Security personnel foiled an assassination attempt by armed men suspected to be political thugs on a federal lawmaker representing the Esan North-East/Esan South-East Federal Constituency in Edo State, Henry Okojie. Okojie’s media aide, Michael Ihaza, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, saying that Okojie, the husband of the Nollywood movie Star, Mercy Johnson, was reportedly attacked at his …

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has denied reports of an assassination attempt on his life. On Sunday, the state government had announced an assassination attempt on the governor, which it said happened a few kilometres away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoja, the state capital. In a statement, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kingsley …

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in the state on Friday launched into a war of words after the PCC Director-General, Dr Abiye Sekibo said he escaped an attempt on his life by those he described as agents of the state government. Sekibo, a former Minister of Transport, told …

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe reportedly escaped assassination on Monday evening. Unknown gunmen were said to have attacked Abe’s campaign train at the Akinima community in the Ahoada-West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. It was gathered that the SDP governorship candidate and his team had earlier visited …

The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Umar Sanda has confirmed the threats to the life of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara. The police chief disclosed that the command had arrested some persons in connection with the assassination plot, among whom was a retired armourer, adding that one of the suspects had confessed to the …