Chief Ernest Shonekan who headed the Interim National Government that succeeded the junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, has died. Shonekan died in Lagos at the age of 85. He was the interim head of the Nigerian Government between August 26 and November 17 1993 when he was ousted in a coup led by late General Sani Abacha.

***It’s a lifelong ambition, I’ve the capacity Buhari receives in audience APC Chieftain Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in State House onAbuja The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday said that he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his ambition to contest for the position of president in 2023. Asiwaju Tinybu said it was …

Rt. Hon. Lawman Duruji, former Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly has been kidnapped by gunmen. They also seized the wife of Frank Onwumere, an erstwhile Chairman of Okigwe Local Government Area of the state. While Onwumere’s wife was said to have been kidnapped on Sunday, a source said Duruji was abducted on Saturday while returning from a function. …