By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media, Mr. Daniel Bwala, has advised leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to renounce his agitation and be release from jail.

One Somto Okonkwo in a verified X handle, @General_Somto, quoted Mr. Bwala as saying, “Nigeria Government Through Its Presidential Special Adviser, Daniel Bwala Has Told The Leader Of IPOB Mazi Nnamdi Kanu To Renounce Biafra And Promise Not To Agitate For Biafra Again, Before Talks For His Release From DSS Custody Will Commence

…tells Nigerians

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

Bashir El-Rufai, son of erstwhile governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has urged Nigerians to join the Social Democratic Party, SDP, to save the country from ‘area boys’. Bashir stated this in a cryptic post on X on Friday, seemingly referring to President Bola Tinubu’s appointees, particularly from Lagos State. He wrote: “Join in saving this country from area boys”.

DAILY POST recalls that Bashir’s father, El-Rufai, recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the SDP.

The Kaduna ex-governor had before his resignation become increasingly critical of the APC-led government under Tinubu. He also cited a widening disconnect between his personal values and the party’s current direction as the reason for his defection. Before now, El-Rufai had criticized Tinubu for only appointing his “boys” from Lagos into political offices. “The president’s appointments are not being made because the appointees are Yoruba, but because they are his own boys, and most of the appointments do not even reasonably cover the South-West,” El-Rufai said.

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

A medical student and renowned Qur’an recitation winner, Abdulsalam Rabi’u Faskari, his father, Malam Rabe Faskari and his brothers have been kidnapped by bandits in Katsina State.

The attack occurred near Labin Bangori on Tuesday evening as the family was returning to Faskari after Abdulsalam was honoured by Governor Dikko Radda in Katsina for his victory in the 39th National Qur’anic Recitation Competition in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.

A government official in Faskari, speaking anonymously, said, “Malam Rabe and his five children, including Abdulsalam, were abducted at Bangori along Yankara road. We have not heard from them since.”

Abdulsalam, a medical student at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, secured first place in the male category for memorising 60 Hizbs of the Qur’an.