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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) presidential nominee, has named Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Tinubu made this known in an interactive session with reporters during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State on Sunday. A NAN source had earlier hinted that Tinubu had chosen Shettima […]
Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has been officially unveiled by Labour Party as the running mate of its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. Senator Yusuf Datti was a member of the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007 and was elected Senator for Kaduna North, in Kaduna State, Nigeria in April 2011 on the platform […]
Title-holders Nigeria set on a better track their 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) campaign with a 2-0 win over Botswana in Rabat on Thursday. The development meant they rose to second place in Group C behind new leaders South Africa, with Botswana dropping from the table’s apex to third place. The […]
Malam Tukur Mamu, an aide to Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, revealed the terrorist group behind the attack on Kuje prison in Abuja on Tuesday night. Mamu, who is leading a negotiation team for the release of the kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna Train passengers, said the group which, launched the March 28 attack on the Kaduna-bound […]
Inmates held at Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja are threatening a deadly riot after officials claimed a large chunk of money kept for the prisoners had been carted away by Boko Haram insurgents who breached the facility on Tuesday night, two sources with information have informed Peoples Gazette. The money had been kept […]
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, says 64 Boko Haram suspects in Kuje prison in the federal capital territory (FCT) are missing. The minister confirmed this on Wednesday at a media briefing at the facility in Abuja. Gunmen had attacked the prison with explosives on Tuesday night. Shuaib Belgore, permanent secretary, ministry of […]
Reports that suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, was among inmates that escaped from the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja, on Tuesday night, are false. A top official of the Nigeria Correctional Service, who spoke to Vanguard, said the terrorists that bombed the facility attempted to gain entry into Kyari’s cell, […]
Legal luminary, Femi Falana (SAN), on Wednesday said the general elections in 2023 may be postponed if the current climate of insecurity persists. Falana was speaking on Channels Tv Sunrise Daily programme, monitored by our correspondents. “2015, the Goodluck Jonathan administration was compelled to postpone the election because the terrorists were occupying some […]
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead. Barkindo died at about 11p.m on Tuesday at the age of 63 years. His demise was announced by Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited. In a tweet on Wednesday morning, […]
Several Inmates have escaped from Kuje Prisons following a Terror attack on the Facility on Wednesday night, ABN TV report. The terrorists launched the attack around 10:30 pm and it is currently unclear if there were any casualties. However, it was gathered that other inmates have been removed from the facility including the […]
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