“President Muhammadu Buhari has just officially announced his intention to seek re-election in 2019.” This was the simple statement released by the President’s Personal Assistant on...
By Bloomberg’s Dulue Mbachu and Yinka Ibukun It’s a common scene along Nigeria’s main roads — barriers stopping cars, machine-gunners poised behind sandbags and stern-looking soldiers checking...
Suspected herdsmen have killed five members of a family at Mbiya village in Takum local government area of Taraba state. Theophilus Danjuma, former minister of defence who...
The federal government has announced plans to profile non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country, TheCable reports. Francis Usani, director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU),...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday confirmed that 54 persons were killed by suspected cattle rustlers in Bawar Daji District, Anka Local Government Area...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of $1bn for the procurement of security equipment to fight insurgency. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, disclosed this...
The Peoples Democratic Party has demanded that the Presidency immediately make public all issues relating to the alleged private visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United...
After months of speculations and silence, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday, declared interest to once again seek for the...
No fewer than 15 persons are feared dead and 55 others sustained injuries in a Sunday night attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Bale Galtimari village in...
Some angry constituents have attacked Garba Hamman Julde, a member of the house of representatives from Taraba state, TheCable reports. Julde represents Bali/Gassol federal constituency in...
Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, has asked those complaining of hunger to “go and work”. In an interview with...
Garba Shehu, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, has described the amnesty the president granted to Boko Haram members as a “win-win situation.” While receiving the freed...