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...
The Senate has asked the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, to explain to Nigerians why he has been running around the...
The suspension of Senator Buruji Kashamu by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been nullified by the Abuja High Court. The opposition party had...
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a meeting with Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Though the agenda of the meeting is...
The presidency, on Tuesday, indicted the leadership of the 7th National Assembly, over its alleged failure to carryout a proper oversight on Ministries, Departments and Agencies...
A member of the House of Representatives, Adams Jagaba, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a sinking ship bound to perish. The member, who...
Rivers State governor, Nyeson Wike has berated his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi for playing politics with the killing of the notorious cultist, Johnson Igwediba, popularly known as...
The emergence of Ayodele Fayose as the governor of Ekiti has been described as one that happened by accident. A former governor of the state, Niyi...
The recent memo by Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, that the name of the location of the proposed Nigerian Maritime University (NMU) is Okerenghigho...
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar Monday demanded the sum of N200 billion from Paul Unongo, a leader of the Northern Elders Forum, and threatened to file...
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are expected to arrive Abia State Tuesday for the mega rally of the state chapter of the All...
Efforts by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), to stop a Senate probe into his role in the reinstatement of former...
A former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the killings of residents in the state, is as a result of failure of the...
As public outcry against wanton killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen across the country continues to mount, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has...
Plans by President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to fund Boko Haram insurgency fight in the North...
The Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) has declared the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state as winner of all 22 chairmanship seats so...
Benue State chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of being indifferent to the killings in Benue State by suspected...
When Governor Rochas Okorocha rallied most members of his cabinet and a sprinkle of officials of Dana Air under the smoldering heat of Sam Mbakwe Cargo...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has spoken out against those he said were looking to benefit politically from the herdsmen killings in Adamawa and Benue states, accusing...
The Rivers State Government has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his swift intervention in the security situation in the state following the massacre of about 23...
Despite continuing attacks by the dreaded terror group, Boko Haram, the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, Sunday said the insurgents had been defeated and the...
Following the statement by Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) questioning President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned 2019 bid, a coalition of youth groups in Northern Nigeria has rejected the...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an appeal to the United Nations (UN) to intervene in the persistent killings in Benue State of...
The apparent move by President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election in 2019 appears to have set Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) and Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG)...
Despite assurances of improved security, suspected herdsmen attacked Logo Local Government Area of Benue State in the early hours of Saturday, killing 11 persons. This latest attack is...
There appears to be a crack in the bond between the Presidency and the leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the party has distanced...
The Delta State local government elections held on Saturday witnessed violence which left an ad-hoc staff of the State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) dead, and the...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has refuted claims that he is the chief financier of the national apex body of Fulani herdsmen, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government not to contemplate hiking the pump price of petrol....
Following the recent appointment of Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as the Director General (DG) of the President Buhari Campaign Organisation, the Arewa Youths Forum (AYF)...
