2018

Suspected bandits have killed an unspecified number of soldiers at a forest in Doburu in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An online news portal, The Cable, quoted a military source as disclosing this on Saturday, saying…

Yusuph Olaniyonu, the Special Adviser on Media & Publicity to the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, described Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as an unrestrained and compulsive perjurer, whose…

Ibrahim Wakkala, deputy governor of Zamfara state, says Abdul’Aziz Yari, the governor, has sidelined him. Speaking with reporters in Gusau, the state capital, on Sunday Wakkala said the governor had denied him his rights and privileges .…

SERAP said the strike continues to have realand dire consequences on the right to higher education, specifically university education, as guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to which Nigeria is…

The Peoples Democratic Party and the Coalition of United Political Parties have condemned the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria’s endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid for a second term in office.…

The Nigerian Army on Sunday announced it is planning to relocate residents of Baga in Borno State “to safer locations in view of the ongoing military operations in the area.” The army said the plan is in conjunction with the Borno State…

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH ORDAINS GOVERNOR IKPEAZU ELDER The Seventh Day Adventist Church, Ihie District in Isiala-Ngwa North LGA, has used the occasion of her 85th anniversary celebration of Adventism in Ihie to ordain the State…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the Igbo to be wary of promises from the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general election. According to PUNCH, Obasanjo said this at a stakeholders’ meeting at Ukpor, Nnewi…

IN October of 2015, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) awarded 38 contracts to 23 firms at the cost of N1.2 billion. Their shared responsibilities were to conduct HIV counselling, testing and demand creation for HIV services in…

Major General Godwin Abbe (ret.) turns 70 years. He was Minister of Defence and later Interior. Abbe speaks, in this interview, on his life in and outside of the military. He also speaks on issues in the polity. How do you feel at 70 and…