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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, said on Thursday that the war against terrorism in Nigeria would…

Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Thursday kicked against the payment of taxes by religious organisations in the country. Delegates…

No fewer than 14 persons on Thursday lost their lives in an auto crash on the Benin-Okene Highway. NAN reports…

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday vowed “total war against terrorism” following last month’s mass abduction of schoolgirls by Boko Haram Islamists amid news of attacks in three border villages that claimed 35 lives. Jonathan said in an address…

Boko Haram gunmen killed 35 people in attacks on three villages in Nigeria’s restive northeast Borno state near the border with Cameroon, a military source and residents said Thursday. Dozens of Boko Haram gunmen dressed in military uniform stormed…

VICE-President NAMADI SAMBO (R), IN A HANDSHAKE WITH THE CHAIRMAN, TANSMMISSION COMPANTY OF NIGERIA (TCN), MR Ibrahim WAZIRI, AT A…

Senator representing kwara Central in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Thursday denied media reports…

Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Wednesday distributed 28 units of Toyota Land Cruiser Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) to second…

Authorities have said residents knew about the explosion that rocked Kurudu, a Satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) along…

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has dispelled rumors of a bomb blast in Kurudu, a suburb of Abuja.…

Thirty-six former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House of Representatives, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

The Federal Government is prepared to explore all options, including accepting unconditional renunciation of violence by insurgents to end the…

The peaceful protests by #BringBackOurGirls group, who are currently staging a sit-out at the Unity Fountain, Abuja, turned ugly yesterday…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.D Abubakar yesterday assured that effective security measures have been put in place to ensure…

A clandestine plot to impeach Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo State, his deputy, Pius Odubu and the Speaker of the…

Former Kwara State Governor now Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr Bukola Saraki has called on Nigerians to…

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT), Chief Tony Anenih, yesterday expressed the confidence that the…

A Nigerian rights activist confirmed Wednesday that ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo hosted talks aimed at brokering the release of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by Boko Haram. The talks at Obasanjo’s farm last weekend included the former president…

Authorities in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday revised downward by four the number of schoolgirls held captive by Boko Haram, denying media reports that the hostages had escaped from the Islamists in recent days. A source at the government in northeastern…

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson has described the ongoing nationwide voters’ registration and card collection exercise as part of…