A former vice president p9f Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has decried the continued killings in the northwest
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday announced further sanctions against Mali’s military-dominated interim authority. The latest sanctions include financial squeeze, border blockage and withdrawal of ECOWAS Ambassadors
To end the environmental menace occasioned by black soot in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike, has tasked the state police command to collaborate with other security agencies, council chairmen and
Following the massacre of over 200 people by bandits in some parts of Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday vowed to hunt down and eliminate terrorists,
Three suspected Nigerian pirates who were arrested after surviving heavy gunfire from a Danish frigate last November have been freed by the authorities in the country. The three were among
The organised labour in Zamfara, Abia, Benue, Imo, Taraba, Cross River and Kogi states have shunned the directive by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to commence strike in protest against
The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) has refuted claims that the N1 billion contracts for the installation of solar streetlights in
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday raised the alarm that many Nigerian youths “are enlisting in violent groups and kidnap gangs” owing to unemployment and the inability of government
‘ More than 100 people have been killed by suspected “bandit” militants in northern Nigeria, according to reports on Friday, as authorities continued to search for bodies and suspects after
Professor George Obiozor discussed the president’s unyielding opposition to restructuring and how Nigerians can remedy this by choosing a successor in 2023 that is more in tune with the yearnings
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, applauded the Buhari administration for heeding his appeal and finally declaring bandits terrorists. But the Governor ofcthe North-Central Nigeria state said the president must
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President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged Nigeria’s readiness to assist Mali to return to democratic governance in line with the requirements of the sub regional body, the Economic Community of West
Nigeria’s military high command on Thurdday disclosed that troops killed 1,910 criminals, including insurgents, armed bandits, armed robbers and kidnappers in the last eight months. It said between May
INEBEHE EFFIONG discussed the many issues that have been thrown up over the Magodo Estate stand off and the reaction of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to
About two months after President Muhammadu Buhari directed the suspension of the inauguration of a Board he had announced for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), the president on
Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi discussed his engagements on the local and international arena for almost five decades and how his interventions as one of Nigeria’s foremost foreign policy experts have
In yet another cruel stab to the heart of Nigeria’s federalism, the power and position of the Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and by implication, all state governors in
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Doyin Salami as his Chief Economic Adviser exactly 80 months after he was first elected in May 2015. The appointment comes less than 17
By judicial declaration, the federal government, on Tuesday, said it was ready to deploy the 12 Super Tucano fighter jets against armed bandits wreaking havoc in the North-western part of
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