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PARIS (Environment Ministry Report) – The Minister of Environment, Laurentia Laraba Mallam has commended the French Oil and Gas giant…

The leadership of the ongoing National Conference has temporarily suspended some “contentious” recommendations contained in the reports of some of…

Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Director of Defence Information, on Wednesday, said security agents had arrested one suspect in connection with…

Unknown gunmen on Tuesday night invaded The palace of the Ojikpada Egume in Dekina Local Government area of Kogi State…

Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso said the country was unprepared for the level of violence from Boko Haram Islamists. Kwankwaso,…

The Northern Alternative Forum (NAF) has taken a swipe at the Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, on his recent…

A suspected Boko Haram attack on a military base and police station in northeastern Nigeria left at least 33 people dead, a security source told AFP on Wednesday. The source, who requested anonymity, said 18 soldiers and 15 police lost their lives in…

The United States expressed skepticism Tuesday that more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants had been located by Nigeria, stating that it had no “independent information” on the matter. The country’s highest ranking military officer on…

Scores of young men armed with bottles and stones on Wednesday attacked women protesters staging a demonstration over the plight of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, an activist said. Hadiza Bala Usman, a leader of the Bring Back Our Girls…

Nigeria faces a race against time to tackle its worsening security situation, which has grown in scale and scope due to a lack of political leadership, an influential governor told AFP. Kano state governor Rabiu Kwankwaso said the country was unprepared…