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Contrary to widespread reports, the schoolgirls abducted by Terrorists in Jangebe, Zamfara state on Friday have not been released. Suleiman Tunau Anka, the state commissioner for information and culture, had tweeted on Sunday afternoon that the students have not been released. See tweet below: https://twitter.com/suleanka01/status/1365997470401060864?s=19

A suspected kidnapper has been killed by members of a local vigilante group and local hunters in Akunnu Akoko in the Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo state. The kidnappers had abducted the seven people on Saturday while travelling to the northern part of the country and marched them into the forest...

Members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, Ondo state council, have elected new executives to pilot the affairs of the senior citizens in the state. All the new state officers except one position were elected unopposed during the State delegates conference held on Thursday February 25, 2021 at the union's secretariat, along Oda...

The Department of State Services (DSS) says Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, former media aide to Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, is in its custody. Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesman, who confirmed the news on Saturday evening, added that the former media aide popularly known as Dawisu on Twitter is in the agency’s custody. “This...

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has advised the Yorubas to thread with caution and stop the drum of war against the Fulanis in the southwest. “the lifestyle of many Fulanis is not worth fighting as they tend to lose nothing except their cows,” Oluwo posited. Oluwo had in a...

Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has relieved his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, of his appointment. The commissioner of Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who communicated the governor’s directive through a statement on Saturday, said the dismissal is based on Yakasai’s “continued unguarded comments and utterances which are deemed contrary to...

The Department of State Security (DSS) has denied in affirmative arresting or even inviting the Media Aide to Governor Ganduje, Salihu Tanko Yakasai over his comments against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling APC. Recall that Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, had called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led government through his Twitter handles  to either...

Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a media aide to Kano state Governor, Abdullah Ganduje popularly known as Dawisu, has been abducted by the DSS in Kano, writer Gimba Kakanda alleged. Kakanda who took to his Facebook profile to make the allegation said Dawisu's abduction by the state secret service was confirmed only after his family and...

The kidnapped staff and students of Government Science College Kagara have finally regained freedom from their abductors in Niger State. A top police officer involved in the counter-kidnapping operation in the state told PRNigeria on Saturday morning. The boarding students were kidnapped on February 17, 2021. A total...

A team of policemen, soldiers and Department of State Services officers on Friday failed in their attempt to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Igboho’s media aide, Salami Oladapo in his reaction, said the attempt was made at exactly 2pm in front of a Satguru Maharaj...