Human Rights Watch on Friday called for Boko Haram to stop targeting ordinary Nigerians, claiming the banned Islamist group had abducted scores of women and girls and used children as young as 12 in fighting. The organisation also called on the Nigerian…
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Most Nigerian farmers now abandon growing food and economic crops for cannabis in a bid to become instant millionaires, the country’s anti-narcotics agency said on Saturday. In a statement, Ahmadu Giade, the chairman of the Nigeria’s National Drug Law…
The Nigerian presidency on Wednesday hit back at criticism by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, describing his widely leaked letter accusing Goodluck Jonathan of leadership failures as “indecorous” and “reckless”. Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati…
Boko Haram’s leader said in a video obtained by AFP on Thursday that the group was behind a daring raid on military installations in the north Nigerian city of Maiduguri earlier this month. “Allah the Almighty has given us victory in the attack we launched…
I am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. One, the current situation …
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Right), presenting the 2014 Appropriation Budget to the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly,…
Quality assurance monitors in the education sector have identified low teacher capacity as a major factor responsible for poor performance…
The Federal Ministry of Education has commenced the construction of the National Education Diagnostic and Assessment Centre in Abuja for…
The Supervising Minister of Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi has launched the Junior Professional Officers Programme (JPO-P) and unveiled the e-recruitment…