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Authorities of the Nigerian Army have raised the alarm that the sovereignity of the country is being threatened. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, in message to troops fighting Boko Haram in the North East, declared that ...

The federal government has called for more support from Ukraine in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the request at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday while receiving Ukrainian Ambassdor, Mr. Valerii Aleksandruk. Expressing ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has assured the Bayelsa State government and the Alamieyeseigha family of his commitment to efforts geared towards giving him a befitting state burial. Dr. Jonathan gave the assurance, on Friday, when he paid a condolence visit ...

MASSOB Leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has said he regretted the defeat of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 presidential polls, saying that Jonathan’s defeat fol­lowed the same pattern of the Biafra – Nigeria civil war. Speaking at the group’s special meeting ...

The All Progres­sives Congress (APC) gubernato­rial candidate in the April 2015 election in Abia State, Mr. Nyer­ere Chinenye Anyim has thrown his weight behind some ministerial nomi­nees from the South-east geopolitical zone, de­scribing their emergence as a step in the ...

  Former military Head of State, Retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Thursday, called for support for President Muhammadu Buhari-led-government, saying administering political leadership was not an easy task. Gowon made the call while speaking to reporters during his condolence visit ...

Ondo State senator and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olusegun Mimiko has depicted the previous ruling party r as the ‘grand father of democracy in Nigeria.’ He gave this attribute while talking at the 67th National Executive Committee ...

The National Coordinator, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and promoter of Olokun Festival, Otunba Gani Adams, has appealed to states and federal governments, as well as parents and guardians to promote the development of cultural values through the teaching and learning ...

The Nigerian military on Thursday convicted a Brigadier General, Enitan Ransome-Kuti, blamed for the loss of Baga in Borno State to Boko Haram insurgents in January. Mr. Ransome-Kuti, son of Beko Ransome-Kuti, a foremost Nigerian pro-democracy activist who died on ...

A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and incumbent Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, was on Friday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. An aide to the former governor, who cannot be named because he is not ...