The brief: Bandits in UNIABUJA; Shehu Sani’s revelation; Return of Ighalo

Suspected bandits stormed the University of Abuja in the wee hours of Tuesday, whisking away at least 6 staff.

The Senator, who represented Kaduna Central in the last senate, has revealed that the killings of the leaders of Boko Haram and ISWAP, Abubakar Shekau and Abu Musab Al-Barnawi respectively, will not end the insurgency.

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Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has recalled 2019 AFCON top scorer, Odion Ighalo from international retirement.

Bandits Break Into UNIABUJA, Abduct Staff

Some staff of the University of Abuja have been abducted by suspected bandits. According to sources, the incident happened in the wee hours of Tuesday.

A resident, Dzarma Idris, told Daily Trust that sporadic gunshots started at 12:14am before the victims were whisked away.

Impeached Speaker ‘Declared Wanted’ As Plateau Assembly Crisis Festers

The crisis rocking the Plateau State House of Assembly took a new dimension Monday as the new speaker, Sanda Yakubu, declared the impeached speaker, Abok Ayuba, wanted.

There was a standoff at the Assembly Monday when thugs loyal to the two legislators, all of them members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, attempted to get firm control of the hallowed chamber in favour of their favourite “speaker”.

Shekau, Al-Barnawi’s Killings Won’t End Insurgency – Shehu Sani

Senator, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has said the killings of the leaders of Boko Haram and ISWAP, Abubakar Shekau and Abu Musab Al-Barnawi respectively, will not end the insurgency in the North East.

Sani, who represented the Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the last Senate, said this Sunday while featuring on Trust TV’s Politics Daily.

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Ighalo Returns As Rohr Invites 24 Super Eagles For Liberia, Cape Verde

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has recalled 2019 AFCON top scorer, Odion Ighalo from international retirement as he listed him along side team captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong, defenders Kenneth Omeruo and Leon Balogun, midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi, forwards Moses Simon and Victor Osimhen, as well as 15 others for Nigeria’s closing Group C games of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African race against Liberia and Cape Verde this month.

Others are goalkeepers Francis Uzoho, Daniel Akpeyi, and Maduka Okoye. There are also defenders Chidozie Awaziem, Olaoluwa Aina, Jamilu Collins, Abdullahi Shehu, Zaidu Sanusi and Kevin Akpoguma.

White Money: Married People Should Be Barred From Big Brother House

Winner of the sixth edition of the Big Brother Naija show, Hazel Oyeye Onou, popularly known as White Money, has said married people should not be allowed on the show.

Making reference to his former colleague and co-housemates, Tega Dominic and Boma Akpore, he said the controversy that arose from the affair between the duo could have been avoided.