Opposition behind U.S. allegation, says Wike A counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, said yesterday that Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ordered a complete military lockdown along the Nigerian border after intelligence suggested that terrorist elements from Northern Nigeria were preparing to flee into his country.     Makama, who quoted military sources in N’Djamena,  said the Chadian […]

Police order staff members out, shut party secretariat gate In another twist to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) crisis, Vice Chairman (Northcentral) Abdulrahman Mohammed, accompanied by supporters, yesterday swept into the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat and moved into the National Chairman’s office. He was proclaimed acting National Chairman by a faction on Friday following the

Former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), has urged candidates in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election to uphold the principles of democracy and respect the will of the people. Speaking in Awka yesterday during the signing of the peace accord for the off-cycle election, Abubakar—represented by General

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has warned non-state actors planning to disrupt Saturday’s Anambra governorship election to stay away, saying any interference will be met with decisive force. Egbetokun, represented by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence Department at the signing of the National Peace Accord in

Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration for its visionary reforms and strategic policy direction under the Renewed Hope Agenda, which is breaking new frontiers in Nigeria’s mineral exploration and resource development. The party in a statement yesterday in Ogba, Lagos by its spokesman, Seye