The Nigerian Government, on Monday re-arraigned Omoyele Sowore, the convener of RevolutionNow protest before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore, who was a 2019 presidential candidate African Action Congress,
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The Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has assured that recurring crisis being experienced between cattle herdsmen and indigenous farmers in Nigeria was being tackled by the federal government. Obiano
The emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said Nigeria can achieve the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) by focusing on education of the girl-child. The emir, who
A former Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Alhaji Mohammed Kabir, has said that come 2023, Igbo should be allowed to rule Nigeria. Kabir, a former National Chairman of the
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday reacted to the reported rescue of 400 men and boys in a building in Kaduna, where the detainees were allegedly abused and tortured. His reaction
Travellers in commercial vehicles moving in and out of Maiduguri, Borno State, are currently being extorted the sum of N200 per person for failing to provide their national identification cards
Nigeria Senate on Thursday in Abuja said some agencies and parastatals of government among over 700 of them would be scrapped for effective services to the nation. Senate President, Dr
With an already poor human rights records, the Theatre Commanding Officer, Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, has told the Nigerian troops to deal without
The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the federal government has spent N1.5 trillion on the power sector in the past two years. Osinbajo, who was represented by the Minister
Amb. Adnan Mahmoud, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Monday disclosed that the country was keen on improving relationship with Nigeria. NAN reports that Mahmoud spoke at the
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and find a solution to the vagrancy arising from the Almajiri system of Islamic education in
Worried by the increasing Boko Haram attacks on Gubio town and its environs, the Caretaker Chairman of Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State, Hon Zanna Modu, has hired the
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says the President Muhammadu Buhari regime has attained an “unprecedented level of paranoia” following the charges of treason filed against human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralised scores of terrorists and destroyed their hideouts in separate air strikes conducted at Durbada (also known as Bula Mongoro), Abaganaram and Tumbun Rego
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Taraba State has dismissed the petition by Abubakar Danladi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the re-election of Governor Darius Ishaku of the
Adamawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA) says it arrested 25 suspected drug dealers and seized 166.95 kg of illicit drugs in the state in
Prof. Uzodinma Nwala, President of Alaigbo Development Foundation (a body of the Igbo intelligentsia) says the Fulani tribe in Nigeria are running the country as a personal estate bequeathed to
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has revealed that its leader, Mr Nnamdi Kanu will on Tuesday meet with officials of the United Nations in its Geneva, Switzerland office. A
About 6 persons have allegedly being killed by unknown gunmen at Bakin Fadama and Rimi communities of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of today
Boko Haram insurgents are no longer terrorists but bandits and robbers, the Nigerian Army has told Nigerians. The Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army, Gen. Tukur Buratai, therefore,
