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BANDITS HAVE TAKEN OVER 64 COMMUNITIES IN PLATEAU – GOV MUFTWANG Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State has raised the alarm over the high wave of insecurity, lamenting that bandits have taken over 64 communities in his state. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Mutfwang blamed unnamed terrorist groups for wreaking havoc in Plateau. He also alleged …

COURT DENIES COMPLICITY IN PROLONGED DETENTION OF FORMER EX-FIRST LADY’S WORKERS The Bayelsa State High Court also said on Monday that there was no judicial complicity in the delay of the trial. The Bayelsa State High Court has denied culpability or external influence in the protracted trial and detention of some domestic aides of former first lady Patience Jonathan. The …

BANDITS CHAINED ME FOR 30 DAYS, KILLED MY WIFE IN MY PRESENCE – NASS DIRECTOR A Deputy Director at the National Assembly Commission, Michael Adesiyan, on Tuesday, recounted his near-death experience in the hideout of bandits. Adesiyan was abducted from his Chikakore residence in Kubwa, a suburb in the nation’s capital alongside his wife on January 26th, 2025 before he …

BANDITS CHAINED ME FOR 30 DAYS, KILLED MY WIFE IN MY PRESENCE – NASS DIRECTOR A Deputy Director at the National Assembly Commission, Michael Adesiyan, on Tuesday, recounted his near-death experience in the hideout of bandits. Adesiyan was abducted from his Chikakore residence in Kubwa, a suburb in the nation’s capital alongside his wife on January 26th, 2025 before he …

BANDITS CHAINED ME FOR 30 DAYS, KILLED MY WIFE IN MY PRESENCE – NASS DIRECTOR A Deputy Director at the National Assembly Commission, Michael Adesiyan, on Tuesday, recounted his near-death experience in the hideout of bandits. Adesiyan was abducted from his Chikakore residence in Kubwa, a suburb in the nation’s capital alongside his wife on January 26th, 2025 before he …

COURT BARS RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR FROM APPOINTING LG HEADS A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an interim order restraining the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Rear Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas (rtd), from appointing administrators or officials by any designation to oversee the 23 local government areas of the state. The ruling, delivered by Justice Adamu Turaki …

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS FORGERY & MONEY, OGENE IS OUR LEADER – LP REPS TO ABURE The Labour Party (LP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has described as laughable and misleading the purported appointment of another Lawmaker as its caucus leader by the embattled National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure. Reacting to an earlier statement by the caucus …

DON’T ABANDON TINUBU AHEAD 2027 – APC GOVERNORS BEG BUHARI, CPC BLOC Twenty-one governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have met with former President Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna and begged him not to dump President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the party that made him president ahead of the 2027 elections. The APC governors met former President Buhari in …

STOP PAYING RANSOM, RIBADU TELLS VICTIMS’ FAMILIES Malam Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser (NSA), has warned family members of kidnapped victims against ransom payment. Speaking while receiving some rescued victims on Tuesday, the NSA said they were rescued based on military operations. He said, “I want to once again use the opportunity to thank our armed forces, thank our security …

STOP PAYING RANSOM, RIBADU TELLS VICTIMS’ FAMILIES Malam Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser (NSA), has warned family members of kidnapped victims against ransom payment. Speaking while receiving some rescued victims on Tuesday, the NSA said they were rescued based on military operations. He said, “I want to once again use the opportunity to thank our armed forces, thank our security …