Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has hailed the contributions of his kinsman and presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential…
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The remains of the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Shehu Mustapha Idrisa Timta, who was killed by Boko Haram gunmen on…
Lagos Lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has called on the Federal Government to negotiate with Boko Haram…
The Federal Government, yesterday, declared that it had not ruled out dialogue with Boko Haram to stop its killings in…
An attack in Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State yesterday, by suspected members of Islamist sect Boko Haram…
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has said it would not accept the proposed increase in electricity tariff. The…
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said intelligence reports have hinted fresh plan by some interest groups to embark on a…
Did foot-dragging on the part of President Goodluck Jonathan lead to the intricacy surrounding the location and rescue of the…
The need to seek divine wisdom and guidance for President Goodluck Jonathan as he explores available options towards ending the…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Sokoto has deployed security men in plain-clothes to the border between…
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF BPP – EMEKA EZEH The Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr Emeka Ezeh, has said that…
The Bayelsa State Government is to send the second batch of scholars to the Lincoln University, Pennsylvania in the United…
A series of suspected Boko Haram attacks in four villages in Nigeria’s restive northeast killed several people, residents said Sunday, in the latest violence blamed on the Islamist insurgents. The military was not immediately available to comment…
The West African bloc announced plans Saturday to increase cooperation with Central African states in the battle against “terrorism”, amid fears of Boko Haram’s insurgency spreading across the region. Nigeria has repeatedly said it needs more help from…
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has decried Friday’s killing of the Emir of Gwoza, and the attack on two…
A group under the aegis of Civil Society Task Team on Security and Electoral Reform (CSTTSER) has blamed the growing…
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday gave the Federal Government a 14-day-ultimatum to intervene in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yobe on Saturday organised a bye-election into Nangere constituency of the state house…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, Remi Bakare has said that the alleged planned defection…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi (Left); addressing a group of crowd that gathered to welcome him to Ilawe-Ekiti, during…