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A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba has said that Nigeria has been having accidental leaders since the commencement of the Fourth Republic in 1999. Na’Abba who served as Speaker of lower legislative chamber from 1999 to 2003, called on more Nigerians to participate in politics with a view to opening up the political space.  He stated this in Abuja at the 2016/2017 Matriculation and Fellowship Endowment Ceremony of the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS)/University of Benin Postgraduate Programme.  He expressed regret that leadership recruitment process in the country has been hijacked by a few politicians. The former Speaker advocated for what he called  regular ‘tutorials’ for political leaders at all levels. “I believe that not just the Legislature, every arm of government that is serving the purpose of governance must invest in exposing democracy to the people. “It is a sad commentary on our political life tha...

— 17th October 2017 An HND 2 student of the Kogi State Polytechnic, identified as Miss Adebanjo Adetutu has been kidnapped. Adetutu , a student from the Department of Management was kidnapped along Abuja-Okene highway close to Itakpe community.Within the last one week not fewer than 10 people had been kidnapped in the state.Miss Adetutu was returning to her home town in Ogun State after the first semester exams when she was abducted.The abductors had earlier demanded for a ransom of N10 million over the weekend and on Monday afternoon reduced it to N500,000. Her kidnap was coming few days when three chieftains of the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance party , Kogi State chapter were kidnapped along Idah Road . Also, a lecturer at the Kogi State University, Ayingba, his wife and two children were also abducted six days ago while an expatriate, his driver and police orderly were Also abducted along Ajaokuta- Ayingba road. In the latest abduction, the Director of st...