OWERRI —Police in Imo state have confirmed the arrest of suspected killers of Barr. Ahmed Ali Gulak, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, in the state on Sunday. Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was shot dead on his way to Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri to catch a flight. The police commissioner had said in a statement that the late Gulak did not use security escorts to the airport in spite of...

ABUJA —  The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that 7,000 people were displaced in recent bandit attacks in two local governments of Sokoto State. Mr. Manzo Ezekiel, the agency’s Head of Media and Public Relations, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Ezekiel listed the affected councils as Sabon Birni and Isa Local Government Areas. According to the statement, a joint assessment by the staff of NEMA and Sokoto State Emergency...

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) counted the losses caused by incessant attacks on its offices since 2019. According to INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, the attacks which have been across 14 states cost the body about 1,105 ballot boxes, 429 generator sets, 13 vehicles, and other tangle assets. Yakubu while speaking at an emergency meeting with security agencies convened under the inter-agency consultative committee on election security in Abuja on Thursday said the attacks are a...