Category: Politics

Canada on Thursday announced targeted sanctions against 17 Saudi nationals it said were linked to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month. The sanctions, which freezes their assets…

Top leaders from Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon were holding talks in N’Djamena on Thursday to discuss the recent escalation of attacks by Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad…

The Nigerian Army has revealed that troops foiled an attempt of the Boko Haram terrorists to infiltrate the 118 Battalion location at Arege in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno…

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Thursday closed his defence before the state’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Apo, Abuja, where his victory at the July 14, 2018…

Amnesty International has condemned the arrest of an activist and convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju; Daniel Abobama and Boma Williams, and detention in Keffi prisons, Nasarawa State, for protesting against…

The President was yesterday in Maiduguri, the engine-room of the Boko Haram war, to cheer up the injured and reassure others that he is committed to their mission – wiping…

Donors to political parties were put on notice yesterday that the law will keep an eye on them. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu said the…

Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Dr Samuel Uche, yesterday warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow votes of Nigerians to count in the forthcoming general elections in the…

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said contrary to reports, he never said he would probe the immediate past governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose. Fayemi spoke with newsmen after…

President Muhammadu Buhari  cancelled his planned five-day “casual leave’’ as a mark of admiration for victims of Boko Haram attacks across the battlefields in the Northeast region of the country.…