Politics

  The Nigerian Army has encouraged its officers and their families to engage in Agro-based venture to enhance national agricultural development.   At a one day Investment and Initiative Programme (BIIP) lecture organised by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) ...

  Five members of the Ogun State House of Assembly have defected to three different parties. The Speaker of the House, Mr. Suraj Adekunbi, read the separate letters of defection by the lawmakers during the plenary session in Abeokuta on ...

Over 200 Nigerian journalists have written a letter to the acting president, Yemi Osinbajoto demand the release of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe.   Samuel Ogundipe has been in custody since August 14th and is being prosecuted for his refusal to disclose ...

  The Osun State government has commenced the full payment of salaries to all categories of workers, months after economic meltdown forced it to embark on modulated salaries. The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress Osun State chapter, Mr Jacob Adekomi said ...

  The presence of services chiefs, the National Security Adviser and the Inspector-General of Police at the ongoing meeting of the National Economic Council at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa suggests that security may be top on the ...

  The Feed the Future, a US government global hunger and food security initiative, has earmarked 12.5 million Dollars for food security in Nigeria. The Head of International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI Nigeria office, Dr George Mavrotas said this ...

A woman who has not been paid salary for 13 months, lay in the middle of a busy road to protest, thereby halting the movement of cars.   This happened this morning during a protest by staff of Makurdi local government area of ...

There was drama in the Venezuelan National Assembly as an opposition lawmaker stripped down to his underpants during his speech.   Gilber Caro, a member of the hardline opposition party Popular Will, stood in front of his colleagues to call for unity ...

  Kenya’s foreign minister says British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit the country at the end of the month, in her first visit to Africa since becoming head of the U.K. government in July 2016. Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary ...

  The body of Angola rebel chief Jonas Savimbi, killed in 2002, will be exhumed before the end of the year so it be can be buried “with dignity,” his party said Wednesday. Isaias Samakuva, the current leader of the ...

  The Presidency has restated the commitment of the Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari, to the use of card readers for the conduct of free and fair elections in the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday night, Senior Special Assistant ...

  The Presidency has debunked the story being circulated in some sections of the media that there is international pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to drop his presidential bid for 2019. The denial was contained in a statement issued by ...

The United States Embassy has suspended consular services and appointments in Abuja till further notice. It explained that appointments for visa and for American citizen services have also been put on hold temporarily.   Consular operations in Lagos were, however, not ...

Kano state government says it has discovered the sum of over $1 million allegedly paid by former governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to a University in Ukraine where no Kano state student was studying.   According to The Nation, the senior Special Assistant ...

  An Angolan army sergeant was jailed for 18 years on Tuesday for shooting dead a 14-year-old boy at a protest two years ago, in a sentence welcomed by rights groups.   Rufino Antonio died after the military opened fire ...

  ENUGU State Board of Internal Revenue after obtaining court orders, yesterday, carried out a distrainment exercise on four banks and two other private firms, located in Enugu metropolis and Nsukka, for non-payment of taxes due to the state government, ...

The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has confirmed the death of a former Assistant Controller-General of Prisons, Nanvyet Gwali.   The Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Prisons Service, Francis Enobore, confirmed the death of Gwali in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ...

  Former Vice President and Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that he is not desperate to be President of the country. Atiku stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Benin on ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday announced an extension to the deadline for the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise by two weeks. .   With the new development, the ongoing voters registration exercise which was due to elapse ...

  Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the registration of 23 new political parties, raising the number of registered parties in Nigeria to 91. The Commission in a statement issued by Mohammed Haruna, its National ...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a statement ahead of the Osun State governorship election in September saying, ‘we will vehemently dismantle all APC rigging machinery in future elections beginning with the Osun governorship election next month’.   According to the party, ‘now ...

Although policemen and other security agents were seen at the police stations, they looked the other way, while thugs terrorized people.                          A female corps member was allegedly kidnapped ...

“I think Vermonters should take me seriously because I have practical progressive ideas, and I happen to be 14, not the other way around. I think that my message and my platform transcend age.” 14-year-old Ethan Sonneborn, who took advantage of a ...

  A statement from the media aide of the acting president, reads; “Following persistent complaints and reports on the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) that border on allegations of human rights violations, His Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, ...

  The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out another series of successful operations against armed bandits in the Northwest of the country. Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation Diran Mikiya neutralised Bandits in Sububu Forest, Birnin Magaji and Rugu Forest in ...