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President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja Wednesday, July 6, to participate in the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa Summit in Dakar, Senegal. The President is getting set for the trip amid the high wave of attacks in the last 24 hours. Bandits opened fire on a convoy of his advance team in Katsina on Tuesday. The team was heading for Daura, the president’s hometown when bandits ambushed them. In yet another Katsina attack, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was gunned down. Also, gunmen broke into Kuje Prison in the nation’s capital and set inmates, including high-profile Boko Haram suspects,…

The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, has said none of the Boko Haram suspects detained at Kuje prison in Abuja was found after the attack on the facilities on Tuesday night. Sources had told Daily Trust that high-profile Boko Haram suspects and bandits escaped during the invasion of the prison on Tuesday night. Addressing journalists after taking an assessment tour of the facility, the minister said, “The attack started around 10:30pm. They came in their numbers gained entrance into the prison and they released some of the inmates and which we are now following to see the kind of inmates…

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday administered the oath of office on seven new Ministers whose appointments were confirmed last week by the Senate. He also reshuffled his cabinet resulting in five Ministers being moved around . The new ministers took the oath of office shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council ( FEC) meeting at the council chambers of the State House in Abuja. The ministers’ swearing in was done in two batches of four and three each. The first batch sworn in are Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh – Abia State, Umana Okon Umana – Akwa Ibom State! Odum…

Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday said that he would engage in dialogue with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Yoruba Nation and others agitating for secession if elected as president in the forthcoming elections. The former Anambra State Governor who stated this while speaking in an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show said he had observed over the years how issues of agitations were handled in other countries. He said that the agitation was birthed by poor leadership in the country which, according to him, had been the issue with Nigeria…

High profile inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja may have escaped Tuesday night’s attacks on the facility by some gunmen. The attacks, which lasted some hours, were said to have been resisted by military personnel and prison guards on duty. Sources told The Nation that Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and his men who were in the facility may have escaped from the facility. Gunmen bombarded the facility with bombs and explosives on Tuesday night. Former Plateau Governor Joshua Dariye and his Taraba counterpart Jolly Nyame who had been granted pardon by the National Council of States were…

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, opened up on his choice of running mate, saying he preferred a younger person as vice-presidential candidate. The former Anambra State governor stated this while featuring on Arise TV Morning Show. He added that he prefers a younger person who has something to offer to complement his ticket rather than recycling old hands who had been in the government before now. When asked to clarify social media rumours that he had picked the Director of Publicity and Advocacy of Northern Elders Forum, Dr. Baba-Ahmed, as his vice-presidential candidate, Obi…

Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead. He died about 11pm on Tuesday. His death was announced in the early hours of Wednesday by NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari. Kyari tweeted, “We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11pm yesterday 5th July 2022. Certainly a great loss to his immediate family, the NNPC, our country Nigeria, the OPEC and the global energy community. Burial arrangements will be announced shortly.” Barkindo was on Tuesday described by the President Muhammadu Buhari as a worthy ambassador of the country, when he received…

Bandits on Tuesday opened fire on President Muhammadu Buhari’s advance convoy deployed ahead of his trip to Daura, Katsina State for Sallah celebrations. A statement from the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu titled, ‘Gallant Presidential guards repel attack on advance team ahead of President’s visit’ confirmed the attack. It, however, added that the Bandits were repelled by the personnel of the military, police and the Department of State Services in the convoy. It said, “The Presidency has described as sad and unwelcome, the shooting incident near Dutsinma, Katsina State, at the convoy of…

Kuje Medium Prison on Tuesday night came under heavy bombardments by unknown terrorists, throwing the entire area Council into confusion. The first explosion, a high capacity bomb, went off around 10.25pm. It was followed by second and third blast and sporadic gunshots that left the residents scampering into safety. Few hours earlier, security report had alerted the prison officials of possible attacks of the medium prison. A prison staff, who confirmed the attack in a chat with Daily Sun, explained that the attackers had come from the back of the prison yard.

Kenneth Udeh from Abuja Occasioned by the recent legal battle between the judiciary and Federal Government over poor renumeration of Nigerian judges, Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has charged the Chairmanship nominee of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Mohammed Shehu on improved funding for the nation's Judiciary particularly Federal courts. Recall that no fewer than sixty Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) had recently approached the National Industrial Court in Abuja where they Instituted a legal battle against the Federal Government on the poor salaries of Nigerian Judges. However, Shehu had Tuesday appeared before…