Convicted billionaire kidnapper kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly called Evans, has told the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, that he was prepared to give up all his property acquired from kidnapping as a plea bargain agreement if the court could let him off the hook.

Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has acknowledged to fully implement the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry on the #EndBadGovernance Protest report of August 1, 2024 that ended in violence in the state. The Governor made the promise when he received the report from the committee’s chairman, Justice Lawan Wada (retd.), during the 25th Kano State Executive Council meeting at Government House yesterday.

South-west Governors Forum has agreed to set up a special security outfit to combat all forms of banditry and other crimes in the region and to establish joint food hubs to address the growing food prices in the region.

It seems hope has been dashed to the self acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu after the justice Binta Nyako handling his case has directed that he should be returned to the custody of the Department of the State Service, DSS, as she adjoined his trial indefinitely.

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says troops have eliminated deputies of Bello Turji, a notorious bandit kingpin in Zamfara state.

The Senate has yesterday granted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to terminate the appointments of the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in charge of Abia, Adamawa and Sokoto, states. The affected RECs include; Dr. Nura Ali (Sokoto), Hudu Yunusa Ari (Adamawa State), and Prof. Ikemefuna Chijioke Uzochukwu (Abia).