The second batch of additional 855 Nigerian refugees repatriated from neighbouring Cameroon was received by the Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday. Cameroonian officials led by the Governor of the Far North Region of Cameroun, Minjinyawa Bakari, handed over the refugees at a brief farewell ceremony in Maroua. Bakari while presenting farewell packages consisting of food and non-food items announced the closure of this phase of repatriation totaling 1,300 refugees. In his remarks,...

Taraba State Government on Thursday distanced itself from the current security challenges in Gassol and Bali local government area of the state as a crisis targeted at a particular ethnic group. Mrs. Lois Emmanuel, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation denied the allegation on behalf of the state government in a press briefing in Jalingo, that the state government through Governor Darius Ishaku was sponsoring a crisis against some targeted ethnicities in the state....

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Prof. Uchenna Ikonne, is dead. An official statement by the family says the governorship candidate died at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday at the National Hospital, Abuja. According to the statement, “He was recovering after taking proper treatment in the United Kingdom but relapsed a few days ago leading to multiple cardiac arrests from which he didn’t recover from.” The announcement is coming hours...