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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…

*Nigerian-Briton Popoola, Council's Exco Member, Confirms Seizure In a country where the rules are of equal application to everyone, a London Council has seized a social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Fatima Jabbe-Bio. Southwark Council confirmed it had repossessed the two-bedroom home in Walworth previously occupied by Jabbe-Bio, whose tenancy was reported by The Times last year. In Southwark alone, more than 18,000 households are on the waiting list for social housing, Council figures show. About 4,000 households are living in temporary accommodation while waiting for a permanent home. Jabbe-Bio, who is married to Sierra Leone’s President,…

For any government serious about delivering quality education to the citizenry, strict monitoring of examinations is vital to expected high outcomes. With this in mind, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), through the Education Resource Centre (ERC) of its Education Secretariat, demonstrated its commitment to promoting excellence, quality assurance, and integrity in public examinations by monitoring the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) English Language Paper across selected schools in the Territory. English Language subject is crucially essential for further academic attainments of students as higher institutions locally and internationally demand at least a Credit score for courses to…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The 82 Division, Nigerian Army, with headquarters in Enugu, has moved to defuse tension following the incursion of Camerounian soldiers into a community in South-South Nigeria, a potentially provocative act capable of sparking crisis. On 9 June, troops of the neighbouring Francophone country crossed into Danare community, Boki Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River State over a farmland levy dispute between border settlements of both nations. In a statement today in Enugu, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Lt. Col. Olabisi Ayeni, disclosed that the situation was immediately contained without further escalation. According…

OUR REPORTER A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, Mr. Christopher Odofin, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, told Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory  High Court Abuja how Sirika allegedly passed off an aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airline as that of the promised Nigeria Air by the government of the late President Muhammadu Buhari. The decoy aircraft, adorned with the livery of the promised Nigeria Air, found its way on the tarmac of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on May 27, 2023, being three days to the expiration of the…