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Borno farmers murders: For the umpteenth time, Senate calls for Service Chiefs’ sack

    In league with the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate has also ventilated its dismay and resentment with the...

Wanton slaughtering of 43 Borno farmers: House of Representatives invites Pres. Buhari

    Fazed by the worsening security situation in the country particularly in the Northeast, the House of Representatives has invited President Muhammadu...

World AIDS Day: UNICEF warns of COVID-19 disruptions to HIV service delivery

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   COVID-19 has interrupted vital HIV treatment and service delivery in one third of high burden countries, putting countless more...

Forex inflow: Beneficiaries of Diaspora remittances to now receive money in dollar — CBN

  As part of efforts to boost the foreign exchange market and provide more liquidity, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Abuja, has...

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Comment on Borno farmers killings misinterpreted, says Buhari’s media aide

  The Presidential aide on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, says his comment that the slain farmers in beleaguered Borno State did not...

Nigerian ex-Minister queries Buhari’s mental state 

  Worried by renewed wave of massacre in Northeast, banditry and kidnapping across the country, a member of the political class has called for...

Nigerian-American, 39-year-old Adeyemo, gets slot in Biden’s govt. as Deputy Treasury Secretary

  A 39-year-old, Mr Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, a Nigerian-born attorney and former senior international economic adviser in the Barack Obama administration, will serve...

110 farmers, others killed in Borno not 43, says United Nations

  The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria said Sunday that the Boko Haram jihadist group massacred at least 110 people including loggers, farmers and...

FG, World Bank roll-out solar energy for 25m homes at N4,000 monthly from December 7

  ‌ An interventionist power programme of the Federal Government tagged, “Solar Home Systems”, takes off nationwide this week. Under the programme,  an...

Grief-stricken Governor leads mourners to bury 43 farmers wasted by Boko Haram

      For Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, who had escaped death by hair’s breath severally, conducting mass burial...

#EndSARS: Police nab two men for selling policemen’s skulls for N1000

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Two suspected hoodlums, 24-year-old Aliu Mubarak and 17-year-old Adewale Abiodun, are now in police net in Ibadan,Oyo state for...

Mele M Kyari, GMD NNPC

House of Reps lauds NNPC GMD’s  transparency, accountability initiative at 2021 budget defence

    The House of Representatives says it is impressed with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s commitment to transparency and accountability in its valuable...

Kidnappers on the loose in Ondo State, abduct Governor’s Chief of Staff’s wife

  Prowling kidnappers have struck again in Ondo State, abducting the wife of the Chief of Staff to Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, Mr Olugbenga...

Incestuous father bags life jail for raping daughter 

A randy father, Alo Olusola, is to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping his daughter, an Akure High Court...

14-year-old sex abuse victim in coma after second child birth

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   A 14-year-old girl, Grace Ufot, is currently in coma after giving birth to her second child...

Amid dismal performance, Super Eagles down in FIFA ranking

  By Boye Ajayi Due to their recent dismal performance, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have lost their position in the latest FIFA...