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 President Buhari expressed gratitude to Turkey's President and First Lady for establishing the Turkish Cultural Centre in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari praised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday in Abuja for opening his country's borders to millions of refugees in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. President Buhari stated at a joint press conference on the occasion of the Turkish leader's official visit to Nigeria that his Turkish counterpart has set an example for the rest of the world on how to treat refugees. "I commend Your Excellency for your leadership and generosity in receiving and housing 4 million refugees fleeing conflict zones, particularly Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan." "You have truly set an example for the rest of the world," Nigeria's president said. President Buhari described President Erdogan's two-day visit with First Lady Emine Erdogan as a reflection of Nigeria and Turkey's "robust, warm...

 Imo Police Commissioner Rabiu Hussaini claimed on Wednesday that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) were to blame for the deaths of two traditional rulers in the state's Njaba council area on Tuesday. In a statement issued by Police spokesman Michael Abattam, he stated that his command received information on Tuesday around 3 p.m. that some hoodlums suspected to be IPOB/ESN members were attacking the venue where the transitional chairman of Njaba local government was meeting with some traditional rulers. The police chief explained that he immediately dispatched the Command's tactical teams, which included Special Forces and Rapid Response Squadrons. Unfortunately, he stated that before the police arrived, the hoodlums had fled the scene after killing the two monarchs. He revealed that the Transitional Chairman of Njaba Local Government, Hon. Emeka Ihenacho, had invited 15 traditional rulers of Njaba communities to a meeting without in...

  Ibrahim Shekarau Ibrahim Shekarau, the former governor of Kano State and senator representing Kano Central Senatorial Zone, has vowed to stay in the All Progressives Congress and support the party's newly-elected factional leaders led by Alhaji Ahmadu Haruna Danzago. On Wednesday, Shekarau made the remark in Hausa on his official Facebook page. "I'd like to take this opportunity to update our friends and associates on the current state of our party, the APC, in Kano State." "I, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, led some elected National Assembly members in filing a complaint with the APC National Headquarters about how the party is run without involving us in the state." "We were elected, and our constituents have the right to know what is going on in the party's administration." We have already sent in our complaint, which was accepted. We are hopeful that the problem will be resolved. "I want to assure our people that we will remain in APC ind...

Ace music producer, Don Jazzy, has reacted to a video of a taxi driver being tortured and pepper-strayed by security operatives at Lekki tollgate. The taxi driver who was seen with a swollen red eye in the video, was pepper-sprayed by security operatives who attempted to force him into a Black Maria at Lekki Toll Gate following the ongoing #EndSARS memorial protest. While the security operatives did not state the man’s crime, the taxi driver insisted on not entering the Black Maria as he’s not a thief. He was also heard saying that none of his “family members have entered such a car, adding that he is just a cab driver while being dragged by security operatives. Reacting, Don Jazzy, who shared the video on his Instagram account, lamented the ill-treatment meted out to the young man by the police operatives. He further noted that authorities will still come out to deny that they carried out such an act just like they denied shooting peaceful protesters at Lekki tollgate. “As gl...

 Agents of the Lagos State Police Command have captured two dissidents at the Lekki tollbooth where the #EndSARS Memorial Protest is booked to hold in the state today.  One of those captured professed to be a writer while the different was seen conveying a notice.  The police had allegedly cautioned that anybody seen at the tollbooth without an ID card will be captured.  The captured writer let newsmen know that he works with LegitTV and that his telephone, driver's permit, and different reports were detracted from him.  Talking from a Lagos State Task Force van where he was kept by the police, the columnist who recognized himself as Abisola expressed that he lost his ID card on the way.  Around 30 police trucks and outfitted staff are at present at the tollbooth to uphold a prohibition on fights gave by the police order.  Peruse Also  #EndSARSMemorial: Stop capturing nonconformists, Amnesty hammers Lagos Police  Nigeria Police: Few guarantee...