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The management of the University of Jos have dismissed reports that seven students of the university died in the bomb…

Plateau State governor, Jonah David Jang has described the insecurity situation in the country as a war situation, describing the…

The federal government has said it will establish trauma counselling centres to aid survivors of the recent bomb blast that…

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) on Friday urged United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to intervene on environmental…

The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday said the Federal Government disbursed N130.7 billion to the defence sector…

The leader of Nigeria’s Muslims on Friday announced plans to host a national day of prayer in the capital as…

To the Editor: My heart goes out to those parents of the schoolgirls in Nigeria who, through no fault of their own, are being used to extort money for the terrorist cause in that country. The country’s military has refused to get involved  in finding…

The United States is alone in helping Nigeria locate more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamists, Secretary of State John Kerry said, despite help on the ground from Britain, France and Israel. With 80 military personnel sent to neighboring Chad…

Nigeria needs foreign help to defeat Boko Haram, a senior intelligence source told AFP on Friday, as the country’s top Muslim leader broke his silence to demand action to defeat the militants. The security source, who agreed to an interview on condition…

ABUJA (National Conference Report) – The plenary sessions of the on-going National Conference on Wednesday May 22, 2014 began debate…

ABUJA (Special Duties and Inter- Governmental Affairs Report) The Minister of Special Duties and Inter Government Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki…

Report from Federal Information Center, Yola. Minister for Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has lauded the efforts of the…

ABUJA (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment Report) The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga recently in his…

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 27,2014, for ruling on the application for bail…

A forensic analyst with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Muktar Bello, on May 22, 2014, told a Federal…

Governors under the aegis of Northern Governors Forum have lampooned the Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, over his recent…

The United Nations blacklisted and imposed sanctions on Boko Haram as an Al-Qaeda-linked terror group Thursday, a month after it claimed the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. The designation, which was immediately welcomed by Britain…

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday, instituted a fresh legal action against the two chambers of the…

Chibok girls: I am not slow— GEJ President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, condemned in strong terms the insinuation by some Nigerians…

France, yesterday, declared that the Boko Haram sect will be treated like Al-Qaeda, as the sect continues unleashing terror in…