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Impeachment threat: Buhari to senators: We are working round the clock to bring security situation under control

ln an apparent reaction to the threat to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari by some senators over the parlous and deteriorating security situation in...

Insecurity: Senators give Pres. Buhari six-week ultimatum, threaten impeachment

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senators on Wednesday gave President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week deadline to curtail the country’s deteriorating security situation or...

Outrage as Akwa Ibom Judge, Obot, sends human rights lawyer, Effiong, to prison for defending journalist

A human rights lawyer, Mr Inibehe Effiong, was on Wednesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, sent to prison by the State Chief...

Call to Bar: Terrorists’ threat forces authorities to abandon Abuja Law School

Following the security threat of impending attack at the Nigeria Law School in Bwari, Abuja, the authorities have abandoned the school earlier scheduled...

Five-month ASUU strike: Nigerians jeer at Speaker Gbajabiamila for flaunting enrolment at Havard varsity

Jeering Nigerians took to the social media on Tuesday, calling out the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, who amid five-month...

ASUU-NLC nationwide protest march: Falana, others join action, slam FG’s refusal to end strike

Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, and other Nigerians on Tuesday in Lagos joined the nationwide protest...

U.S. signs $280m with Access Bank for boosting SMEs in Nigeria

A commitment letter for $280 million in financing for Access Bank Plc in Nigeria has been signed by Access Bank and the U.S....

Terrorists strike in FCT, ambush Guards Brigade, FG shuts college

Hours after daring terrorists allegedly threatened to attack President Muhammadu Buhari, Kaduna Gov. Nasir el-Rufai and other government officials, they struck in Abuja...

Macron in Cameroon for first leg of three-country Africa trip

Mr Macron is due to hold talks on Tuesday morning with his counterpart Paul Biya, 89, who has ruled Cameroon with an iron...

Only free, fair, credible polls can deepen Nigeria’s democracy, stave off coups in Africa, says Buhari

With military interventions in at least five African countries, Nigeria needs to send a strong message to the continent and the world that...

FG’s motorcycle ban will throw 40m Nigerians out of jobs — ACOMORAN

  The ban of commercial motorcycles nationwide being contemplated by the Federal Government will throw out at least 40 million Nigerians into the...

Declare state of emergency on TB cases, health experts tell FG

In a bid to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, health experts have suggested that Nigeria must declare a...

Court bars collection of import duties on non-commercial personal effects

A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared the collection of import duties and other levies on non-commercial personal effects contained in passengers’...

Week after Elumelu urges U.S. strategic intervention in Africa, Biden says it’s ready to be counted among Africa’s partners

Following a gauntlet thrown at the U.S. administration by Africa’s leading investor and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, President Joe Biden has reacted, saying U.S....

N109bn theft: Ex-AGF, others sent to prison

A Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory on Friday remanded a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and two others...