UNICEF Frees 876 Held by Military for Possible Boko Haram Ties
The United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF) has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by Nigeria’s army and security forces after they have retaken...
Ondo guber: Jimoh Ibrahim is INEC’s candidate, not PDP – Markafi
The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which recognized...
Senate proposes five-year jail term for randy lecturers
The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to outlaw sexual advances from lecturers to students of tertiary institutions in the country. Any lecturer found guilty...
Nigeria govt plans $10 billion Niger Delta infrastructure fund
The federal government is planning to launch a $10 billion infrastructural investment programme in the Niger Delta. President Muhammadu Buhari made this known on Thursday...
7 killed in a village near Godogodo as tension builds in Southern Kaduna
. . . Community alleges Fulani, army conspiracy. By Our Reporter Misisi, a quiet, Kaninkon, farming village about 7km from embattled Godogodo town, in Jema’a Local...
Nigeria Telecoms Subscribers Now Over 150 Million – Shittu ……as FDI Increases to $38 Billion
By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna Nigeria active telecommunication subscribers has increased from 148,70 million to 152, 28, million between August 2015 and August 2016. The nation’s...
Stakeholders Launches Anti-torture Network in Kaduna
By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna Passionate about the plight of victims of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in Kaduna State and Nigeria in...
Recession: 3,000 sacked as multinational oil companies pull out of Nigeria
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Wednesday issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government, urging it to prevail on international...
Edo poll: Tribunal Grants PDP, ize-iyamu, Substituted Service Order on APC, Obaseki
The Edo State governorship election petition tribunal has granted the prayers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Young Democratic Party (YDP) to through...
Corruption: Afenifere asks Buhari’s ministers to resign
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has declared that there should be no cover up in the war ongoing war against corruption in Nigeria, saying any...