Felix Duru Mbah

With tears flowing amid a surrounding pall of sorrow, family members, military officers, government officials and residents of Katsina State witnessed the burial of the remains of retired military spokesman, Major General Rabe Abubakar, yesterday (Saturday). The interment followed funeral prayers in accordance with Islamic injunctions. The burial was contained in a post shared by a crisis reporter, Bakatsine, on his X handle. However, it was not ascertained how the bereaved family managed to retrieve the body from the terrorists even as some mourners poured scorn on the Katsina State government for not doing enough to rescue the former Director…

*Gov Radda Mourns Former military spokesman, Major General Rabe Abubakar (rtd), who was abducted by terrorists recently in his native Katsina State, has died in captivity of the terrorists. Only recently, a video went viral showing Abubakar and his wife begging government to expedite action over their release and begging for their lives, in the terrorists' den. The Katsina State government, which confirmed the death, described the development as a tragic loss to the state and the nation. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasiru Mu’azu. General…

*Personnel Haul In Caches of Arms, Ammunition By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu In major joint operations, security agencies in Enugu State have captured six notorious alleged criminals who have been on a security watch list in the state. Security agents also hauled in large caches of arms and ammunition in the process. Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, while inspecting the arms caches at the State head office of Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday, said the suspects now in security net, included those involved in various deadly breaches in the state. The arms and ammunition recovered include 17 AK-47…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area (LGA) of the state are still being held within the confines of Old Oyo National Park, 27 days after their abduction. The park straddles a vast area spanning about 2,500 square kilometres across parts of 10 LGAs in the state. Makinde made the disclosure in his Newsletter No. 140 released today, assuring residents that security agencies were intensifying efforts to secure the safe return of the victims. The governor noted that the prolonged captivity of the…

By our reporter The Justice Forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has called on President Bola Tinubu to encourage conscientious party members by rewarding their loyalty to his administration and the party. It took the position in a statement on Democracy Day (today), which was jointly signed by Chairman of the Forum, Chief Kolawoke Koleoso, and the Secretary, Alhaji Olasupo Anisere, a copy of which was made available to People&Politics. The statement read in full: "Fellow Nigerians, Happy Democracy Day. "Today we celebrate the courage of patriots who defended the ballot and the will of the people.…

Apparently dismissing the upbeat tone of President Bola Tinubu's Democracy Day nationwide broadcast today, a mammoth crowd of protesters staged a fresh #EndBadGovernance protest in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. In his broadcast, Tinubu had reminded Nigerians of his administration's accomplishments in three years in the fields of security, investments, deepening of democracy, and other areas. The Lagos protesters, however, demanded for immediate government solutions to the prevailing economic hardship, insecurity, unemployment and cost-of-living crisis rocking the lives of majority ordinary Nigerians. Nonetheless, it was not a sole sojourn on the streets for the group, snaking in the Ikeja under bridge…