The president, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, has described the demand for the restructuring of Nigeria as a welcomed development. He...
Several persons are feared dead after gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked two villages in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attacks were...
The senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has berated those campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 election bid at a time when the country was experiencing...
The Federal Government has stated that the media and public commentators have created a “poisoned atmosphere” by their coverage and analysis of the herdsmen crisis through...
The presidency has disowned a tweet purportedly sent out by President Muhammadu Buhari justifying the recent killings in Benue State perpetrated by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The...
A recent comment by Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong that he warned his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, against the anti-open grazing law, has continued to...
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the arrest and prosecution of Mouktar Maigamo, a Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Kaduna State’s Governor Nasir...
The decision of Governor Simon Lalong to have cattle colonies, as recently proposed by the Federal Government established in Plateau State, has met with stiff opposition...
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has insisted that he would contest for president despite Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s zoning of its 2019 presidential ticket to the...
The coast is now clear for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to proceed with conducting Saturday’s rerun for the disputed Anambra Central senatorial seat as...
Wife of former president Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, suffered another setback in her bid to recover monies found in her accounts, as the Lagos Division of...
In what appeared similar to the treatment meted out to the former spiritual leader and founder of Boko Haram terrorist group, Mohammed Yusuf, a notorious militant...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said that northern governors owe no apologies to any one for throwing their full weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election...
Criminal activities in Bayelsa State which had recently led to the killings of several people have set the state Governor Seriake Dickson and his predecessor, Timipre...
Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist believed to have access to the leadership of Boko Haram terrorists, has hinted that the sect led by Abubakar Shekau is...
Former Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforji, will have to return to court to face retrial in the case of alleged laundering of N388...
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Governor Nyesome Wike of the state to make public the final appropriation laws (budgets)...
Efforts to stop the Anambra Central senatorial district rerun election slated to hold this Saturday in Anambra State has hit the rock as the Court of...
Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has warned the citizens of the state including its former governor and presently Senate Majority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, to respect...
It was tales of lamentations, while tears freely flowed as the people of Benue State on Thursday held a mass burial for victims of the recent...
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has reproved President Muhammadu Buhari over replacement of the sacked National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Director General, Ambassador Ayo Oke with Ahmed...
Action Democratic Party (ADP), on Thursday, rejected the elections schedule recently released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), alleging that the ruling All Progressives Congress...
Leaders of South East, South West, South-South as well as those from the Middle Belt on Thursday demanded that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari declare...
Apparently in response to the barrage of attacks that has trailed its claim that no less than 756 persons were killed by herdsmen during former President...
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom on Thursday described killings in Benue by suspected Fulani herdsmen as a deliberate, well planned and funded siege on his...
Statesman and chairman of Patriots, Professor Ben Nwabueze, has expressed fears over moves by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to purchase war planes from the United States,...
A former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, and other leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Okigwe zone of the state have threatened to...
The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has called on his Benue State counterpart to embrace the challenge and protect his people from the marauding herdsmen’s...
To ensure a violence free poll, the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Umar, has announced the deployment of no less than 4,300 policemen for...
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the number of political parties in Nigeria has risen to 68 as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday...
The Presidency on Wednesday expressed dismay at people who are insinuating that the reckless killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen are happening with government apparently doing little...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to go ahead with its planned protest in Kaduna State despite an order by the state Police Command, and Governor...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has stated that no amount of intimidation would make him reverse his stance on open grazing, vowing to continue with...
The stage is now set for the Handshake Across The Niger summit scheduled to hold on Thursday, January 11, 2018, in Enugu State. In a statement...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, Wednesday apologised to the people of Benue State over his much-criticized controversial comment describing the killings in the...
The Federal Government says it is still undecided on whether or not to deploy troops to Benue State in response to the killings there. The Minister...
In response to the recent killings in Benue and Rivers States, President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has directed members of the Senate Adhoc Committee...
The fate of the planned rerun election for Anambra Central Senatorial district is in the balance as a Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to discard Governor Yahaya Bello’s promise to deliver more votes in Kogi State than Katsina, the home state of the...
Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday lambasted Governor Nasir El-Rufai over his threat to sack striking teachers. The party, added that...
The troubled Buhari presidency may have to contend with vote losses in the Benue axis if threats by Tiv indigenes are to be taken seriously. Represented...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, ministers and other political appointees received salaries amounting to N3.4 billion in 2017. This was contained in the document the...
The Benue State government under Governor Samuel Ortom says it has not recruited, nor armed any militia group to help tackle the menace of herdsmen in...
Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and others to court by for...
The turn of events in the Muhammadu Buhari presidency, between May 2015 and January 2018, leaves many learning new lessons in how not to squander an...
Amnesty International has condemned the wave of violence in Nigeria, calling on government “to do more to end epidemic of gruesome killings of dozens of people...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday released the timetable for the 2019 general elections. While briefing journalists, INEC said the presidential and National Assembly elections...
The Presidency Tuesday said it was “both unfair and unkind, for anyone to keep insinuating that the President is condoning the spate of killings in Benue...
Ekiti State’s Governor Ayodele Fayose has frowned against the tagging of killings in Benue and other Middle-Belt states as farmers/herdsmen clash and described the attacks as...
Benue State’s Governor Samuel Ortom on Tuesday favoured military option as a means to end the killings being carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen, rejecting the...