May 2018

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has accused the three senators representing the state of working against a World Bank loan request by the state government, saying they are useless and ignorant. The governor made the comment on…

A coalition of socio-cultural groups in Benue State, comprising Mdgzou U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi’Ngede, have said they are set to drag the Federal Government before the United Nations over the persistent killing of citizens of the…

TWO weeks after the brutal murder of two of their colleagues by suspected Fulani herdsmen, Catholic priests in Benue State have expressed shock over the development they described as horrific. Some of the priests, who spoke with The Nation,…

The Presidency has presented documents and a letter from the United States Government to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters on why it decided to pay $496 million for 12 Super Tucano fighter jets in anticipation of approval…

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated a contact committee for the purpose of aligning with other political parties ahead of the 2019 general elections. The committee, which is headed by a former…

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division on Friday, set aside a Federal High Court order which perpetually restrained the Federal Government from arresting Senator Buruji Kashamu. The appellate court also set aside another order which nullified…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) committee on alleged underage voting in Kano has absolved the commission of any role in the incident. The National Commissioner Abubakar Nahuche-led committee, whose report was made…

The Nnewi High Court 3, sitting in Awka on the trial of the suspects of the St Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu massacre was yesterday told that the perpetrators of the heinous crime had issued death threats to some Ozubulu indigenes…

The Nigerian police on Friday declared wanted four of the gangsters who participated in the bloody bank robbery incident in Offa, Kwara state on April 4, releasing simultaneously their photographs, while in action. The images provided were…

A former Minister of Finance, Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu and his wife, Imo Kalu, escaped death by the whiskers when petrol bomb explosions rocked their country home in Ebem Ohafia, Abia State. The house is a stone-throw from the Goodluck Jonathan…