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The AIG said the suspect had confessed to the crime while efforts were on to apprehend his accomplices. Ekiti Police Command has paraded one Alhaji Baboga for his alleged involvement in the killing of the two traditional rulers in the Ikole Axis of Ekiti On Monday, January 29, 2024.

Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale conveyed the president’s condemnation in a statement, assuring the nation that the perpetrators of this heinous act would face justice. President Tinubu extended his heartfelt condolences to the families, subjects of the traditional rulers, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, and the entire people of Ekiti State. In response …

Military leaders say Algiers Accord cancelled with ‘immediate effect’ due to signatories not upholding commitments. Mali’s military rulers have announced the cancellation of a 2015 peace deal with separatist rebels after months of fighting in the West African nation. Military authorities said late on Thursday that the so-called Algiers Accord …

Angry protesting women have burnt down the residence of the District Head of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, Micheal Monday Adanchi.   It was gathered that the traditional ruler’s house was razed around 12:30pm on Friday, January 5, 2024.  The women set fire to the house in response …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, June 29 2023 arrived at the Dipo Dina International Stadium in Ijebu-Ode on his way to private visits to some traditional rulers in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu alighted from a presidential chopper in Ijebu-Ode in company of his …

The military government promises a return to civilian rule, but opponents argue changes would give excessive power to the president. Malians will vote on Sunday in a referendum on changing the constitution that the military rulers and regional powers have said will pave the way to elections and a return …

The Bauchi State Police Command has begun a rescue operation to free two traditional rulers kidnapped by bandits in the state.   LIB reported that the gunmen abducted the village of Balma community in Ningi Local Government Area, Alh Hussaini Saleh and also killed a businessman, Haruna Dan OC, on Sunday, …

Jonathan Zamuna and Aliyu Yammah, the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak chiefdoms respectively have been deposed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state.    Kaduna commissioner for local government, Umma Ahmad said in a statement on Monday, May 22, that Ahmad was deposed for an unacceptable response to a …

Two traditional rulers and five other suspects have been arrested in connection with the Saturday, January 7, 2023 attack on Igueben train station in Edo State.    Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen had abducted 20 people, including workers and passengers waiting to board a train to Udu, in Delta …

The governor, represented by the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos State, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, said the right time was right to assign traditional rulers specific roles in governance. “When the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, came to Lagos recently, he said the National Assembly …