The Sokoto State Government has confirmed that no civilian casualties were recorded in a joint airstrike carried out by the Nigerian military in collaboration with the United States, which targeted terrorist enclaves in Tangaza Local Government Area. The Director-General of Media and Publicity, Government House, Sokoto, Abubakar Bawa made the confirmation in a statement issued on Friday and made available to journalists in the state capital. The statement said: “The impact of the airstrike could...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Federal Government to effectively communicate to Nigerians on the U.S strike on terrorists. A press statement on Friday, signed by Comrade Ini Ememobong, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, noted that the party is concerned about a communication structure where foreign powers break the news of security operations in Nigeria before the Federal Government does. The statement reads, “Nigerians were notified of the American strike on terrorists’...

Two sitting members of the Kano State House of Assembly have passed away within a short interval, a development that has plunged the State into mourning. Sarki Aliyu Daneji, who represented Kano Municipal Local Government Area, died just minutes after news spread that his colleague, Aminu Sa’adu, the representative of Ungoggo Local Government Area had also passed away. The passing of Sarki Aliyu Daneji was confirmed by Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the spokesperson to Kano...