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…
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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…
Report from the Office of the SSA to the President on NASS Matters. The Senate has at plenary felicitate with…
Vice President Mohammed Namadi has commended and congratulated the management of the concessionned Shiroro hydro power plant of the North…
Report from the Office of the VP. The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and President, African First…
Report from the Office of the SSA to the President on NASS Matters. The Senate has at plenary urged the…
Against the backdrop of continued bombings and killings by the Boko Haram sect in the North, which some Nigerians believe,…
The TY Danjuma Foundation announced that it has given out a total of N2 billion to organisations in form of…
The remains of a former Lagos State governor and father of billionaire businessman – Femi Otedola – Sir Michael Otedola,…
The killing of Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrisa Timta, on Friday by suspected Boko Haram gunmen has been described by…
But for providence, gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect members would have killed the Emir of Askira, Alhaji Abdullahi…
The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, has denied the allegation that he is a pathological liar.…
The Osun State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended a former governor of the state, Sen. Isiaka Adetunji…
The Presidency has welcomed ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s offer to mediate with Boko Haram on the release of the over 200…
Ghana’s president on Friday said West African leaders must welcome “all assistance” in the battle against extremism at an emergency regional summit on unrest threats facing the region. The comments came as Nigeria’s leader, Goodluck Jonathan, confronts…