Billiri chieftaincy tussle: President Buhari expresses ‘great shock and deep concern’ over eruption of violence in Gombe State

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “great shock and deep concern” over the eruption of violence in Gombe State arising from the Billiri chieftaincy tussle. In a statement released by his media aide Garba Shehu, the President called on the parties involved to exercise maximum restraint to avoid escalation. Buhari also noted that Nigerians have shed enough…

Ex-Customs boss, Abdullahi Dikko, dies at 60

The immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, is dead. He died today Thursday, February 18 after a protracted illness. Dikko serviced in office from 2009 to 2015. Born on May 11, 1960, in Musawa town, a local government area of Katsina State, the late ex-Customs chief attended Government College,…

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