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Even though he was not a card-carrying member of the ruling All Progressives Congress Party, APC, in Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State took many by surprise when he got the state’s ministerial slot believed to be an exclusive reserve for registered members of APC in the oil-rich…

Incidents of vandalism, arson, and thuggery in Kogi State have cast a frightening shadow on its political horizon ahead of the November 11 governorship poll. These reported violent activities have caused apprehension across the state as preparations for the election gather momentum, Daily Trust reports. A few months back, the public space was awash with…

Religion, ethnicity, population major factors How to reverse the trend – Legal practitioner   Since the return to democratic governance in 1999, the dream of at least six senatorial zones to take a shot at the governorship seat in their respective states has remained an illusion. Daily Trust on Sunday examines the factors responsible for…

The remaining pupils of the Tanko Salihu Islamiyya School held hostage by bandits who whisked them away from Tegina 88 days ago were released last night, Daily Trust reports.

After days of working to establish contact with the abductors and subsequent negotiations, the victims were released to a team of police and other security agents around 7am on Saturday. The victims who were received by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello on Saturday recounted their harrowing experience in the hands of their abductors. Daily Trust on Sunday gathered from reliable sources that the kidnappers, who operate between Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, and Rafi Local Government in Niger State, ha...

The states in the North West are Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara. El-Rufai said if the governors did not coalesce into a single force and adopt a common approach, it will be difficult for any of them to tackle the problem. Until a few years ago, the region was generally peaceful but recent events in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna, Katsina, and to a certain extent Kebbi, the North West is now another major regional theatre of violence, like the North East where Boko Haram terro...