In its new-found vigour against the terrorist sect Boko Haram, the Nigerian military has so far succeeded in liberating over 30 communities in the North East...
In spite of controversy surrounding the state of his health, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gen. Muhammadu Buhari gave his much anticipated speech...
The Nigerian military took delivery of two Boeing 747 jets fully loaded with ammunition that arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday evening. The...
More suicide bombings in Biu, Borno State, and Jos, Plateau State on Thursday has left about 35 people dead, with several others sustaining various degrees of...
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday paid a surprise visit to Mubi, Adamawa State, and Baga, Borno State, some of the areas that were being terrorised by Boko...
In the wake of insurgency activities, and the Ebola disease virus that recently hit the West African sub region, leaders of the Central African countries have...
A Nigerian woman who has campaigned against Islamist extremists Boko Haram was on Tuesday awarded a Japanese peace prize worth $170,000. Esther Ibanga, a pastor and...
The recent postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electric Commission (INEC) is threatening the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by...
A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has warned that Nigeria is likely to experience large scale violence as a result of the upcoming...
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to clearly differentiate between a thief and a corrupt official, noting that thieves are often referred to in the country...
Last week, Victor, a carpenter, came to my Lagos home to fix a broken chair. I asked him whom he preferred as Nigeria’s next president: the...
ABUJA — The presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party scheduled to hold in Damaturu, Yobe State has been cancelled. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the All...
ABUJA — FEDERAL Government, yesterday, expressed the possibility of recalling soldiers in the country’s peace keeping mission abroad to enhance the operational capability of the military...
Boko Haram has claimed a massive attack feared to be the worst in its six-year insurgency and threatened Nigeria’s neighbours, as talks began for a regional...
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have redeployed the Acting General Officer Commanding, 7th Infantry Division, Maiduguri, Maj.-Gen Mohammed Ibrahim. Until his redeployment, Ibrahim presided over the...
The United States government has thrown its weight behind the Federal Government to conduct this year’s general elections despite the fact that the country is facing...
Members of the extremist Boko Haram group are presently making efforts to take over Biu, the largest town in Southern Borno state, residents have said. An...
The Presidency on Friday insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan did not direct anybody to share money to the parents of the schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno...