Governor Ayo Fayose

Indications have emerged that Governor Ayo Fayose is poised to elongate his tenure beyond the terminal date in 2018. The Governor who himself recently made this known publicly, has approved the disbursement of the sum of 4 billion naira to secure the extension of his tenure and perpetuate himself in office.

Acting President - Yemi Osibajo flagging off our Food Distribution Programme In Borno State

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo arrived Maiduguri to launch the Special Intervention Relief Plan for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East.  The plan seeks to distribute about 30,000 metric tonnes that is over 1,032 trucks of cereals to those affected by the Boko Haram insurgency, in Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe.

APDA - Advance Peoples Democratic Alliance

The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have taken a new turn as the Ahmed Markafi faction is rumoured to be behind Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA), a new political party which went full stream today in Abuja.

Emir of Katsina - Abdulmumini Kabir

The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir, has vowed to protect Igbos and other Nigerians resident in his domain to the last drop of his blood. The Emir made this known at his palace in Katsina while addressing the Igbo community leaders and other Nigerians residing in Katsina State.
He stressed the need for an indissoluble and one Nigeria despite the country’s multi-ethnic and cultural diversity.

Late Ex- Health Minister -Osotimehin

The Former Minister of Health and Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Babatunde Osotimehin is dead. The incident was announced this morning at the Nigerian Office, United Nations, New York.

Somali group Al-Shabab, which has ties to al-Qaeda, has spent at least three years in the shadow of Nigeria’s Boko Haram as Africa’s deadliest militant group. But new figures suggest that that trend is changing. Al-Shabab was responsible for 4,281 casualties in 2016 compared to 3,499 by Boko Haram according to data collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project ( ACLED ) and compiled by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, an institution affiliated to the U.S. Department of Defense.