongo Ismael, remains in captivity. Since 2021, counter piracy measures have been in place in the Bight of Biafra (or Bight of …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – Edo State Special Security Squad, recently set up by the State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has arrested over 20 criminal suspects in its first operation in Benin, the State Capital. The Special Squad with the code name “Operation Flush Out Kidnappers and Cultists from Edo, during it maiden operation on Tuesday, raided Isiohor, Iguosa, …

By Idahosa Musa Chief John Odigie Oyegun, the former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday was presented with the membership Card of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) by the Edo State Chairman of the Party, Mr. Kennedy Odion. Speaking during the party’s card presentation ceremony, held at the Edo ADC Secretariat in Benin, Mr. Odion …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, screened aspirants for the Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency by-elections. It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had recently scheduled August 16, 2025, for as the date for the by-elections in the state Consequently, the …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – The Chief Imam of Uromi Central Mosque in Edo State, Sheikh Muhammad Murtadha Obhakhobo, has revealed that he paid N6.5 million ransom to secure his freedom from his abductors. It would be recalled that Imam Obhakhobo, who is the President, Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Edo-Delta Chapter, was kidnapped on July 9, …

The former president’s remains, wrapped in Nigeria’s flag, were carried into the vicinity by top military officers. The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari have been laid to rest at his residence in Daura, Katsina State. Mr Buhari was lowered into the grave by Vice President Kashim Shettima and others at about 5:50 p.m. The former president’s body, accompanied by his successor, …

This follows a brief ceremony held at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport, where President Bola Tinubu received the remains of his immediate predecessor. The body of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari is currently being transported to his hometown of Daura in Katsina State for final burial rites. This follows a brief ceremony held at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport, …

The body of former President Muhammadu Buhari has landed at Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport in Katsina, the capital of Katsina State in Nigeria. The body arrived at 1: 59 pm and was accompanied by Vice President Kashim Shettima and President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, from the United Kingdom. Buhari died on Sunday in London at about 4.30 …

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Katsina State for the burial rites of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. The president arrived at the Katsina airport around 1:50 p.m. in the presidential jet NAF 001. His wife, the First Lady, Remi Tinubu, had earlier arrived in the state. Mr Tinubu will be joined by Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina in receiving Mr Buhari’s remains, …