Abel Ejikeme

Nigeria: Now is the Time For Presidency to Be Zoned to Southeast, Says Ex-Aviation Minister Chidoka

A former Nigerian Minister of Aviation Osita Chidoka says the time is now for the country's presidency to be zoned…

4 years ago

Nigeria Government Denies Edo Governor Obaseki’s Claim It Printed N60bn

The Nigerian Government has denied claims by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki that N60 billion ($157.4 million) was printed…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Abia Governor Ikpeazu Says Southeast Assemblies Working to Provide Legal Backing for ‘Regional Police’

Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu says the state assemblies of the five southeastern states are "doing the needful" at ensuring…

4 years ago

Nigeria Says ‘Criminal Elements’ Planning to Attack Airports

The Nigerian government says it has received an alert over planned attacks on airports across the West African country. The…

4 years ago

‘I’ve Preached Against Evil For 15 years’: Nigeria’s Comms Minister Debunks Links to Boko Haram

Nigeria's Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami says he has been preaching against the doctrines of Boko Haram and similar…

4 years ago

To Combat Rising Insecurity, Nigeria’s Southeast Governors Set Up ‘Regional Police’

Governors of Nigeria's southeastern states have resolved to establish a joint security vigilante outfit for the region code named 'Ebube…

4 years ago

Covid-19: Lagos Eases Restrictions on Event Centres, Sets Occupancy Limit at 500

The Lagos state government says it has pegged the occupancy limit for event centres in the Nigerian commercial capital to…

4 years ago

PDP Governors Say Nigeria Becoming Failed State, Call For Urgent Restructuring

Fourteen Governors elected under the platform of Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have said that there is an alarming drift…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Again, Gunmen Attack Police Station in Southeast Imo, Free Suspects

Again gunmen have attacked another police station in southeastern Imo state with reports suggesting several suspects in custody were released.…

4 years ago

Nigeria: Our Best Has Not Been Good Enough, Acting Police IG Baba Says

Nigeria's acting Inspector-general of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, says efforts of the police in tackling crime and criminality in…

4 years ago

Meet Nigeria’s New Police Chief Alkali Baba

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that the replacement of Mohammed Adamu with Usman Alkali Baba, as the acting Inspector…

4 years ago

Nigeria Polytechnic Lecturers Begin Indefinite Strike

Polytechnics in Nigeria have been shut following an indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics…

4 years ago

Amaju Pinnick Vs Ayiri Emami on the Emergence of Olu of Warri-designate Tsola Emiko

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4 years ago

Nigeria: Kaduna Government Says 5 of 39 Abducted Students ‘Recovered’

The Kaduna State Government says five of the thirty-nine students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, in…

4 years ago

Nigeria’s Presidency Attacks Bishop Kukah Over Critical Easter Message

The Nigerian presidency has hit out at Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese over his Easter's message, saying "he did not…

4 years ago

Missing Nigerian Fighter Jet Presumed to Have Crashed, Air Force Intensifies Search for Pilots

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says one of its fighter jet deployed to fight Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast…

4 years ago

#LekkiShooting: US Report Attempt to Cover-up Brutal Killings, Nigerian Civil Rights Group Claims

The Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has described a recently released US human rights report as "prejudicial, misleading…

4 years ago

Nigerians Without National Identification Number Risk 14-Year Jail Term, Comms Minister Says

Nigerians now risk fourteen years jail term as stipulated by the Constitution if they fail to obtain their National Identity…

4 years ago

We Won’t Allow Mischief Mongers Divide Nigeria, Buhari Says in Easter Message

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has called on citizens not to allow the antics of a few mischief mongers to fragment…

4 years ago

Nigerian Fighter Jet Loses Radar Contact in Northeast Borno, Whereabouts Unknown

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet has lost contact with radar in northeastern Borno State, while on an interdiction mission…

4 years ago