President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday lambasted religious fundamentalists killing human beings in order to please God, saying that they were ignorant as they could not please Him by murdering people. He said his administration would investigate and bring to book all perpetrators of mayhem across the country. The President said that no religion or civilised culture would tolerate violence, especially the taking of another life. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, the President spoke at separate meetings with Qadiriyya Muslim Movement in Africa and Izalatul-Bid’a-Wa-Iqamatus-Sunnah at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.…

A former governor of old Kaduna State, Mr Lawal Kaita, is dead. Kaita died Tuesday evening at a private hospital in Abuja after battling an undisclosed ailment. President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his “deepest condolences” to the family, the government and people of Katsina and Kaduna states on the death. Mr. Buhari’s spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, said the president, briefed Tuesday evening on the death of the former governor and chieftain of governing All Progressives Congress, APC, described the deceased as “a complete gentleman who served his people and the nation with total commitment and devotion.” “Nigeria has lost a…