With deadline for the submission of names of presidential candidates and their running mates three days away, the leaderships of some of the main political parties – the ruling All
No fewer than 50 persons were on Saturday abducted by terrorists along Sokoto – Gusau road. However, while 20 persons out of those abducted escaped into the bush with different
Nigeria’s South-west Governors’ Forum on Sunday, declared a three-day mourning period in memory of the victims of the June 5 terror attack on St Francis Catholic, Owaluwa Street, Owo, Ondo
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to all the presidential candidates ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, urging them to publish details of
A Nigeria-based Congolese, Kandigu Kadi and a Nigerian, Makowulu Anthony have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the NAHCO and SAHCO export sheds
Rwanda has promised to host one of the most high-level global gatherings during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali later this month. Addressing fellow diplomats from Commonwealth
Former National Lawmaker, Sen Shehu Sani, reflect on the struggle for democracy and the present dividends of Nigerian democracy [bc_video video_id=”6307655941112″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”default” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” playsinline=”” picture_in_picture=”” max_width=”640px”
Some students of Nigerian public universities have expressed frustration over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU has been on strike since February and all
Ondo State Governor, Akeredolu has cancelled the celebration of Democracy Day in the state due to last Sunday’s attack on the St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo. Akeredolu announced
With less than a year to the end of his eight-year tenure, President Muhammadu Buhari has promised Nigerians that his administration will conduct a free, fair and transparent general election
Eleven of the 62 passengers abducted in the March 28 attack on the Abuja- Kaduna train, have been released. Tukur Mamud, a media consultant to Kaduna-based Islam cleric, Sheikh Ahmad
Former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday challenged the Nigerian youth not to abandon the country to “those who are messing it up.” He told them to hold their future
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Friday said the federal government’s conclusion that the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) was responsible for last Sunday’s attack at St. Francis Catholic
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Friday ordered the prosecution of the immediate past governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi and the 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Northern Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) on Friday expressed opposition to alleged moves by the presidential candidates of Nigeria’s two leading political party
Nigeria’s federal government has declared Monday, June 13 as public holiday to commemorate the 2022 Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Thursday freed Mrs. Ochuko Momoh, wife of a former Managing Director of the Pipelines and Products Marketing
The United States of America (USA) has condoled with the Governor of Ondo State, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over last Sunday’s terror attack at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo
The Kaduna state government in Nigeria’s northwest has debunked reports that terrorists used a helicopter to kill 32 people in an attack on four communities in Kajuru Local Government Area
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday disclosed that the recent killing of at least 40 worshippers in Owo, Ondo State, was carried out by the militant group, the Islamic State of
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