Former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon on Thursday said that his government almost dismissed ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo from the army in the 70s for...
Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), a Muslim Group led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has gone to the Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge the order of the Acting Chief Judge of the...
The speakers of the state houses of assembly have thrown their weight behind devolution of powers, asking that it be reintroduced in the next round of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that it was not backing down on its intention to prosecute Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over...
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, has reacted to the decision by the House of Representatives to pass a vote of no confidence...
The military has bemoaned “speculation” by the media over its operations regarding the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls, vowing to now “limit the way we publicise the strategy...
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a vote of no confidence in the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and in his state...
Plagued with vexed issues of Boko Haram terrorists and killer herdsmen, northern governors on Thursday met in Kaduna State to deliberate on measures to address the...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the current structure under which the Nigerian federation is being run as deformed. He argues that good leadership or...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja was on Thursday besieged by protesters when Senator Dino Melaye was arraigned on two counts...
Ten days to the meeting of members of Egmont Group, where Nigeria will be expelled, both chambers of the National Assembly are yet to transmit a...
The Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) day it will not be part of what it describes as a “sham election”. The party...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has challenged the chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari, to show commitment to ensure an end to the situation...
Erstwhile Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu said he will soon announce the party platform he hopes to actualise his ambition on....
There is a veiled acknowledgment that the Nigerian government has been paying ransom to the Boko Haram terrorists in exchange for freedom of its kidnapped citizens....
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has said that the only time herdsmen can be arrested and punished for rearing and grazing on the...
The Nigerian military has engaged local fishermen and farmers to help in the search operation for the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls. This was disclosed by the head...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday announced dates for general elections in the country for the next 36 years, starting from 2019 to 2055. Chairman...
A Federal High Court sitting I. Lagos has order the permanent forfeiture of more properties believed to belong to a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke....
The Senate, on Wednesday, said it will pass the 2018 budget without submissions from many Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The threat followed an observation by...
Interior Minister, Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Wednesday directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, and the Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC),...
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has alleged that the fight against Boko Haram has become an indirect source to loot the treasury in Nigeria. According to...
The United Nations (UN) has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to quickly bring those who abducted the 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical...
Controversial deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has said that the elongation of the tenure of John Odigie-Oyegun as national...
The Senate, on Tuesday, unveiled plans to investigate allegations of double registration leveled against the governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello. The decision to probe...
The Nigerian Army Tuesday reacted to a newly-published memo being cited as documentary proof of its culpability in the abduction of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls, following...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has faulted Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) which saw Nigeria score 27/100, with a rank of 148 out of 180 countries...
The Peace Corps of Nigeria has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold assent to a bill ratifying its paramilitary agency status, alleging “conspiracy against...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday again insisted that the Boko Haram sect has been stopped “in its track”. The president gave the credit for the achievement...
The idea of paying pension to governors and their deputies after serving out their tenures may soon end in Kwara State as the State House of...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has asked security agencies to take responsibility for failing to stop the abduction of 110 schoolgirls in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to halt the feasting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains in Aso Villa and visit...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Monday announced the setting up a 12-member committee by government to unravel the circumstances surrounding the...
Over a week later, Nigerian govt releases its list of missing Dapchi schoolgirls, gives breakdown The Federal Government has released the names and other details of...
The power play in Nigeria’s ruling party may have reached a high with the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) approving a one...
Hope of promoters to have the Peace Corps of Nigeria officially becoming another national security agency, has been dashed as President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld his...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to declare amnesty for all killer herdsmen, arms-bearing farmers and other terrorists in the country. The call was made by...
The Nigerian Police has described as false and misleading claims by the the Nigeria that it officially handed over protection of Dapchi area of Yobe State...
Despite the opposition of the National Assembly, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has maintained that presidential and National Assembly elections must hold first and on...
The Nigerian Army has admitted that its troops stationed in Dapchi, Yobe State, were “redeployed” prior to the attack by Boko Haram that led to the...
The National caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ongoing at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, national...
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has blamed former head of state, Ibrahim Babangida for destroying the nation’s labour movement,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday asked the Federal High Court in Lagos not to unfreeze a Unity Bank account with a balance of...
Former governor of Delta State, James Ibori has blamed the Nigerian youth for the problems that the country continued to grapple with. Citing the case of...
The Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Lawal Daura, has given more details of what it cost the Nigerian government to secure the release...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that his administration would go to any length to ensure that the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls and other Nigerians still in the...
Yobe State governor, Ibrahim Gaidam has said that Nigerian Army must be held responsible for the abduction of 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls Science Technical College...
The Presidency has reneged on the claim that Boko Haram terrorists in North East Nigeria have been totally defeated, saying that the dreaded sect has only...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience, has dragged the Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers of three banks before the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking that they...