#KogiDecides: Meet the APC Team, Abubakar Audu and James Faleke
At the recently-held Kogi State APC gubernatorial primaries, a man who is described by many Kogites as a great grassroots mobiliser and who also happens to be a former governor of the state, Prince Abubakar Audu, emerged as the gubernatorial candidate. Subsequently, after much suspense, he announced his running mate – Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, a legislator representing a constituency in Lagos State.
52-year-old cobbler hangs self in Ondo
Akure—A 52-year-old cobbler, Tope Ogunmodede, has committed suicide by hanging himself in Akure, the Ondo State capital, weekend.
‘Kidnappers behind murder of couple in Enugu’
Enugu—Mr Marcel Ossai Aba who was slaughtered with his wife, Jacinta, at Amaja in Enugu Ezike about eight days ago might have been killed by kidnappers.
6 die in Sokoto boat accident
Sokoto—Six persons have been confirmed dead in a boat accident that occurred on Saturday in a river in Bengaji District of Yabo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
Festival turns sour at Ikorodu over plumber’s death
LAGOS—The annual Ojude- Oba festival at Ogijo in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State has turned sour, following last Saturday’s gruesome murder of a 26-year-old plumber identified as Semiu Sanni, who was stabbed on the occasion.
United Nations: Nigeria to adopt agreement to mitigate climate change – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria is strongly commited to the adoption of a legally binding universal agreement to mitigate climate change which is an undeniable issue of concern to the international community at Summit Meeting on Climate change held today at the UN headquarters, New York.
