In line with its avowed determination aimed at up-scaling agricultural activities through technology adoption and dissemination in the West African…
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The Joint Investigation Team set up by the Defence Headquarters has recommended immediate trial of over 500 persons apprehended in…
The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Information, Folasade Yemi-Esan in an interactive session with Federal Civil Servants in…
The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has assured Nigerians that the newly commissioned Dei Dei Injection Sub-station constructed by the…
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared open the 1st International Palm Produce Conference (IPPC) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State with a…
Enlarge NAIROBI, Kenya — In their most audacious attack yet, Islamic militants in northern Nigeria launched a pre-dawn raid on an air force base, showing their continued strength and ability to strike despite a six-month-long army offensive aimed…
Nigerian police said on Wednesday that they raided a home and freed 16 pregnant girls and young women allegedly being forced to have babies to be sold. “We carried out a raid on a residence in Owerri following an intelligence report and rescued 16 expectant…
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday restored the mobile phone service in the embattled city of Maiduguri, a day after a major raid by Islamists which prompted a round-the-clock ban on movements. The phones were switched off in May when a state of emergency…
Nigeria said on Wednesday that 500 people who were arrested during security operations against Boko Haram militants in three northeast states should be put on trial for terror offences. The 500 are among nearly 1,400 detained in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe…
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared open the 1st International Palm Produce Conference (IPPC) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State with a…
A daring Boko Haram raid in the north Nigerian city of Maiduguri was an embarrassing setback for the security forces, further eroding claims the Islamists have been significantly weakened, analysts said on Tuesday. But experts also argued that a six…
The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has directed the new management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company to speedily implement the…
The 4th Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture in the D-8, the organization for cooperation among Eight Developing Countries of…
Enforcing Sharia Law in Northern Nigeria
Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan has identified the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) as an important institution in the…
Overnight attacks by Boko Haram Islamists forced authorities on Monday to impose a 24-hour curfew in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, closing the airport and shutting roads into and out of the city. The government in Borno state said the decision was taken…
A Nigerian asylum seeker believed to be near death from a hunger strike is back in Britain despite losing his bid to stay in the country, as his flight was turned back, his lawyers said on Sunday. Isa Muazu, 45, from the northeastern Nigerian city of…
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 24 people in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria, eyewitnesses said on Saturday, just as the military vowed to ramp up security over Christmas. Seven fishermen were ambushed and killed in the first attack in…
Nigeria on Saturday pledged to secure communities near its northern and eastern borders with Chad, Niger and Cameroon over Christmas and New Year due to fears about Boko Haram strikes. The banned Islamist group has previously launched deadly attacks…
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