At least 27 farmers, including men and women, have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack by gunmen in Bindi-Jebbu of the Tahoss community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The villagers claimed the attack, which occurred on Monday, also left many people injured, with several rushed to hospitals, including Jos University Teaching Hospital and Plateau Hospital. The chairman of Riyom Local Government Area, Bature Shuwa, acknowledged the […]
The United States Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Tuesday, July 15, in observance of the national public holiday declared by the Nigerian government in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. The US Mission in Nigeria announced the closure in a statement posted on its official X account. “The U.S. Embassy in Abuja and Consulate General in Lagos will be closed […]
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has commiserated with the Ogun State Government and the family of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, over the demise of the monarch. Owoade, in a condolence message released by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, said the late Awujale was known as “a great paramount ruler who had a futuristic vision and […]
The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday morning, departed London, the United Kingdom, for Daura, Katsina State, ahead of a state burial. Vice President Kashim Shettima is, leading a high-level Federal Government delegation to finalise documentation and logistical arrangements for the repatriation of the ex-president’s remains. The federal government had earlier said that President Bola Tinubu will receive the former President’s remains in Katsina ahead of his final […]
The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has postponed his return to Ibadan, Oyo State, till July 28, after the 21 days of mourning of the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. Oba Olakulehin died in the early hours of Monday, July 7, after a brief illness at an undisclosed private hospital at Jericho in Ibadan, the state capital. The 21-day mourning commenced on Tuesday, July 8. The declaration of the […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima has paid a condolence visit to Aisha Buhari, the widow of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, along with her family, in London, United Kingdom. The Vice President also visited the late President’s nephew, Mamman Daura, who is recuperating in a London hospital. Shettima is leading a federal government high-powered delegation to bring Buhari’s remains to Nigeria for burial. As a mark of respect to the former […]
Nigeria has been thrown into mourning following the death of its immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, whom many have described as a towering figure in the nation’s history. The late former President who died in a London hospital yesterday at the age of 82, will be laid to rest tomorrow in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State. This was confirmed by Governor Dikko Radda during a press briefing held today […]
The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, is dead. The respected monarch died on Sunday at the age of 91, just hours after the announcement of the death of his longtime friend, former President, Muhammadu Buhari. Adetona, who ascended the throne in 1960, was one of Nigeria’s longest-reigning traditional rulers and widely revered for his contributions to the sociopolitical development of Ijebuland and Ogun State at […]
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has died at the age of 82. He died at the London Clinic on Sunday. Buhari’s death was confirmed in a terse statement by his former special adviser, Garba Shehu, on Sunday evening. “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London,” he said. However, the nature of the illness […]
