Agatu indigenes of Benue state have continued to lament over the untold hardship and perpetual fear that now becloud their different communities due to the recent multiple attacks launched on [...]
by Isi Esene Governor Godswill Akpabio yesterday said Nigeria “has been drowning in a sea of corruption.” The Akwa Ibom governor said this while speaking at as a special guest [...]
by Rachel Ogbu The political problems facing the Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi are far from over as new reports suggest his security aides might be withdrawn. A top political [...]
A violent Islamist insurgency in northern Nigeria is threatening to destabilise Africa’s most populous nation. In recent months the body count… Read full story on author website »
by Rachel Ogbu The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, has called on Nigerians, especially people in the three states under emergency rule, to “stand [...]
Army begins operation against fighters as fighter jets and helicopter gunships deployed in country’s northeast. Read full story on author website »
The National Assembly has slated next Tuesday for deliberations on the state of emergency declared last Tuesday by President Goodluck Jonathan in the three states of Borno,Yobe and Adamawa. Read [...]
By Emmanuel Ogala Explosion and sporadic gunshots rocked the quiet town of Daura, Katsina state, home town of opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday night. read more Read full story on [...]
People are desperate for assistance as large parts of Central Shabelle region inundated. Read full story on author website »
Northern elders, yesterday, broke their silence on the slamming of state of emergency on three states, describing the action of President Goodluck Jonathan as an indirect declaration of war on [...]
There were indications in Abuja on Thursday that security aides attached to the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, may be withdrawn. A highly placed security source, who briefed [...]
Ngeria’s Bez says people told him that Nigerians did not like guitar music, only hip-hop or Afro-pop but he says he has proved them wrong. Read full story on author [...]
Ijaw youths across the Niger Delta have warned against any attempt to use the National Assembly to seek replacement of the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, [...]
The Nigerian Army has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew across Adamawa State, one of the three states that had a state of emergency imposed on them by President Goodluck Jonathan for [...]
The Arewa Consultative Forum has said it would constitute a team that would monitor the conduct of the military in enforcing the state of emergency declared in Borno, Yobe and [...]
The House Committee Chairperson on youths and sports, in Plateau State House of Assembly has tasked the contractor handling the construction of National Youths Service Corps,NYSC, orientation camp in the [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York The Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the National University Commission (NUC) have started a joint nationwide operation to crack down on illegal “degree-awarding” institutions [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Two journalists at the Abuja-based Leadership as well as the newspaper itself today breathed sighs of relief as a Federal High Court in Abuja discharged them on [...]
ov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Thursday suspended the Vice Chancellor of the state university, Keffi, Prof. Shamsudeen Amali. Read full story on author website »
By SaharaReporters, New York The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Dan Amachree, says that the Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, has unceremoniously withdrawn the [...]
The campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election received a boost Thursday with the people of Urhobo ethnic nationality in Delta State threatening to march n*ked on the streets of Nigeria, [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York The Anti-Corruption Network (ACN) today escalated the war over the non-war against corruption in Nigeria by sending a petition to United States President Barak Obama, citing [...]
State governors have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sell over 78,000 excess laptops and webcams to them for distribution to secondary schools and promotion of computer literacy [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York The Nigerian Army yesterday formally commenced air and ground hostilities against Boko Haram under emergency regulations in thick forests in Sambisa, Borno State in an area [...]
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon has called on all extremist groups in Nigeria to cease attacks on the northern part of the country. The UN scribe [...]
The Katsina State Government has began the disbursement of N35.8 million under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme to 6, 966 primary school girls in the state. Read full story [...]
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Nigeria’s army has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew across the north-eastern state of Adamawa to curb attacks by militant Islamists. It is the first… Read full story on author website »
Germany have included Sidney Sam for their upcoming friendlies against Ecuador and the United States, damaging Nigeria’s hopes of persuading the… Read full story on author website »
