Farouk Martins Aresa… Niger Delta Avengers are bombing their own lives and that of next generations out of existence. If it was a foreign power, oil...
The German government is set to supply Nigeria with military hardware before the end of 2016. According to the Permanent Secretary of the German Foreign Office,...
According to a military source, militant group, Boko Haram has recaptured the town of Bosso in the south-eastern part of Niger in West Africa after clashes...
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, Saturday, said Boko Haram insurgents are planning large scale bombings during the Ramadan fasting period. The DHQ, in an emailed statement on...
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, asking him to immediately order an investigation into the sources of the...
The Nigerian Army, Wednesday, announced the arrest of 77 Boko Haram terrorists and the rescue of 247 captives in Borno State. This was disclosed in a...
The governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, may have soft pedaled his hard stance on the ongoing strikes action embarked upon by workers in the...
By Levi Obijiofor… This past weekend has been one of celebrations — celebrations of a government that promised so much but found reasons to explain why...
By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba… President Muhammadu Buhari completes his first year in office this today. In sports parlance this would be the end of the first...
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani… President Muhammadu Buhari came to power promising Nigerians “change”. Novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani gives five examples of what has changed...
By SON… One of the quotable quotes from President Buhari that has become something of an “iconic” signature is his declaration that Nigerians have nothing to...
By Adetola Ogunsola… “I will shoot you all like Boko Haram! Do you know how many people I’ve killed!?” The words of a soldier in...
By Senator Babafemi Ojudu… Today, May 29, 2016 marks President Muhammadu Buhari’s first year in office. It has indeed been an all-round exhilarating year, not only...
“My compatriots, It is one year today since our administration came into office. It has been a year of triumph, consolidation, pains and achievements. By age,...
As part of activities to mark the 2016 Democracy Day celebrations in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari hosted a group of editors, in an interview session where...
The Nigerian Army, Friday, said its troops, Thursday night ambushed Boko Haram insurgents who were attempting to cross the Maiduguri-Bulabulin-Damboa road, killing two and wounding others....
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai, may have confirmed the worst fears of Nigerians, as he said on Thursday that the attacks on...
By Joe Igbokwe… All things considered, the Niger Delta Avengers are no different from the Boko Haram criminality in the Northern part of Nigeria and if...
In what can be described as a major breakthrough in the clearance and rescue operation by the Nigerian military, the chief bomb maker of the Boko...
If reports emanating from the violent Islamist group, Boko Haram, is anything to go by, then abducted students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State,...
Breakdown of law and order was averted on Thursday during the protest march by the Ayuba Wabba led faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, as...
By Okey Ndibe… Before the 2015 presidential election, Candidate Muhammadu Buhari essentially advertised himself as a magician. Even though oil prices were tumbling, Mr. Buhari promised...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday night said that it had rescued another Chibok girl, Serah Luka, from the clutches of the once dreaded Boko Haram terrorist...
Amina Ali, one of the missing Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram fighters who was found days ago by the Civilian JTF has revealed that...
One of the girls that were kidnapped from a secondary school, in Chibok, Borno state in 2014 has reportedly been found. The girl whose name is...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has given the Joint Senate Committee on Special Duties, Establishment and Public Service up till May 25, 2016 to complete work on...
By Okey Ndibe… I was disturbed by a report in last Sunday’s edition of The Punch newspaper. It read, “Buhari orders military to crush new Niger...
The Defence Headquarters has denied granting amnesty to members of the Boko Haram insurgent group, describing an online report that 800 Boko Haram members had been...
By Churchill Obinna Okonkwo… With the amalgamation of Northern and Southern protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, a new entity with strangers in an unfamiliar society...
By Prince Charles Dickson… We grab a dog with the hands and it escapes; thereafter we beckon it with two fingers. (If both hands cannot detain...
If all goes according to plan, President Muhammadu Buhari will play host to a number of world leaders, including President Francois Hollande of France as well...
Seems the days of the Boko Haram terrorist sect are truly numbered as the United States has agreed to sell about 12 A-29 Super Tucano light...
Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba…There is only one thing that could be labelled as the truth in the killings of Enugu residents and that is that some people...
Some soldiers who fought in the AU Peace-keeping operation in Guinea Bissau in 2015, have protested none payment of six months’ allowances. The soldiers, numbering about...
By Okey Ndibe…Last Wednesday, I got a phone call from a reporter at one of Italy’s major newspapers, la Repubblica. It was the second anniversary of...
The Defence Headquarters has raised the alarm that the Boko Haram insurgent group has deviced a new method of recruiting members by giving out loans to...
By Sonala Olumhense…The revelation that the Nigeria military last December in Zaria buried 347 fellow nationals in a mass grave is shameful and scandalous. As...
By Levi Obijiofor…It is astonishing to imagine that two years have elapsed since more than 230 helpless female secondary school students were abducted from their college...
Members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect continued with their daring attacks on Tuesday morning, as they ambushed the convoy of the General Officer Commanding, GOC,...
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army are currently engaged in a fierce battle with Boko haram insurgents in Kareto, Northern Borno. This was made known by a...
By Joe Igbokwe…The former Minister of Finance under President Jonathan has been in the news for sometimes now, making interventions in the body polity with...
It is two years and this sordid event has been celebrated all over. CNN the international media platform spent the whole day yesterday showcasing and keeping...
For parents of the about 219 girls kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno state in 2014, it was tears of joy, as they came face...
The federal government has expressed reservations about an article published by the Telegraph newspaper of the United Kingdom. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Beijing warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or face the same...
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) , Mallam Abubakar Malami, has explained why the Federal Government cannot execute Boko Haram insurgents convicted for terrorism. The...
Parents of missing Chibok schoolgirls have secured permission for a memorial event at the school from where Islamist rebels abducted 276 girls two years ago. Parents...
A suspected second in command to Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, Khalid Albarnawi, has been arrested. Albarnawi, leader of the Ansaru Islamic Sect, a breakway faction...
The Boko Haram terrorist group has released a new video where it stated that it would not surrender, nor will it take part in any negotiation...
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has refuted reports in the media over claims that Boko Haram insurgents are still in control of two or three...
