ABUJA -Ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State, Sunday, explained why he agreed to withdraw the court action he instituted against the Speaker and members of the Taraba State House of Assembly for refusing to allow him to resume duties as Governor after his return from medical treatment abroad.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has admitted making “mistakes” at the start of the uprising against him in March 2011, in an interview published Sunday by the German weekly Spiegel.

Members of the PDP Youths Alliance in Kogi have applauded the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan.

U.S. raids in Libya and Somalia that captured an Islamist wanted for bombing its Nairobi Embassy 15 years ago shows Washington’s determination to hunt down al Qaeda leaders around the globe, Secretary of State John Kerry said.

Libyan Nazih al-Ragye, better known by the cover name Abu Anas al-Liby, was seized by U.S. forces in Tripoli on Saturday, the Pentagon said.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Sunday announced Tuesday Oct. 15 as Eid-el-Kabir.

A statement issued in Sokoto by Prof. Sambo Wali, the Chairman of Sokoto Sultanate Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, said this followed the sighting of the crescent from across the country on Saturday.