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By Chimezie Enyiocha  •Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State Several people were reported injured after a clash between youths belonging to two different religious groups in Kasuwa Magani village in Kaduna State. The clash which broke out on Sunday was said to have snowballed into a crisis between the groups, leading to the burning of houses and destruction of other valuables in...

By Segun Giwa •Ondo Police Commissioner Gbenga Adeyanju The Police in Ondo have given residents of the state a 21-day ultimatum to submit all illegal fire arms to the nearest police station. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Gbenga Adeyanju, gave the ultimatum on Monday in Akure while briefing newsmen on the arrest of some robbery suspects. The Inspector-General of Police,...

By Akinola Ajibola File photo President Muhammadu Buhari reiterated his commitment to securing the release of all Nigerians in the custody of the Boko Haram terrorist group. He said this in a series of tweets on Monday after receiving the University of Maiduguri lecturers and 10 women who regained freedom from the insurgents in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Excited Buhari said: “I can’t...

•File Photo  The Presidency says the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council, scheduled earlier this week for February 28 will not hold. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, made the announcement in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. “This is due to the participation of President Muhammadu Buhari and a significant number of...

Nearly half the girls abducted from their school in Yobe State are said to have been ferried across the border into Niger Republic. The girls were seized from Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Monday. Credible sources told the Daily Trust yesterday the girls were split into two groups; one was left in an enclave in...

•Sprints star-turned-footballer Usain Bolt Usain Bolt, the 100-metre world record holder, says he has agreed to sign for a football club. Bolt, 31, retired from athletics last summer after a glittering career in which he won eight Olympic gold medals. He has always spoken of his desire to play football once his sprinting career was over, and on Sunday he tweeted to...

Nigeria can overcome its present security challenges because the people are determined to live in peace and harmony with one another, the Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Mr. Sean Hoy, has said. Speaking in Sokoto Monday when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the envoy said Nigeria can learn a lot from his country's path to peace considering the position Ireland was...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night did not give a definitive answer to governors of All Progressive Congress (APC) who had requested him to declare his intention for 2019 presidential election. Instead, he told them to give him time to decide on the matter. The governors met him at the First Lady Wing of the presidential villa, Abuja in a meeting...

Olumide Aduloju  When leaders of countries in the western hemisphere deal with others, they put their country and citizens first. Even in interacting with each other, they still make sure that their people determine their decisions irrespective of personal convictions. It is why Britain had to leave the European Union. Ordinary Britons wanted to leave even when their leaders didn't. Unfortunately,...

The chairman, forum of parents of missing Dapchi girls, Bashir Manzo, on Saturday put at 105 the number of students abducted last Monday, February 19, 2018, from Government Girls’ Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State. The heinous act is believed to have been perpetrated by Boko Haram insurgents. Below is the list of the missing girls as published by The Nation, whose...