President Buhari on Thursday received in audience the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, at the State House, Abuja.
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Thursday, 25 August 2016

IDPs protesting hunger block major roads in Maiduguri (Photo)
Posted on 17:27 by Steve Igbokwe
Internally Displaced Persons protesting against the shortage of food in their camps on Thursday, on Thursday, barricaded the Maiduguri-Kano/Jos Road.
Following the protest, the Borno State government immediately scrapped the central feeding system at IDP camps in the state.
Photo by Kayode Idowu
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Ndoma-Egba meets Buhari at Presidential Villa (Photo)
Posted on 16:52 by Steve Igbokwe
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, Chairman-designate of Niger Delta Devpt Commission, NDDC at the State House, Abuja
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Man 40 arrested for abducting girl 13 from IDP camp
Posted on 05:03 by Steve Igbokwe
The Borno State Command of the Nigerian Security And Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC has arrested a 40 years old man for abducting and raping an internally displaced girl aged 13 years.
The state Commandant of NSCDC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN that the 13-year-old victim who hails from Chibok, was living with her aunt at the Colori IDP Camp before the suspect took her to Dala area of Maiduguri where he...

Sultan of Sokoto clocks 60 (Photo)
Posted on 04:34 by Steve Igbokwe
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar III, recently marked his 60th birthday.
Who else was there as the most distinguished guest but President Buhari who wished His Eminence "a happy 60th birthday, and Almighty Allah's blessings."
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Zamfara mob killed only Muslims - Gov Yari
Posted on 03:15 by Steve Igbokwe
Contrary to widespread rumours, the eight persons killed in a recent mob attack in Talata-Mafara, Zamfara State were all Muslims according to the state governor, Abdulaziz Yari.
It has been widely circulated in the social media that the victims were Christians, probably because the killings were triggered by an alleged blasphemous statement against Prophet Mohammed.
Addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu...
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