Governors of the 36 states of the federation have reaffirmed their position that the federal government should not go ahead with the planned deduction of $418 million from the Federation

Frustrated by worsening insecurity, amid wide criticism of government’s inability to protect the citizenry, Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen Bashir Magashi (rtd), on Monday, called for God’s intervention in the fight

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has claimed that the mass surrender of over 35,000 fighters and commanders of Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) was

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, on Sunday accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of having, “divided our people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, and region, in

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) deployed by the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP), a terror group, led to the killing of soldiers and travellers in the North-east, THISDAY has

Angered by their treatment in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, former governor of the state, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, and Senator Kabiru Marafa, on Sunday, defected to

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted at the nation’s three major airports of Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt large consignments of cocaine which Brazil-based drug

Three Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, Mr. Femi Falana and Mr. Jibrin Okutepa, have faulted the state pardon granted to former Governors Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and

As the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) entered its 61st day on Saturday, the federal government’s move to renegotiate a deal reached with the

As Nigeria battles multiple security challenges, a frontline presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and National Leader of the party, Senator Bola Tinubu, has promised

Families of some abductees on the Abuja-Kaduna train on Friday warned that they would resist any attempt to resume services on the route without rescuing their loved ones.They also lashed

The 68 passengers abducted by terrorists on March 28 after the bombing of an Abuja-Kaduna train are today 20 days old in the dungeon of the terrorists, with families and

The World Bank in its latest Africa’s Pulse, a biannual analysis of the near-term regional macroeconomic outlook, has projected a 2.7% growth for Nigeria in 2022.Of the region’s three largest

A new report by the United States Department of State has alleged that the judiciary in Nigeria remains susceptible to corruption and is constantly under pressure from the executive and

The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1 billion, apparently after U.S. lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns.

The deteriorating security condition in the country was the focus of the first meeting of the National Council of State (NCS) this year, which held on Thursday in Abuja, with

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Partners for Development has launched a three-year $3.5 million Water Improvement and Sanitation Enhancement (WISE) activity to improve water safety in

Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Abubakar, on Thursday commenced the emergency release of assorted food commodities to vulnerable persons across the country. Also to benefit from the

Nigeria’s federal government has described the call by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for the setting up of a high-powered committee to resolve the ongoing strike by university lecturers as